Woman-owned restaurants in Salem, Massachusetts, or those with a women's history connection

Salem Women's
History and
Business Community

Restaurants

Salem is the North Shore's premier restaurant destination!

All of these restaurants are owned by a woman, managed by a woman, or have a direct connection to Salem women's history. Please visit them!

Sophia's
(rear part of Nathaniel's Restaurant)
Hawthorne Hotel, 18 Washington Square
(Named after Sophia Peabody Hawthorne)

Lyceum Restaurant
43 Church Street
(Site of suffragist and abolitionist meetings)

Grapevine Restaurant
26 Congress Street
(Innovative new American menu, lots of vegetarian options, and a woman chef)

Maria's Sweet Somethings
26 Front Street
(sweets, ice cream)

Polonus
176 Essex Street
(European Deli and Ice Cream; European food shop)

Strega Restaurant & Lounge
94 Lafayette Street
(Italian menu with "unexpected twists")

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