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Downtown Salem · Dive with good drinks

Bit Bar

This is the fun, loud pick when the group wants pinball and skee-ball with their drinks rather than a quiet cocktail hour. Minors are welcome before 8pm, so it works earlier in the evening too if that matters.

GroupsLate nightPeople-watching
Neighbourhood
Downtown Salem
Style
Dive with good drinks
Known for
house cocktail list alongside tallboys · 50-plus arcade games and pinball · walking taco and other snack-forward bar food
Prices
$ · cocktails under $14
Getting in
Walk-ins only
Food
Snacks and small plates
Hours
Roughly Tue-Thu 4pm-midnight, Fri 4pm-1am, Sat 11:30am-1am, Sun 11:30am-midnight, closed Mon; confirm
Address
278 Derby St, Salem, MA 01970

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Checked: Location database last updated June 2026 still lists the venue as active at 278 Derby St.

Photo: Bit Bar, from their website.

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