Restaurants in New Hampshire

Diners continue to flourish in the Granite State — some vintage streamlined beauties, others modern buildings with diner spirit and a diner menu. To the population of diners, add the fact that maple-syrup consciousness is high and you have a state where breakfast can be the best meal of the day. In fact, a long-time favorite Roadfood breakfast stops is Polly’s Pancake Parlor up in Sugar Hill, which was established in the 1930s to let people know just how wonderful maple syrup is. New Hampshire also has a stretch of shoreline, home of lobster pounds and clam shacks to which visitors return summer after summer. A heritage of dairy farming has made it a good state in which to find udder-to-cone ice cream.

New Hampshire’s Most Famous Dishes

Disposable partitioned plate holds turkey with dressing under gravy, a yam, green beans, cranberry sauce, and a baked yam

Turkey Dinner

Scoops of strawberry, pistachio, and vanilla ice cream accompany a slice of 4-layer chocolate cake.

Ice Cream

A basket of six hot donuts: plain, powdered sugar, cinnamon

Donuts

In a red drive-in basket, onion rings are crisp and golden-brown

Onion Rings

New Hampshire’s Best Restaurants

Lago’s Lone Oak

ROCHESTER, NH

Annabelle’s Ice Cream

PORTSMOUTH, NH

Lean bacon and runny egg sandwiched in a toasted English muffin
The Friendly Toast

PORTSMOUTH, NH

Gilley’s PM Lunch

PORTSMOUTH, NH

L.A. Burdick

WALPOLE, NH

Puritan’s Back Room

MANCHESTER, NH

Ice House

RYE, NH

Blink’s Fry Doe

HAMPTON, NH

Tilt’n Diner

TILTON, NH

Markey’s Lobster Pool

SEABROOK, NH

Lou’s Restaurant

HANOVER, NH

Bishop’s Ice Cream

LITTLETON, NH

Four Aces Diner

LEBANON, NH

Polly’s Pancake Parlor

SUGAR HILL, NH

Brick Store - Chocolate Fudge
Brick Store

BATH, NH

Harts Turkey Farm - Turkey Dinner
Hart’s Turkey Farm

MEREDITH, NH

Rye Harbor Lobster Pound

RYE, NH

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