Sadly, there used to be a grocery store at the current location of the South Salem Pharmacy Building, which made the neighborhood far more walkable. It was a Frey's Thriftway (later styled "Daniel's Green Grocer"). The Frey family (Phil, Jin, and Bill) were legendary in Salem for their community involvement, but have all since passed away and their stores were sold. The one on South Commercial was where I spent my very first quarter on a video game, "Centipede".
