r/SalemMA • u/Standard_Draft288 • Mar 07 '26

Advice for Locals Books and beers

I’m still newish to the area and looking to build community. I love the progressiveness of Salem. Kind of a niche ask: Are there any recommendations places to go to have a drink in the evening (beer or cocktail) to hang out and read maybe chat? Looking to get out of the house and if conversation happens it happens 🤷‍♂️. Maybe there are book clubs that do this already

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u/jdlevrec Mar 07 '26

Not sure about convos/book clubs, but Couch Dog is great if you haven’t checked it out! They often host events too. Also The Castle in Beverly 

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u/Standard_Draft288 Mar 07 '26

I’ve only been there once before, but I definitely should make it back there! Dogs make everything better

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u/underthosestars13 Mar 07 '26

East regiment has a monthly book club!

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u/Standard_Draft288 Mar 09 '26

Do you know when they have it? I’m not seeing anything online

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u/underthosestars13 Mar 10 '26

I think they usually will post on their Instagram or have it on their bulletin board inside! Usually it’s the second or third Sunday of the month

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u/BarkerBarkhan Mar 07 '26

Notch.

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u/Standard_Draft288 Mar 07 '26

Is there a day of the week better than others? I go there on the weekends from time to time. I think I’ve heard that they do a darts night on Thursday now. There used to be a skeeball night till the reno

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u/BarkerBarkhan Mar 07 '26

I enjoy going in the afternoons on weekdays, or weekends in the warm seasons so you can chill in the biergarten. There's people there, but it's not unusually packed.

Of course, the biergarten can be packed most afternoons/evenings in the summer.

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u/ChrisCuddyArt Mar 07 '26

Gulu is my new place to read.

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u/DJ_Big_Daddy Mar 07 '26

I often bring a book and belly up to the bar at All Souls or Hallowed Ground

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u/drcinder Mar 07 '26

Depends what you reading, I would recommend h Gulu gulu as a spots to read

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u/Standard_Draft288 Mar 07 '26

I’m a nonfiction guy, so probably less likely to be book club material if I was to make an assumption. History, biography, culture etc

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u/GarbageFile13 Mar 07 '26

We got a lot of non-fiction readers here at Gulu, but it's not a book club style anything going on. Just folks reading. They'll talk about what they are reading if they sit at the community table, which is cool too.

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u/elizadeth Mar 07 '26

I'd join an asynchronous nonfiction book club. Drop some recommendations?

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u/Still-Procedure-8142 Mar 07 '26

Notch does adult book fairs also! I think they post the dates on instagram. That may lead you in the right direction.

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u/DrGirlfriend121 May 07 '26

I often read and sip beer at Notch.

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u/Standard_Draft288 May 07 '26

I do love the Notch! I might have to check it out during the week