What a hidden gem! Music DNA is an old school record store and a blast from the past. The owner is…read morevery nice and helpful. The place is super tight and not that organized, but the owner can help find what you are looking for. I scored some vintage Madonna cassettes today as well as some promo Madonna poster cards.

Such a cool throwback music store…read more This small shop is located next to the County Kitchen that I'm a regular at and consistently going to just to get Matthew A off his Duke Ship here. The owner is named Jeff he's super laid back and a reminders me of a OH (original hipster- just made that up but as a gift to you I will let you use it-Your Welcome) not that new age hipsters that are taking over Brooklyn faster then that mice on a NYC subway station. This shop has all your favorite music that has inspired the vast majority if not all of the current music your hearing today. Jeff opened this store over 30 years ago and is a music genius himself. This shop is packed floor to ceiling with very cool Atracks, Vinyls, Tape Cassettes, CDs of all oldie but goodies. Music is a passion for some people and you can feel that this store is filled with not just music items but packed with Love. You can see that like this name of this shop music is in Jeff's DNA I'm not a music person. I love music but hated my grade school musical teacher so that were I being to dislike music. I respect people who do have musical talents as I don't have any. It's a cool great place to come and get inspired. I'm sure if your a music person Jeff will gladly talk about all that.

This Newbury Comics location has a decent selection of new & used music, movies, video games,…read moreperiodicals, apparel, books, comics, toys, novelties, candy, and more. This store is very popular since it's located north of the MA border where there's NO SALES TAX and the parking lot is a bit tight in front. I'll shop here often to pick up new releases and scavenge through the used CDs and DVDs. I've picked up a few great deals in Salem including $2.99-$3.99 used CDs and $6.99 used DVDs and cool toys such as kazoos, bobble heads, and a George W. Bush Talking Bottle Opener, "Fool me once.... shame on...shame on you..... Fool me, can't get fooled again." Newbury Comics has an Email Club which is free to join and they'll send newsletters with lists of new releases, specials, in-store events, coupons, and even cool freebies each week to your inbox. I've collected the set of Newbury Comics limited edition pint glasses, which is offered free to Email Club members with an email coupon sent throughout the year. However, several times, this store runs out of the glasses and other freebies quicker than other locations. NOTE: This store will be closing in March 2016 and relocating to The Mall At Rockingham Park in the former FYE space. This has been the trend lately of several Newbury Comics stores moving into malls (ie Nashua, Burlington MA, Peabody MA, Natick MA, Braintree MA, South Portland ME).

Ah, Newbury Comics. So "indie" and "unique" yet so commercialized. But that's what I love about it…read more You can walk into any Newbury Comics in New England and it will smell exactly the same. I don't know what the incense is that they use in this place, but I want some. The staff looks essentially the same from one store in the chain to the next, and the walls and the shelves above the CD racks contain the same useless junk from one store to the next. It's that useful junk that makes Newbury Comics fun. Very rarely do I actually buy something here. It's just fun to look through all the weird things they have and wonder who would actually wear these stupid t-shirts and tote these obnoxiously quirky bags. If I wanted to buy cheap used CDs, DVDs, or Blurays, I would go to Bull Moose down the street. Newbury Comics just has a charm that pulls me back to enjoy gazing at the strange, strange things it stocks.

Cafe doesn't know how to make drinks correctly. Iced Americanos looks like iced tea and tastes…read moreterrible. Cafe staff should be retrained.

