John O.
Yelp
We hit East Regiment Brewing, but they were only selling beer to go but they weren't serving. Walking back to Derby I saw the Hotel Salem and I was like "OMG I haven't been to the Roof yet. You wanna go here instead?" Mike was down to check it out, he didn't know about it. I awkwardly asked if we could bring in our beer, the girl at the front advised we could try but couldn't promise it be cool with the staff at the bar. We went to the Roof and informed the host that we had beer, but swore we weren't gonna drink it, we had come from the brewery and looking for food and drinks. "That's alright guys, I'll show you to your table. Here, you even have space to put your beer down." Super accommodating, I super appreciated it but was totally understanding if their answer was no.
Having been open a couple of years, I had been wanting to check this place out. I mean, you are having drinks at a bar, on the roof of a building overlooking the Essex Street pedestrian section with additional view of the surrounding Downtown area.
Of course our server said "oh, you just missed the sunset. Most people come in around that time." Then I realized that the view of the sun setting over Salem would be an absolute delight at the end of the day. Another reason to return! Even still, it was an awesome view at dusk while enjoying nachos and drinks with my friend Mike.
We just hung out, chilled; our server, she was so polite and sweet, and checked in at appropriate times. Super attentive. It made the night wonderful. We picked away at nachos, chatted, made predictions on our friend Joe's big news, and I absorbed the views from our spot. I couldn't have asked for a better end to the night.