Dec 092010
 

Holiday Shopping Night Tonight!!!December 9 – Do your holiday shopping in downtown Salem at your favorite local shops! 

Great discounts, raffle prizes, refreshments and more…

Participating shops include: Crunchy Granola Baby, Salem Cycle, Red Lion Smoke Shop, Salem Wine Imports, Milk & Honey, Hip Baby Gear, Penelope’s Pet Boutique, Modern Millie, Urban Elements, Mud Puddle Toys, Coon’s, Rockafellas, Pamplemousse, Pickering Wharf Shops, Seedstitch, Beadworks, Rouge Cosmetics, Roost, The Beehive, Witches Leather Hide, Sweet Anthem, Mighty Aphrodite and Treasures Over Time.

Crunchy Granola Baby is offering 15% off storewide, plus hot chocolate, yummy organic treats and mini photo sessions with Sherrell Photography.
Salem Wine Imports will host a free wine tasting, with extra discounts available on sample wines.
Salem Cycle is offering 20% off any non-sale, in-stock item.
Milk and Honey will be serving lots of cheese and crackers and other tasty samples to keep you nourished while you shop, plus 15% off storewide.
Modern Millie Vintage & Consignments will be offering a discount of 15% off a purchase up to $99 and 20% off a purchase of $100 or more.
Treasures Over Time will be providinghot apple cider, plus a free holiday ornament with all purchases over $25.00.
Mighty Aphrodite Maternity Consignment is offering 20% off the entire inventory, and the chance to win a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind keepsake locket from ladedah.
Laura Lanes Skin Care is offering 10% off all full price skin care and make-up, plus herbal tea and cookies.
Urban Elements is offering “Pick your discount at check out” You could save anywhere from 5% up to 25% off! Yummy things to eat and drink too!!! And don’t forget when you shop at Urban Elements, 5% of December’s sales will be donated to the Northeast Animal Shelter.
Sweet Anthem, located at 24 Front Street, open tonight as well. Will be offering a “Get to Know Us” shopping discount of 15% off your purchase.
Seed Stitch will be open late too with tasty treats and festive flair!
Rouge Cosmetics will be open until 7pm! Give a Gift, Get a Gift for yourself. Pamper someone you love, and get a little pampering for you! Refreshments too!
Roost and The Beehive are having a Christmas Sweater Party. It’s open to all with discounts for those who wear something festive. What a fun night in Salem!!
Witch’s Leather Hide is offering 25% OFF any purchase of $50 or more. Sale items excluded.
-Join Pamplemousse for our Holiday Open House!! We’ll have lots of great wine and bubbly to try, lots of hors d’oeuvres, and our friends at Cody Brewing will be sampling their new Banana Nut Bread Dunkelweizen! Beadworks will be on hand with fun crafts to make for the wine lover in your life! And get a chance to win a $50 Gourmet Gift Basket! Let our elves help you pick out great gifts for the season! Looking forward to seeing you!

Shops at Pickering Wharf are also participating! and more…

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Dec 032010
 

Click here for a full downtown Shopping and Dining Guide: Downtown Salem Shopping Dining
Holiday Shopping Night December 9 – Do your holiday shopping in Salem at all your favorite local shops! Many stores are staying open late on December 9 so you can enjoy a leisurely and lovely holiday stroll along Washington and Church Streets and beyond.  Stores will have treats, discounts and all shoppers will be entered into a drawing to win a terrific prize.

Participating shops include: Crunchy Granola Baby, Salem Cycle, Red Lion Smoke Shop, Salem Wine Imports, Milk & Honey, Hip Baby Gear, Penelope’s Pet Boutique, Modern Millie, Urban Elements, Mud Puddle Toys, Coon’s, Rockafellas, Mighty Aphrodite and Treasures Over Time.

– Crunchy Granola Baby is offering 15% off storewide, plus hot chocolate and yummy organic treats.
-Milk and Honey will be serving lots of cheese and crackers and other tasty samples to keep you nourished while you shop. 15% off storewide for the event.
-Mighty Aphrodite Celebrate holiday savings with 20% off our entire inventory, and enter to win a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind keepsake locket from ladedah! Sip yummy Earth Mama Angel Baby teas while you shop.
-Come over to Salem Cycle for 20% Off Any non-sale, In-Stock Item
-Stop by Treasures Over Time for hot apple cider and a free holiday ornament with every purchase over $25.00.
– and more…

Also, enjoy Men’s Shopping Night December 16. Register your wish lists now at participating stores: 