We live nearby and have visited this location several times. We're avid readers, so the fact that I…read moredidn't write, "Many times," is very revealing: The selection of books is so limited, and the obnoxious "reviews" they attach to specific books is incredibly insulting. The shelves are often a mess, no matter what section you visit. We have gone to look for a specific book or author and we have left empty-handed every time. The selection is so small. To top it off, we bought a book from B&N online, and it didn't arrive in time for an event. When we went to return it at the store, with the receipt, within three days of receiving it, we were told at Customer Service that they only hand out online orders, and that we would have to wait on line for a cashier to make a return. When we handed the book to the cashier, who wasn't nice, (they act as if you are intruding and bothering them), she said she didn't think they would take it! Then she asked a supervisor who wasn't nice, and he said they wouldn't take it. They both didn't apologize or offer guidance, and said we'd have to take it up with B&N online. Funny thing, is that when we did, they said we could return it at the store. They sent us a label anyway, so we'll send it back that way and avoid the ridiculous scene and discourteous treatment at the store itself. Don't bother with this location: There are other choices for bookstores, and the service is much better at any of them.

Reopened in a small location next to Victorias Secret Pop…read moreculture heavy with no movies and little of any music generally vinyl

It was around Christmas time when I was shopping at the store and while looking something I leaned…read moreforward to get a better look I spilled the cup of hot chocolate I was holding in my hand. As a good customer I went over and asked for some paper towels figuring it'd be nice to clean it up myself but the thing is, I'm not obligated to have to clean it up. I half expected one of the three employees working to come over and say to me,"Don't worry about it, I'll clean up the mess." But no, they just stood there and watched as I cleaned up the mess for what felt like 15 minutes. That's not even the only problem I have. I remember that every time I went into the store to shop I was never once asked if I needed help finding anything or if I knew what I was looking for.

I stopped by there today to buy a Baptismal gift for my Grandson. The selection of Christian gifts…read moreis unbelievable. Catherine was so accommodating and cheerful for my request to wrap my gifts for me. She has put together a needed store in these times.

DeColores is a good store for Catholic gifts and items. They have fewer books, some pre-Vatican II,…read morebut mostly books written with Vatican II theology. They also have a section for Protestant books. Parking is easy and right outside the store. The checkout process was easy. Visit this store if you want to purchase Catholic gifts.

I actually only stopped by here for a few minutes when I was in the area, as I'd never been before…read more Didn't get the chance to buy anything quite yet, but I will definitely be back regularly. These types of stores tend to be on the unorganized side, but GOOD LORD this place was meticulously arranged for what it is. Retro games were ALPHABETIZED. I was in heaven. It's fun just to poke around in this place, as opposed to other used gaming or second hand stores where it's basically all a jumble like some sadistic treasure hunt. Prices are fair. Obviously you're not going to get eBay-type prices, but this goes for any physical store selling items like this. Core Gaming's prices are very fair when compared to other stores of this type. I love searching around in bargain bins of N64 games and things like that, and this place had well organized bargain bins. WELL ORGANIZED BARGAIN BINS. That sounds like an oxymoron, but I assure you it is not. The location is good. The parking lot can be a bear to get in and out of at certain times of day, but I assure you that this is the fault of the city of Salem NH and not of Core Gaming.

I used to love coming here. They tend to have really cool things and lots of items in stock…read more However their prices tend to be insanely high on most things, to the point where you'd might as well buy them online. They also wouldn't let me price match a game on their own website while I was in the store! The game was twice as much in the store than it was on their own website! This location has gotten terrible in the last 2 years...

Excellent staff, salesman and store manager! Friendly and spent all the time we needed to learn all…read moreabout items we went to purchase. The service was outstanding! We happily purchased two! and now two new friends. We recommend this store to everyone. We will return for sure.

My husband bought me a great T-shirt in Dec. From here, but the Large fits like a medium, so we…read morefinally made the 2 hour trip back to exchange it today, 2/16/24. Tags are still on and we have the credit charge for a lot of items purchased, but not the itemized list. The clerk said we could not exchange it without a receipt, even though the same exact shirts in the larger size are there. I asked if a manager was there and he said she was not. He said there is nothing he could do. I said I was going to write a bad review and recommend no one shop here and an off-duty staff (someone who was behind the counter in Dec) said I had an attitude. I did not swear or raise my voice. I highly recommend NEVER buying anything here. What a waste of $25. It was a cute shirt