Lounges

Hampton, New Hampshire

Hampton Beach serves as New Hampshire's most vibrant summer entertainment destination — a beach boardwalk community where New Hampshire's remarkably brief coastline (18 miles, the shortest of any coastal state) hosts some of New England's most vibrant summer entertainment. The Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom's extraordinary concert history and the boardwalk's remarkable summer entertainment culture create a lounge environment of genuine New Hampshire coastal tourism significance.

815 Lafayette Rd, Hampton, NH 03842

Hanover, New Hampshire

Hanover serves Dartmouth College — one of America's eight Ivy League universities, creating a cocktail lounge culture of unusual Ivy League intellectual and social sophistication in a New Hampshire college town. Dartmouth's extraordinary academic reputation, its remarkable Winter Carnival tradition (one of America's oldest and most spectacular winter festivals), and Hanover's beautiful Connecticut River setting create a lounge environment of genuine New England academic community significance.

Main St, Hanover, NH 03755

Keene, New Hampshire

Keene is the most vibrant small arts city in New Hampshire — a Cheshire County community whose Main Street is one of the most beautifully preserved 19th-century commercial streetscapes in New England and whose extraordinary Pumpkin Festival (it once held the world record for most lit jack-o-lanterns displayed simultaneously) creates a community entertainment culture of genuine New England small-city charm and artistic vitality.

Main St, Keene, NH 03431

Laconia, New Hampshire

Lake Winnipesaukee is the most beloved lake in New England — a 72-square-mile mountain lake where New Hampshire's extraordinary summer resort culture (Laconia Motorcycle Week, the oldest motorcycle rally in America; the M/S Mount Washington cruise boat; and some of New England's finest freshwater beaches) creates a lounge culture shaped by the most vibrant summer lake entertainment in New Hampshire.

Main St, Laconia, NH 03246

Manchester, New Hampshire

Manchester's entertainment scene serves New Hampshire's largest city — an industrial city transformed by tech industry growth and creative economy investment into one of the most entrepreneurial mid-size cities in New England. Manchester's Mill Yard conversion (the massive Amoskeag Manufacturing Company complex transformed into creative offices, restaurants, and entertainment venues) and its growing brewery scene create an entertainment district shaped by authentic New England industrial heritage.

Downtown Manchester, NH 03101

Manchester, New Hampshire

Manchester's Millyard district cocktail scene serves New Hampshire's largest city in the most dramatically historically significant industrial site in New England — the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company complex (once the largest textile mill complex in the world, extending 1.25 miles along the Merrimack River) now converted to outstanding restaurants, craft bars, and technology companies. Manchester's remarkable industrial heritage and its contemporary creative economy create a lounge culture of genuine New England industrial transformation significance.

Amoskeag Millyard, Manchester, NH 03101

North Conway, New Hampshire

North Conway is the gateway to the White Mountains — a ski town and shopping destination where the extraordinary Mount Washington Valley landscape (Mount Washington, the world's windiest mountain; Tuckerman Ravine, the most famous spring ski terrain in the East) creates a mountain resort lounge culture of remarkable New England outdoor adventure significance.

Main St, North Conway, NH 03860

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Black Trumpet is Portsmouth's most acclaimed restaurant and bar — a Ceres Street establishment presenting extraordinary cocktails and outstanding Spanish-influenced cuisine in the most romantically atmospheric setting in New Hampshire. Portsmouth's remarkable culinary scene (recognized by food media as one of America's most impressive small-city restaurant markets) creates a bar and dining culture that consistently surprises visitors with its national-level quality.

29 Ceres St, Portsmouth, NH 03801

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth's cocktail lounge scene is the finest in New Hampshire — a colonial seaport city where the extraordinary combination of maritime heritage, outstanding seafood restaurants, and a remarkable concentration of talented bartenders creates a cocktail culture of unusual New England small-city sophistication. Portsmouth's remarkable preservation of its 18th-century streetscape and its extraordinary independent restaurant and bar culture create a cocktail lounge environment of genuine New Hampshire coastal city significance.

Bow St, Portsmouth, NH 03801

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth's waterfront lounge scene reflects the city's extraordinary maritime heritage — a seacoast community where craft cocktail bars and wine lounges serve the most sophisticated entertainment consumers in New Hampshire along the Piscataqua River. The waterfront's extraordinary combination of 17th-century maritime history, contemporary craft beverage culture, and the natural beauty of the tidal river creates a lounge experience uniquely shaped by New Hampshire's maritime heritage.

Ceres St, Portsmouth, NH 03801