Scratch Kitchen

Meh. The environment is really cool, very good concept, but...my fish tacos sucked. My husband and I were so excited to eat here and were both totally bummed it didn't live up to our admitted spoiled foodie expectations. Everything tastes overly pickled, it just overpowered everything. However, our server was great and very personable and she offered me a different plate of my choice altogether without making a stink over it. I ordered the BLT with the herbed mayo and it was much better. That is why I give them 3 stars. Maybe we are just spoiled rotten with great food and perhaps we visited on an off day. They seem to want to please their customers so hopefully they'll reconfigure the way they do their fish tacos in the future.

Just a short visit to Salem and stopped here while walking the Red Line!! Really enjoyed the food and the server, Kara, is great!! We had the egg sandwich with bacon. Very good. We also had the bacon dumplings, which were good but would have been better if served with a little maple syrup. Thank you!!!