Dire Wolf Tavern

We sat in the bar. Brian was our bartender, he was quick to get our first drink. All other interactions with him required us to wave him down or ask another staff member to get him for us. After finally getting his attention to order food we placed another drink order, long Island iced tea. It was undrinkable. 3/4 sour mix. After getting his attention to talk about it, he didnt offer to remake or make a different drink. We observed him using the straw method to taste drinks and shots he was making for other patrons, clearly not trying the long Island. Patrons around us, seated after us, were able to order and served before we were able to even order. We knew what we wanted right away. Food and atmosphere were great. Would try again with a different bartender/server. Enjoyed the pleasant

I got their burger and it was yummy and classic with good fries. My wife got the braised short rib pasta which blew my mind. It was rich in flavor and tender beyond belief. We also shared some of their(addicting) fried pickles and delicious clam chowder. The pasta dish is enough for me to want to come back ASAP! Easily my favorite place we ate at the whole trip.

Went to Salem for the day on a MONDAY (I live in Boston) and stopped in for lunch. There was no one to greet us at the hostess stand, we decided to look for seats at the bar and we did find some. I ordered a bloody margarita which was lackluster. Even though it wasn’t busy I had to flag down a bartender to order food. We were half way through our drinks when our appetizer came. I ordered the steak nachos medium rare and let me tell you these were the best nachos I’ve ever had in my life. No one continued to check on us, towards the end of almost finishing the nachos I asked for two waters, i asked for straws but the bartender didn’t hear me and I must’ve said excuse me a few times. I decided to get up and go across the bar and get straws on my own. As tempted as I was to try entrees on the

Bartender Ryan was fun and had good recommendations. Espresso martini, window maker IPA & pulled pork sandwich...sandwich was enough for 2 and fries were crispy and delish! Not to mention we had gyozas for an appetizer and they were on point!

I had the short rib tacos. One taco had too much fatty pieces made it hard to eat. Really didn't have much flavor. I subbed fries for yucca fries. Again not much flavor. My family really enjoyed their meals fish tacos were great! Regular fries are good too! Corn dip appetizer was meh... I got the good greif cocktail. It was delicious! The bathrooms didnt have toilet paper. I would definitely go back but try something else. Server was very nice.