Call me a cockeyed optimist (no one who knows me IRL would do that, btw) but things might be looking up downtown.
That veterinary clinic next to the fire station is pretty professional-looking, and seems to be doing a good business. Next door, the old law office is being rehabbed in a substantial and attractive way. Tuscan red? - why the heck not?
Up the street, the new sushi place, Maki Sushi, is getting quite the media buzz (no, I don't mean the Salem Evening News, which is owned by a conglomerate in flyover land that thinks that sushi = bait). I would never have believed that ol' Peabody could handle sushi, but there it is. The restaurant is simple and beautiful, the staff is super-attentive (NC stopped in for a meal a couple of days ago), and the food is innovative and could attract a much wider crowd than locals, in this writer's opinion.
NC likes a beer with his nigiri though - and wishes that Maki had a beer/wine license. How sad that every dive/fight bar has got one, and hip, up-and-coming restaurants have access to none.
Nevertheless, I strongly recommend Maki. Fresh, delicious, and so good-for-you. I have no connections to the restaurant people or the industry - so this is as unbiased as it gets. Go. Eat fish.
Farewell Dark City....
11 years ago
2 comments:
Hey NC.....your a cockeyed optimist!!!
But thanks for the new sushi restaurant suggestion. Always looking for good ones to try.
Well I tried Maki Sushi with my wife and was pleasantly surprised! It is really nice inside and the food was very good!
Sadly... we were the ONLY patrons in the place... except for family members of the owner.
And while we were there the only other person to pass the place was a homeless looking woman... not an inspiration to the new business owners I would imagine.
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