Author: Matt Ingersoll

Celebrate 2022 with a special meal or dining party

Ring in 2022 with a special multi-course meal, a midnight Champagne toast, or just a night out at one of these New Hampshire restaurants, bars and function centers open on New Year’s Eve, Friday, Dec. 31. A few local eateries are also open for brunch on either New Year’s Day, Saturday, Jan. 1, or the following morning on Sunday, Jan. 2. Did we miss any restaurants offering New Year’s specials? Let us know at [email protected].

• 815 Cocktails & Provisions (815 Elm St., Manchester, 782-8086, 815nh.com) will host a New Year’s Eve party on Friday, Dec. 31, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $150 and include drink and food specials, an open bar, an unlimited photo booth and a Champagne toast at midnight.

• 900 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria (50 Dow St., Manchester, 641-0900, 900degrees.com) will be open during its normal hours on Friday, Dec. 31, from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.

• Alan’s of Boscawen (133 N. Main St., Boscawen, 753-6631, alansofboscawen.com) is holding a New Year’s Eve party on Friday, Dec. 31, featuring a buffet that will be served from 4 to 9 p.m., in addition to live music from Stray Dog. Tickets are $15.

• Auspicious Brew (1 Washington St., Suite 1103, Dover, 953-7240, auspiciousbrew.com) will hold a family-friendly New Year’s Eve party on Friday, Dec. 31, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Food will be available from Dos Mexican Eats and classic and hard kombuchas will be on draft. Tickets are $10 and will also include house made hot cocoa, craft opportunities, a festive photo station and more.

• The Barley House Restaurant & Tavern (132 N. Main St., Concord, 228-6363, thebarleyhouse.com) will be open during its normal hours on Friday, Dec. 31, from noon to 10 p.m.

• Bedford Village Inn & Restaurant (2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford, 472-2001, bedfordvillageinn.com) will serve a special four-course prix fixe dinner menu on Friday, Dec. 31, with seatings from 4 to 9 p.m. The menu will include your choice of an appetizer (Dunk’s mushroom toast, yellowfin tuna poke, a Vermont cheese board, New England oysters, butternut squash risotto or lobster bisque); a salad (watercress and firecracker mizuna or Boston bibb); an entree (grilled filet mignon, smoked New Bedford sea scallops, Moroccan-spiced Australian grass-fed lamb rack, pan-seared Faroe Island salmon, cornbread-crusted Icelandic cod loin, Robie Farm pork tenderloin or maple-roasted acorn squash); and a dessert (midnight chocolate cake, peach Champagne sorbet, Godiva creme brulee, pumpkin cheesecake or apple raisin strudel). The cost is $95 per person. The BVI’s Lobby Bar will also be open on Friday, Dec. 31, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. A special brunch will then be served on Saturday, Jan. 1, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Lobby Bar will also be open that day, from 8 to 10:30 a.m. for breakfast and from 4 to 9 p.m. for lunch.

• Belmont Hall & Restaurant (718 Grove St., Manchester, 625-8540, belmonthall.net) will be open on Friday, Dec. 31, until 2 p.m.

• Bistro 603 (345 Amherst St., Nashua, 722-6362, bistro603nashua.com) will be open on Friday, Dec. 31, from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., and on Saturday, Jan. 1, from 10 a.m. to close (likely around 10 p.m. for the kitchen and 11 p.m. for the bar). On Friday, Bistro 603 will host a New Year’s Eve Bash, featuring live music by the Massive Groove Band beginning at 9:30 p.m., as well as a special features menu, a late night buffet, a midnight Champagne toast and more.

• Buckley’s Great Steaks (438 Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack, 424-0995, buckleysgreatsteaks.com) will be open on both Friday, Dec. 31, and Saturday, Jan. 1, from 4 to 9 p.m. each evening.

• Cask & Vine (1 E. Broadway, Derry, 965-3454, caskandvine.com) is celebrating nine years in business with its annual end-of-year anniversary party on Friday, Dec. 31, beginning at 5 p.m. They’re taking reservations now for $25 per person, which will be applied to your bill at the end of the evening, with a complimentary toast at midnight. Go to caskandvine.com/nye.

