Get together & relax

Relax with your friends, your coworkers, your sweetie or just yourself. Here are some spots to enjoy the happy hour experience with craft cocktails and tasty eats.

Industry East Bar - Best of the Best

28 Hanover St., Manchester, 232-6940, industryeastbar.com

Jeremy Hart and Dan Haggerty are seasoned bartenders with around four decades of combined experience. In February 2021 they went into business together to open Industry East, a craft cocktail bar with a unique food menu to match featuring appetizers, flatbreads, loaded hot dogs and more. Cocktails feature modern takes on the classics and all kinds of experimental concoctions, all using syrups, juices and other ingredients made in house.

 815 Cocktails & Provisions

815 Elm St., Manchester, 782-8086, 815nh.com

This craft cocktail bar is located in an upstairs unit on Elm Street in downtown Manchester. Co-owner Sarah Maillet is always experimenting with both experimental cocktails and modern takes on the classics, all complementing the bar’s intimate vibe and scratch-cooked foods. As of May 16, 815 remains temporarily closed for extensive renovations, but the owners are aiming to reopen the space by early July. Follow them on Instagram @815nh for updates.

 Chuck's Barbershop

90 Low Ave., Concord, 856-7071, find them on Facebook @chucksbarbershopnh

Don’t let its name fool you — Chuck’s was built as 1920s-style speakeasy “disguised” as a barbershop from the outside. The Prohibition-inspired bar opened in a tucked away corner of Concord’s Eagle Square in early 2018. It’s one of several similar concepts in the Granite State spearheaded by Liu Vaine, who was inspired by speakeasies he visited in New York City.

 New Hampshire Pizza Co.

76 N. Main St., Concord, 333-2125, newhampshirepizzaco.com

Longtime Concord restaurateur Joel Harris opened this downtown restaurant in January 2022. Although it’s best-known for its brick-oven artisan pizzas, New Hampshire Pizza Co. also features salads, brunch items, cocktails and homemade ice cream, with the overall focus of highlighting locally produced ingredients.

 Rambling House Food & Gathering

57 Factory St., Suite A, Nashua, 318-3220, ramblingtale.com

Featuring seasonally inspired menus — with a diverse offering of meat, seafood and vegetarian options — and an outside dining area with unparalleled rooftop views of the Nashua River, Rambling House Food Gathering opened its doors in early March 2022. It’s co-owned and co-founded by members of the Gleeson family, who have also run 2nd Nature Academy (formerly known as The Nature of Things) since 1997. On the first floor below Rambling House you’ll find its sister company, the TaleSpinner Brewery, which can be accessed at the opposite end of the building on Water Street.

 Greenleaf

54 Nashua St., Milford, 213-5447, greenleafmilford.com

This casual farm-to-table restaurant features the cuisine of award-winning Milford chef Chris Viaud, who competed on Season 18 of Bravo’s cooking competition series Top Chef. Greenleaf’s menu changes all the time, and that’s because it’s based on what will come in for products from the farms the eatery partners with. It’s also known for its craft cocktail and non-alcoholic beverage programs.

 The Farm Bar & Grille

1181 Elm St., Manchester, 641-3276, farmbargrille.com

The Farm, which also has locations in Dover and Essex, Mass., in addition to its downtown Manchester restaurant, is known for its elevated comfort fare and creative cocktails.

 Cotton Restaurant

75 Arms St., Manchester, 622-5488, cottonfood.com

Cotton has been owned and operated by award-winning chef Jeffrey Paige since its opening in 2000. Its cocktail menu is especially known for featuring more than a dozen types of martinis.

 Copper Door Restaurant

15 Leavy Drive, Bedford, 488-2677, copperdoor.com

In addition to T-Bones Great American Eatery and CJ’s Great West Grill, the Copper Door is part of the Great New Hampshire Restaurants family. Known for its “not too fancy, not too casual” concept, the Copper Door first opened in Bedford in 2011 (a second location followed suit in Salem in 2017) and features a selection of more than a dozen signature cocktails, with additional specialty drinks rotating throughout the season.

 Stella Blu

70 E. Pearl St., Nashua, 578-5557, stella-blu.com

This upscale casual restaurant and martini bar is known for its scratch-cooked small and large plates, as well as salads, desserts and thoughtfully crafted drinks.

 Bar One

40 Nashua St., Milford, 249-5327, find them on Facebook @baronenh

A stone’s throw from the center of the Milford Oval, Bar One is a spot popular in town for its freshly cooked appetizers, entrees, sandwiches, flatbreads and