Daily Table Grocery Open: 2023-2025 Owner: nonprofit Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: none Location: 135 Lafayette St, Salem, MA Photographed: March 29, 2025 Previously, we've spent some time checking out nonprofit Daily Table Grocery locations in Boston and Cambridge, and now it's time to see the shortest-lived location. The roughly 6000 square foot Salem Daily Table opened in September of 2023 , closing with the rest of the locations in May 2025. The Salem store, like the others, was small but bright and clean with a simple selection of low-priced foods including a produce department as the centerpiece. The store was oriented with the registers at the right side, next to the parking lot, and groceries on the front wall with produce and a few aisles in the middle. Dairy, frozen, and cold cuts/prepared foods lined the left-side and back walls of the store. As you can see, the store is small and simple but bright and clean. It was a good concept and goo...
Los Amigos Supermarket Opened: 1991 Owner: Cesir Euerrero Previous Tenants: unknown Cooperative: none Location: 122 Lafayette St, Salem, MA Photographed: March 29, 2025 There are a few small grocers here in downtown Salem, and one small supermarket -- Steve's Quality Market , just a couple blocks northwest of here. Los Amigos is quite a bit smaller than Steve's, at only around 1000 square feet, so it's closer to a corner store or bodega than full supermarket. It's been here since 1991, but if I had to guess, I wouldn't be surprised if a corner grocer has stood at this corner, directly across from a small park or common, for many decades longer. A larger but still small-format grocer was briefly located across the street, which you can see here in today's other post. And tomorrow, The Market Report visits a small store at the northern edge of Salem!