Aroma Sanctum Perfumes, 5 Central Street • AromaSnactum.com, Body & Soul Massage 60 Washington Street, St. 202, BodySoulSalem.com, Hawthorne Hotel, 18 Washington Square West , HawthorneHotel.com, The House of the Seven Gables 115 Derby Street • 7Gables.org, J.Mode 17 Front Street • JModeFashions.com, Modern Millie 103 Washington Street ModernMillieShop.com, Pamplemousse 185 Essex Street • PMousse.com, Quint Essentials 96 Wharf Street • QE-Salem.com, Roost 40 Front Street • RoostSalem.com, Rouge Cosmetics 322 Derby Street • Rouge.com, Salem Theatre Co. 90 Lafayette Street • SalemTheatre.com, Salem Wine Imports 32 Church Street • SalemWineImports.com, Signatures 181 Essex Street Facebook.com/Signatures Apparel, Treasures Over Time 139 Washington Street  TreasuresOverTime.com, Trolley Depot 191 Essex Street • TrolleyDepot.com, Urban Elements 230 Essex Street UrbanElementsHome.com

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Nov 292010
 

Salem is decorated beautifully for the holiday season, from a downtown holiday tree in Lappin Park to evergreen wreaths with candy cane lamp posts, Salem is dressed for the season.  To top it all off almost 40 downtown businesses have decorated their windows especially for the holidays.  People are encouraged to come downtown, take a look at the windows and vote at any participating business for their favorite window. All ballots will be entered into a holiday stocking contest.  The winner of the ballot contest will receive a holiday stocking filled with gifts and gift certificates. Come downtown and vote!

 Winners will be announced by December 17. The last day to vote in the contest is December 10.

 2010 participants and addresses: Continue reading »

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Sep 112010
 

Downtown Salem continues to grow with new businesses opening every month. So many new businesses are opening it feels like there is a new one every week. Many of these businesses are filling niches which downtown residents and employees have been hankering for like an organic market.  

Just this past week Milk and Honey officially opened downtown Salem at 32 Church St.  They describe themself as an urban grocery store in the heart of downtown Salem with a focus which is community based, local and sustainable.  They feature items such as grains, dried beans, spices and nuts in bulk, fresh produce from Salem’s own Maitland Mountain Farm, local, domestic and imported cheeses, meats from Northeast Family farms, dairy, many fairly traded, eco-friendly and organic products, salads and grab and go meals.  Their regular hours are Tuesday through Saturday 9 am to 7:30 pm and Sundays 10 am to 5 pm.  Milk and Honey is closed on Mondays. 

In the past month, another new store opened called Frankenstein’s Art at 233 Washington St.  They are a party store offering paintable fabric animals, t-shirts, hackie sacks, wallets, hand bags, purse bags and more. They also offer paintable wood crafts from slithering snakes, fish, bird houses, toys, picture frames and much much more! They have a GREEN screen with the option to transport individuals anywhere they want I.E. Pilot a plane, drive a fire truck, or even go back it time!! You then have the option to put the image on a t-shirt, in a frame, on a mailbox, on window shades, stickers etc.  The can accomodate birthday parties, ladies night, family nights, scapbooking parties or any after-hour parties  imagination.

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Jul 242010
 

Congratulations to all downtown Salem Businesses recognized in the North Shore Magazine’s Best of the North Shore (BONS). Salem seemed to dominate the categories this year…

Restaurants
General Excellence – Sixty2 on Wharf, Readers Choice (RC) – Grapevine
Al Fresco – Finz
Bakery – A & J King
Beer Menu RC – Gulu-Gulu Café
Breakfast RC – Reds
Brunch – Nathaniels at the Hawthorne Hotel, RC In a Pig’s Eye
Indian – Passage to India
Italian – Bella Verona
Pub Food – The Old Spot

Entertainment
Bar Scene – Strega Restaurant and Lounge, RC Lobster Shanty
Live Theater – Salem Theatre Company
Movie Theater – Cinema Salem
Sports Bar – Tavern in the Square

 Kids
Baby Clothing – Crunchy Granola Baby, RC Hip Baby Gear
Kids Furniture – RC Hip Baby Gear
Kids Bookstore – RC Cornerstone Books

 Service
Eyebrows – RC Fringe
Hair Salon – RC Fringe
Hotel – RC The Waterfront Hotel & Suites
Make Up – Rouge

 Shopping
Bath and Beauty – RC Rouge
Beer Selection – RC Pamplemousse
Biking – RC Salem Cycle
Books – RC Cornerstone Books
Clothing(Vintage) – Modern Millie
Hardware – RC Winer Brothers
Lighting – Delande Lighting
Pet Store – Barking Cat
Wine Store – RC Pamplemousse

http://nshoremag.com/category/2010-bons-winners-service/

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