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Mercy Tavern

Food, drinks, and music in Salem, MA

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Apr 04 2017

Mercy Tavern Opens Friday, April 7!

We will soft open Mercy Tavern the first week of April and we will be fully open on April 7.

THERE WILL BE A BLUES JAM ON FRIDAY, APRIL 7!!!

Here are just a few of the items we will start with, but keep in mind our menu will continually change based on the fresh ingredients we buy:

The Mercy Tavern offers a gastropub style menu that emphasizes international and New England comfort food. Our menu ingredients will be locally sourced and sustainably produced.

Small Bites

Hand cut prosciutto
Roasted cauliflower with sesame yogurt
Roasted red pepper and hazelnut on crostini
House made bread and butter pickles

Apps 

French onion soup
Grill ginger pork skewers with cucumber sambal
Toasted and grilled vegetable “salad” with cumin dressing, toasted chick peas, golden raisins and baby greens (vegan)
Carpaccio with chimichurri sauce
Cauliflower and lentil pate, Freekeh tabouli and toasted almonds (vegan)

Sandwiches

Double patty burger with bacon jam, cheese of choice and potato bun, with hand cut fries
A Proper Cubano…slow roasted pork, sliced ham, gruyere cheese, onion pickle relish, and mustard
Grilled Haloumi cheese on pita with Kalamata olives, oregano-mint dressing, romaine and roasted tomatoes
Hot pastrami, fresh rye bread, whole grain mustard butter, quick pickle slaw, classic thousand island dressing and Swiss cheese

Entrees

Bob’s famous fried chicken with sweet and sour slaw and black pepper gravy
Rum and molasses brined pork chop with New England brown bread and Boston baked beans
Line caught cod with roasted vegetables and tomato-hazelnut puree
Spaghetti and meatballs (can be made vegetarian or vegan)
Cast iron pan-roasted rib-eye, house steak sauce with garlic fries and watercress pickled red onion salad
Butternut “strip steak,” ancient grain pilaf, roasted garlic escarole, toasted pumpkin seeds and pomegranate molasses (vegan)

12 taps!
Specialty cocktail list!
Great music!

Written by Mercy Staff · Categorized: Pubformation · Tagged: opening

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Mercy Tavern

Food, drink, and music at 148 Derby Street Salem, MA 01970.

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Open and Dispensing Merciful Victuals:
Mon-Tue: 4PM-close / Wed-Fri: 12PM-close / Sat: 12PM-1:00AM / Sun: 12PM-1:00AM.

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