• Castleton Banquet and Conference Center (58 Enterprise Drive, Windham, 898-6300, castletonbcc.com) will host a special New Year’s Eve party on Friday, Dec. 31, from 7 to 10 p.m., featuring a three-course meal, an open bar, a 50/50 raffle, a Champagne toast at midnight and more. Tickets are $200 (event is 21+ only).

• CJ’s Great West Grill (782 S. Willow St., Manchester, 627-8600, cjsgreatwestgrill.com) will be open on Friday, Dec. 31, until 10 p.m.

• Colby Hill Inn (33 The Oaks, Henniker, 428-3281, colbyhillinn.com) will serve a special New Year’s Eve sparkling wine dinner on Friday, Dec. 31, from 7 to 10:30 p.m. The six-course prix fixe meal will feature pairings of Sea Smoke wines — courses will include foie gras torchon, New Hampshire oysters, petite rabbit and mushroom cassoulet, petite tournedos with lobster tail, a white winter festival dessert featuring a coconut cup, white chocolate gelato and crisp meringue, and a plate of mignardises. The cost is $150 per person. Overnight packages at the Inn are also available, which will include a complimentary Champagne brunch and late night treats, as well as a late 1 p.m. checkout the next day.

• Copper Door Restaurant (15 Leavy Drive, Bedford, 488-2677; 41 S. Broadway, Salem, 458-2033; copperdoor.com) will serve a special New Year’s Eve prix fixe dinner menu on Friday, Dec. 31, from 4 to 8 p.m. at both locations, featuring meals of two, three or four courses. Options include sesame tuna risotto, crispy pork and beef meatballs, fish chowder, sausage and kale soup, shaved Brussels sprout and arugula, grilled filet oscar, braised short rib, soy honey glazed salmon, seafood-stuffed haddock, truffled mushroom ravioli, duck confit risotto, sugar cookie cupcakes, German chocolate cake, and vanilla Funfetti cheesecake. The cost is $69 for a two-course meal, $79 for a three-course meal and $89 for a four-course meal. Reservations are highly recommended. The Copper Door’s regular menus will also be available from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at both locations. Live music will be featured from 6 to 9 p.m.

• Copper Kettle To Go (39 Main St., Wilton, 654-2631, copperkettletogo.com) will serve a special New Year’s Eve buffet dinner on Friday, Dec. 31, at 8 p.m., featuring a dip station with Buffalo chicken, spinach and onion dips, as well as other items like crab rangoons, egg rolls, macaroni and cheese, butternut squash ravioli and more. Tickets are $40 per person and also include a Champagne toast at midnight.

• CR’s The Restaurant (287 Exeter Road, Hampton, 929-7972, crstherestaurant.com) will be open on Friday, Dec. 31, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. for lunch and from 5 to 9:30 p.m. for dinner.

• The Crown Tavern (99 Hanover St., Manchester, 218-3132, thecrownonhanover.com) will be open on Saturday, Jan. 1, from 4 to 9 p.m. Reservations are recommended.

• Epoch Gastropub (The Exeter Inn, 90 Front St., Exeter, 778-3762, epochrestaurant.com) will be open on Friday, Dec. 31, from 3 to 9 p.m., serving a special New Year’s Eve prix fixe menu alongside its normal menu. The meal will include your choice of a first course (grilled local oysters or red beet salad), an entree (braised short rib, pan-seared salmon or beet rissoles), and a dessert (citrus creme brulee with fresh oranges, or dark chocolate mousse with candied walnuts and coffee ice cream). The cost is $55 per person.

• Fire and Spice Bistro (70 Route 108, Newfields, 418-7121, fireandspicebistro.com) will be open on Friday, Dec. 31, serving dinner from 4 to 10 p.m. Local acoustic guitarist Chris O’Neill will perform live from 5 to 10 p.m., and the bar will remain open until 12:30 a.m.

• Firefly American Bistro & Bar (22 Concord St., Manchester, 935-9740, fireflynh.com) will be open on Friday, Dec. 31, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. On Saturday, Jan. 1, Firefly will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for brunch and from 4 to 9 p.m. for dinner.

