Starbird – Salem

Salem News traced the long runway to a difficult reuse of the Bridge Street property. Turning a former restaurant into retail was one of the business’s biggest challenges, the paper reported. Because the building was within 100 feet of water, Department of Environmental Protection review added another year to the process, Childs said. The article described Starbird as an early entrant into Salem’s adult-use launch that was still preparing to open four years after cannabis sales began in the city. Patch’s July 2023 report then noted a recent ribbon cutting. For shoppers, that history explains why the bird-and-star name is more than branding: it records a delayed conversion from restaurant space to a women-owned cannabis shop.

For a separate stop, supplied walking routes are 0.93 miles and 21 minutes to Salem Witch Museum, 1.05 miles and 24 minutes to Peabody Essex Museum, and 3.97 miles and 90 minutes to Northshore Mall. The traffic-unaware driving estimates are, respectively, 0.93 miles and three minutes, 1.08 miles and four minutes, and 4.21 miles and 14 minutes; they do not reflect live traffic.