Border Brewery and Barbecue
Restaurant
4.5 (594 on Google)
About Border Brewery and Barbecue
Border Brewery and Barbecue is a brewery and barbecue restaurant on North Broadway in Salem. It began as a home brew supply shop, and Google still describes it as a retailer of home brewing supplies and equipment plus a brewery. The owner, Joe, says on the website that he left the mechanical field to follow his passion for home brewing.
The first beer was a brown ale, and it became the flagship Sticky Paw Brown. The name comes from Pepper, the shop dog, who walked through a sticky boil over. The brewery started on a one-barrel brew house before moving to its current address.
The website lists a BBQ menu, a cocktails page and a Border BBQ Pizza menu. It describes the beers as home-made craft beers. Catering is offered for a crowd, and the site says you can order beer to go.
Google lists a wheelchair accessible entrance, parking lot, restroom and seating. More people have reviewed Border Brewery and Barbecue on Google than any other brewery, taproom or beer shop in Salem on this site.
From Border Brewery and Barbecue's own website and its Google listing, read October 20, 2026.
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Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
- Wheelchair accessible seating
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Questions people ask
How did Border Brewery get started?
Its website says owner Joe began with a home brew supply shop in an industrial building in Salem. He later added a one-barrel brew house, then moved to the current North Broadway location.
Where does the name Sticky Paw Brown come from?
The website says a brew kettle boiled over on the floor and Pepper, the shop dog, left sticky paw prints everywhere. That is how the flagship brown ale got its name.
Can I get beer to go?
Yes. The website says to order beer to go, and it also has an online ordering page.
Does Border Brewery do tours or catering?
Its contact page says brewery tours are now available. The website also offers BBQ catering for larger groups.
Which breweries are close by?
Indian Rock Market & Smoke Shop in Windham is 3.4 miles away. Stateline Paysaver is 3.7 miles away, and Spicket River Brewery in Lawrence is 7.1 miles away.
Answers come from Border Brewery and Barbecue's website and its Google listing, read October 20, 2026.
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Before you visit Border Brewery
Check borderbrewsupply.com before you go. The BBQ, beer and cocktail menus are all there. The site also takes online orders if you would rather eat at home.
The contact page says brewery tours are now available. Ask about one when you get in touch, and look at the hours on the site first.
Indian Rock Market & Smoke Shop in Windham is 3.4 miles away. Stateline Paysaver is 3.7 miles away, and Spicket River Brewery in Lawrence is 7.1 miles away. Any of them makes an easy add-on to a barbecue trip.