• The Foundry Restaurant (50 Commercial St., Manchester, 836-1925, foundrynh.com) will be open on Friday, Dec. 31, from 4 to 9 p.m., and for brunch on Saturday, Jan. 1, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring an all-you-can-eat buffet for $35 with prime rib, a build-your-own waffle bar, $5 mimosas, live music and more.

• Granite Restaurant & Bar (The Centennial Hotel, 96 Pleasant St., Concord, 227-9005, graniterestaurant.com) will be open during its normal hours on Friday, Dec. 31, from 5 to 9 p.m.

• LaBelle Winery Derry (14 Route 111, Derry, 672-9898, labellewinery.com) will hold a special three-course plated dinner and celebration for New Year’s Eve on Friday, Dec. 31, from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Seatings will take place in the vineyard ballroom, adjacent to Americus Restaurant, and the evening will also feature a live performance by the Freese Brothers Big Band and a stroll through LaBelle Lights. The meal will feature house-made pork dumplings, a baby kale salad with pomegranate seeds, blue cheese, roasted cashews and a winter citrus vinaigrette, a surf and turf entree of hoisin-glazed short rib and yuzu-glazed shrimp with baby bok choy and sticky rice cakes, and chocolate pot creme for dessert along with fortune cookies. The cost is $100 per person and includes the dinner, a greeting wine pass, access to a cash bar, and admission to LaBelle Lights after the live performance.

• Mile Away Restaurant (52 Federal Hill Road, Milford, 673-3904, mileawayrestaurantnh.com) will serve a multi-course meal for New Year’s Eve on Friday, Dec. 31, featuring your choice of an entree (sliced roasted tenderloin of beef, duck Grand Marnier, nut-crusted chicken, chicken piccata, pork forestiere, schweineschnitzel, roasted vegetable lasagna, baked stuffed Jumbo shrimp, baked stuffed scrod or maple-glazed salmon); and a dessert (chocolate mousse cake, flourless chocolate cake, bourbon bread pudding, cheesecake, lemon mascarpone cake, or sorbet). All dinners come with appetizers like tomato bisque, Swedish meatballs and a fresh fruit plate with sorbet (or you can substitute shrimp cocktail, escargots and onion soup gratinee), and a Caesar or garden salad. Entrees also include your choice of a baked potato, Swiss potato or rice pilaf, and your choice of butternut squash, pickled beets or applesauce.

• MT’s Local Kitchen & Wine Bar (212 Main St., Nashua, 595-9334, mtslocal.com) will be open on both Friday, Dec. 31, and Saturday, Jan. 1, from 4 to 9 p.m. each evening.

• New England’s Tap House Grille (1292 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 782-5137, taphousenh.com) will hold a special New Year’s Sunday brunch on Sunday, Jan. 2, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., featuring a prime rib and turkey carving station, build-your-own omelets and crepes, a raw bar, and a bloody mary and mimosa bar. The cost is $29 for adults and $14.95 for kids.

• Osteria Poggio (18 Main St., Center Harbor, 250-8007, osteriapoggio.com) will host a special New Year’s Eve gala on Friday, Dec. 31, at 7 p.m., featuring passed appetizers, Prohibition-style cocktails, music, dancing, a photo booth and prosecco toast. Tickets are $40 per person.

• Piccola Italia Ristorante (815 Elm St., Manchester, 606-5100, piccolaitalianh.com) will be open on Friday, Dec. 31, from 4 to 10 p.m., and on Saturday, Jan. 1, from 4 to 9 p.m.

• Raleigh Wine Bar + Eatery (67 State St., Portsmouth, 427-8459, raleighwinebar.com) will serve a special four-course New Year’s Eve dinner on Friday, Dec. 31, with optional wine pairings. Two seatings are available, at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Featured items to choose from will include endive salad, elk tartare, roasted squash, coal-roasted quail, root vegetable gratin, magret duck breast, coal-roasted sea bass, chocolate cake, and crème fraîche cake with pistachio praline. The cost is $120 per person with Champagne toast (additional $45 if wine pairings are included). Reservations require a $25 deposit per person.

• The Red Blazer Restaurant & Pub (72 Manchester St., Concord, 224-4101, theredblazer.com) will be open on Friday, Dec. 31, until 7 p.m.

