Ritter's Housemade Foods - Salem

A cozy dining room, in the heart of downtown. Comfortable interior and exterior seats, a wide menu with sweet dessert selections rounded. At busy times, it can be a bit loud with the chatter inside, and the noise outside (geraffic, automotive and pedestrian) can also catch its message, but it is for the course with any restaurant in downtown. Your pizza menus are encouraging. sweet, rich marinara sauce; cheese that is somewhat tough without being too thick; pepperoni which is abundant; crust that is thin but solid enough to support folding. You can't go wrong. I also enjoyed her rosemary-seasoned french french fries, served with cups of ketchup and aioli. Excellent as an appetizer, it must be experienced with its Italian soda, which can be mixed together for taste. For their colder, sweeter desserts, I would encourage you to taste the cheese cake or their Bontà Gelato, produced regionally with rotating seasonal flavors.

The food is pretty tasty, but what I find interesting is that if you are a party of one, it seems that they don't sit you. I'm out of town and the last three times, I say I can't sit because there's a waiting list for tables when there are many open tables. I understand they have reservations, but the tables never fill out. This time I was offered instead of sitting at the bar. I'm sitting here. There were five open tables when I arrived and 30 minutes later the 5 tables are still empty. It's just weird.

The first time in this restaurant. There's lunch. I have the classic BLT. Can you really **** a BLT? Unfortunately. Not here, this long classic was delicious. Beautiful thick bacon, sweet tomatoes, and no wild salad. Beautiful touch with the avocado and paved veggies on the side. My staff ordered a salad and forgot the roasted zucchini. Because she didn't get it right away. Maybe you want to double check your salad before leaving. I support local companies especially when they have delicious food.

This place is a great atmosphere for business meetings or just for cocktails and food. They craft some quite amazing spirits with made in house syrup and fruit purée. The food is quite solid and made with a lot of things 100% of scratches including sauces. I'm a big fan of her salads, pizzas and sliders with French fries. The staff is great and the bartenders are very professional. It's a fun place to go.

Decided to give Ritter's a first try after hearing about it from friends and family for a while now. All references have been good and it looked like a nice atmosphere. Awesome food and service likewise. Came in with a couple friends of mine for dinner. Was seated faster than expected without booking a table prior, on what seemed to be a busy Saturday night. We were on the wait list for just a few minutes before promptly being updated that our table was ready to go. Then we were seated upstairs by our super kind and helpful hostess. Our orders were taken by our server about 10 minutes later which I thought was great considering how many tables were occupied. To my surprise our server greeted us with an apology for the wait time and was ready to take our order. We all decided on getting their Chipotle steak salads. All 3 came out in a timely manner with great presentation and tender steak paired with fresh tomatoes that all came together very well. Our server was also very kind and helpful checking up on our table, and making sure we were satisfied. Needless to say I'll definitely be adding to those that reccomend this local restaurant for good reason. It's always nice to see modern local business like this one that have their act together from the seemless reservation system, customer service and good food at a reasonable price.