After 78 Years, Salem Diner Serve Its Last Meal

SALEM, MA — Boston Restaurant Talk is reporting that the Salem Diner will close on Friday. The diner on Loring Avenue opened in 1941 and has been owned by Salem State University since 2013. In March, the university had signaled it would close the diner as it tried to consolidate dining options on campus.

Boston Restaurant Talk, however, says the diner is for sale. The hope is a new owner would move the structure and reopen it.

A consultant recommended that Salem State University close the diner. The university made the diner part of its dining options for students while keeping it open to the public when it purchased the property in 2013 as part of its efforts to consolidate its footprint on Loring Avenue. But results of a comprehensive survey conducted last fall suggested that closing the diner would offer the university's food service department more efficiencies.

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