Essex Street Pedestrian Mall — Local services in Salem

Local here. The pedestrian mall used to be a major tourist trap but it's really gotten so much better the past few years! Some can't miss shops here for tourists and locals alike. Coons, Count Orloks, Wicked Good Books, Covens Cottage, Village Silversmith, Silver Moon Comics. Often filled with great street performers summer thru Halloween including Salem's Black Hat Society, Nosferatu, Frankenstein, and daily performances of Cry Innocent. Just watch out for the cobblestone sidewalks! And don't use the bathrooms in Museum Place Mall unless it's an...

This place is THE spot in Salem! A beautiful outdoor pedestrian mall with ALL the shops, bakeries, coffee shops, places to eat, bars & historical buildings in Salem to enjoy! Beautiful buildings line the street & is really clean! We loved that the town / shops decorate during the Halloween season! Such a fun vibe! This is the spot to check out & hit up all the fun spots in one...

Very dirty bathrooms are filthy the hallways have buckets everywhere collecting water when it rains out. It's more like a place for the homeless to get warm and the druggies to shoot up in the bathroom. They finally washed the floors but it still smells like urine. It's a great location for the mall to bad no one takes care of it correctly it makes the...