• Saddle Up Saloon (92 Route 125, Kingston, 347-1313, saddleupsaloonnh.com) will host a special New Year’s Eve party on Friday, Dec. 31. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m., featuring your choice of prime rib, half-roasted chicken or baked haddock (each entree also comes with mashed potatoes and veggies). Local cover band Bite the Bullet will then perform from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. The cost is $50 per person and also includes a Champagne toast at midnight, followed by a pizza buffet.

• The Shaskeen Irish Pub and Restaurant (909 Elm St., Manchester, 625-0246, shaskeenirishpub.com) will host a special New Year’s Eve party on Friday, Dec. 31, featuring a buffet from 8 to 10 p.m., a midnight Champagne toast, and music by Chris Bennett, a.k.a. DJ Myth. The cost is $50 per person.

• Stalk Restaurant (286 Central Ave., Dover, 343-2600, stalkrestaurant.com) will host a special five-course prix fixe menu for New Year’s Eve on Friday, Dec. 31, with two seatings available (5 to 5:30 p.m. for the first seating and 7:45 to 8:15 p.m. for the second seating) with two and a half hours allotted per reservation. A variety of items will be available to choose from, like pan-seared scallop, red beet salad, Atlantic cod chowder, udon noodles, duck confit ravioli, pinot-braised short rib and more. The cost is $85 per person and includes complimentary prosecco. Wine pairings and cocktails are also available at an additional cost.

• Surf Restaurant (207 Main St., Nashua, 595-9293; 99 Bow St., Portsmouth, 334-9855; surfseafood.com) will be open on Friday, Dec. 31, and Saturday, Jan. 1, from 4 to 9 p.m. both evenings, at its Nashua location. Its Portsmouth location will be open on Friday, Dec. 31, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and on Saturday, Jan. 1, from 3 to 9 p.m.

• T-Bones Great American Eatery (25 S. River Road, Bedford, 641-6100; 404 S. Main St., Concord, 715-1999; 39 Crystal Ave., Derry, 434-3200; 77 Lowell Road, Hudson, 882-6677; 1182 Union Ave., Laconia, 528-7800; 311 S. Broadway, Salem, 893-3444; t-bones.com) will be open on Friday, Dec. 31, until 10 p.m., at all of its locations.

• The Wild Rose Restaurant (Stonehurst Manor, 3351 White Mountain Hwy., North Conway, 356-3113, thewildroserestaurant.com) will serve a special New Year’s Eve dinner menu on Friday, Dec. 31, with seatings at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. The meal includes your choice of an appetizer (bacon-wrapped scallops, shrimp cocktail, Jonah crab cakes, forest mushroom pot sticker, or crab and lobster bisque); a Caesar salad; your choice of an entree (pit smoked and aged prime rib of beef, lobster ravioli, filet of cod with a lobster cream sauce, grilled New York strip steak, crispy half-roasted duck, shrimp, scallops, lobster and Jonah crab meat in a garlic basil Parmesan cream sauce, or grilled rack of Australian lamb); and a dessert (blueberry cheesecake, flourless double dark chocolate torte, limoncello cake or vanilla creme brulee). The cost is $78 per person and also includes signature sourdough bread, a seasonal vegetable, and coffee and tea.

• XO Bistro on Elm (827 Elm St., Manchester, 560-7998, xobistronh.com) will be open during its normal hours on Friday, Dec. 31, from noon to 10 p.m. They’ll also be open on Saturday, Jan. 1, from 4 to 10 p.m.

• Ya Mas Greek Taverna & Bar (125 Bridge St., Pelham, 635-4230, yamasgreektaverna.com) is throwing a special New Year’s Eve dinner party just down the street at Chunky’s Cinema Pub (150 Bridge St.), alongside a screening of the 2013 film The Great Gatsby, scheduled for Friday, Dec. 31, at 9 p.m. The evening will include a five-course menu, followed by a Champagne toast and a big-screen viewing of the Times Square ball drop at midnight. The cost is $90 per person and includes the dinner, the movie and the toast (optional wine pairings are also available at an additional cost).

• Zachary’s Chop House (4 Cobbetts Pond Road, Windham, 890-5555, zacharyschophouse.com) will be open on Friday, Dec. 31, from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Featured photo: Courtesy photo.

