15 Walnut Owners Continue North Shore Expansion

The North Shore-based chain of restaurants that includes is Hamilton is adding its first Salem location, according to the Salem News.

Serenitee Restaurant Group plans to open a restaurant named Opus in November in the space that had been home to on Washington Street in the downtown for the past few years.

In early August, .

In Hamilton, before 15 Walnut, Serenitee operated the restaurant under the names Blue Smoke Bar and Grill and later Indigo. In recent years, the restaurant has been popular and one of only two public restaurants with waiter service in Hamilton since . Nearly two years ago, that expanded the restaurant into neighboring space in the Shoppes at Hamilton Crossing.

In recent months, 15 Walnut has also been in the news, with , for its wood-fired oven and when a customer custom-ordered a martini via Facebook.