Cravings Travels Back In Time
Cravings, at 389 Main St., goes back in time with its 1920s-style ice cream parlor and soda fountain. Wakefield Patch caught up with some employees during the workday.
Try taking an ice cream parlor and literally moving it across the street. That's what Rick Campbell, the owner of Cravings since March 15, 1993, of Salem, N.H., did when he relocated his existing business into a vintage ice cream parlor, with the look of the 1920s after the original owner died from 400 Main St. to 389 Main St. Now called Creations, 400 Main St. sells organic lunch and smoothies. Originally penned Colonial Spa from 1920 to November 2000, since April 2002, the sign now reads: "Cravings at Colonial Spa." Instead, it is a soda fountain with booths, a marble counter, mosaic tiles and a back bar that is nostalgic -- resembling a diner. There are also photographs on the wall of how the building looked 50 years ago, the original …
