The only drawback to Honey Dew is you gotta go in knowing it's gonna take 3-10x longer to get your food and drink than it would at a Dunks. I go to one regularly when I get onto the highway and I always crack up at the times I go there and the line is 5+ people deep and at least one person in the line will act exasperated, sigh and fidget, and sometimes even just stomp out mumble/yelling "I CAN'T WAIT THIS LONG!" Slays me every time.

I could probably put together a 50 page document on why I hate Salem in October... But y'all probably already know most of the highlights. It's just such a frustrating experience.

That being said, there's a lot going on. Pretty much all the restaurants around the Bewitched Statue are great. Flying Saucer Pizza and Gulu Gulu have some great food and drinks (and coffee), Life Alive around the corner is fantastic if you like healthy foods, and the bars nearby are all very decent. In fact, pretty much anything rated 4.5+ stars on Google reviews there is still great considering how many tourists review it during the literal worst time to be in Salem.

For cannabis: Go to Seagrass and pick up any flowers from Nature's Heritage, Good Chemistry, or Ocean Breeze and chances are pretty good - halfway decent prerolls if that's your thing. Betty's Eddies and I am Edible are both decent edibles and Fernway is an okay distillate cartridge. Fuck ATG and INSA.

Dress warm and go to the Haunted Happenings marketplace. Also seriously listen to everybody telling you not to take a car to Salem. It's a fucking nightmare - especially at the end of the night when you want to leave. Just take the train. Sincerely: Not enough people can tell you to avoid driving there.

Is it much cheaper? And what's your up/down speed with it?