News from the local food scene

• Season’s eatings: There may still be time to order your holiday dinners and desserts — check out our listings in the Dec. 9 issue; they begin on page 23. You’ll find a comprehensive list of local restaurants, bakeries and other businesses offering all kinds of specialty eats available to order, from entrees and sides to pies, cakes and other sweet treats. Some places are still accepting holiday orders now through the coming days, for pickup at designated times during the week of Christmas. Go to issuu.com/hippopress and click on the Dec. 9 issue to read the e-edition for free.

• Cheers to three years: Join To Share Brewing Co. (720 Union St., Manchester) for its third anniversary party, happening on Saturday, Dec. 18, from 1 to 9 p.m. The brewery will have several new beer releases, desserts and games, and will host live music from 3 to 8 p.m., featuring Alli Beaudry, Paul Nelson, Ryan Gagne-Hall and Kevin Horan. Husband-and-wife team Aaron and Jenni Share officially opened To Share Brewing Co. on Dec. 15, 2018, in the space of a former electronics manufacturer on Union Street in Manchester. Visit tosharebrewing.com or find them on Facebook and Instagram @tosharebrewing.

• Festive cookies: BB Take Home Kitchen (633 Maple St., Contoocook) will hold its second annual Christmas cookie market on Saturday, Dec. 18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (or until they sell out). Visitors will be able to come and choose from more than 15 varieties of homemade decorative cookies to create their own gift boxes, plus a “Grinch box” that’s available for pre-order, featuring a dozen pre-selected and packaged cookies like chocolate chip, molasses, sugar and oatmeal raisin. BB Take Home Kitchen is also taking orders now for holiday pastry boxes for pickup on Dec. 22 or Dec. 29 — those items will include Danishes, croissants, doughnuts and the eatery’s famous cinnamon rolls. Visit bbtakehomekitchen.com.

• Bacon, beer and ribs to return: Two popular summer food festivals in the Granite State have new dates for 2022, according to recent announcements from their organizers. The New Hampshire Bacon & Beer Festival is due to return for its sixth year on Saturday, June 4, at Anheuser-Busch Brewery (221 Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack) and tickets are available now. The 21+ event pairs all kinds of craft brews with specialty food items from local restaurants using bacon from North Country Smokehouse, all to benefit the High Hopes Foundation of New Hampshire. Visit nhbaconbeer.com. Tickets are also on sale now for the highly anticipated return of the Great American Ribfest & Food Truck Festival, set for Friday, July 15, through Sunday, July 17, also at Anheuser-Busch. That event has not been held since the summer of 2019 — local barbecue vendors, live musicians and more will all get together that weekend to raise money for the Merrimack Rotary Club. Visit greatamericanribfest.com.

Where to dine in for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

’Tis the season for holiday dining, as several local eateries are getting ready to host special dinners and events on and during the days leading up to Christmas Eve, Friday, Dec. 24. A few of them will also be open on Christmas Day, Saturday, Dec. 25.

One of the first will be a Polar Express brunch at The Bistro at LaBelle Winery in Amherst (345 Route 101, 672-9898, labellewinery.com) on Saturday, Dec. 18, from 10 a.m. to noon. In addition to assorted scones, muffins and rolls, the menu will feature a multi-course food offering and holiday-inspired cocktails. The event also includes a screening of The Polar Express and photo opportunities with Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus. Admission, after taxes, is $41.31 for adults and $23.09 for kids ages 3 and up.

Enjoy a special chef’s Christmas cheer menu at Colby Hill Inn (33 The Oaks, Henniker, 428-3281, colbyhillinn.com) during several designated days in December with seatings from 4 to 8:30 p.m. The gardens will be professionally lit with holiday decorations, and the multi-course menu will feature a variety of a la carte items to choose from. The Colby Hill Inn is also hosting a “Ho Ho Homicide” murder mystery and high tea event on Sunday, Dec. 19, beginning at 12:30 p.m. The menu will feature rounds of holiday-inspired cocktails and sparkling wines, along with holiday punch, seasonal high tea sandwiches, assorted pastries and the added drama of a murder mystery. Tickets are $75 per person (reservations are required), and all attendees will receive free entry to the Inn’s Winter Wonderland Barn Market with local crafters and live music.

Read on for a list of special meals, in addition to New Hampshire restaurants that will be open for business on either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Do you know of a local eatery offering Christmas dinners that we may have missed? Let us know at [email protected].

Special Christmas Eve meals

• Christmas Eve Dinner at Bedford Village Inn (2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford, 472-2001, bedfordvillageinn.com) is happening on Friday, Dec. 24, with seatings from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. A three-course prix fixe menu will be served in the Inn’s dining room, followed by a grand dessert buffet and cash bar in its great hall. The menu will feature your choice of an appetizer (five spice grilled shrimp, black garlic French onion soup, lobster arancini, red kuri squash bisque, Dunk’s Mushrooms vol au vent, or veal, prosciutto and mortadella stuffed tortellini); a salad (local kale and Swiss chard, or winter spinach salad); and an entree (grilled filet mignon, olive oil poached day boat halibut, Long Island duck breast, beef cheek stew, savory mushroom Wellington, rosemary-rubbed Christmas rib roast, or New England seafood pot au feu). The cost is $95 for adults and $49 for children ages 10 and under. The Inn’s Lobby Bar will also be open for breakfast from 8 to 10:30 a.m., and for dinner from 4 to 9 p.m., serving its full menu with some specials. The tavern and the dining room, meanwhile, will be serving lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and will be closed for dinner.

• Christmas Eve Dinner at Copper Door Restaurant (15 Leavy Dr., Bedford, 488-2677; 41 S. Broadway, Salem, 458-2033; copperdoor.com) will be on Friday, Dec. 24, from 4 to 8 p.m. at both locations, featuring your choice of a two-course, three-course or four-course prix fixe menu. Options include pistachio-crusted tuna, truffled arancini, mushroom bisque, spinach salad, pork shank au poivre, sesame grilled chicken, garlic panko salmon, butternut ravioli, sugar cookie cupcake, chocolate peanut butter pot de creme, and raspberry white chocolate cheesecake. The cost is $59 per two-course meal, $69 per three-course meal and $79 per four-course meal. Reservations are highly recommended.

• Christmas Eve Dinner at Epoch Gastropub (The Exeter Inn, 90 Front St., Exeter, 778-3762, epochrestaurant.com) will be on Friday, Dec. 24, with seatings from 3 to 9 p.m. In addition to its regular menu, the Epoch Gastropub will be serving a special three-course prix fixe menu, with items like grilled apple salad or roasted cauliflower soup, potato gnocchi, herb-roasted half chicken or braised lamb shank, and bûche de Noël (Yule log) or gingerbread cake for dessert. The cost is $55 per person.

• Christmas Eve Dinner at Granite Restaurant & Bar (The Centennial Hotel, 96 Pleasant St., Concord, 227-9005, graniterestaurant.com) will be on Friday, Dec. 24, from 5 to 9 p.m. A special prix fixe menu will be served, featuring items like local squash fritters, creole baked oysters, seafood chowder, Creekstone Farm braised short rib, Maine lobster pappardelle, honey nut squash risotto, flourless chocolate cake, and panettone “French toast” with house made ice cream and local apple cider caramel. The cost is $60 for adults and $20 for children.

• Feast of the Seven Fishes at Colby Hill Inn (33 The Oaks, Henniker, 428-3281, colbyhillinn.com) will be on Friday, Dec. 24, with one seating at 4 p.m. A seven-course meal will be served, featuring baccala salad on croustade, house smoked flaked salmon, calamari fritti with lemon aioli, cioppino with clams, mussels and monkfish, lobster fra diavolo, baked sardines in peperonata and escarole with roasted garlic, and grilled branzino with orange, olives and capers, along with a dessert trio of limoncello sorbet, mini chocolate chip cannoli and pignoli cookies. All courses will be paired with Banfi wines. The cost is $130 per person and includes the wine pairings.

• Feast of the Seven Fishes at Ya Mas Greek Taverna & Bar (125 Bridge St., Pelham, 635-4230, yamasgreektaverna.com) will be on Friday, Dec. 24, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The eight-course meal will include Oysters Rockefeller, pan seared scallops, grilled octopus, prawn saganaki, little neck clam carbonara, seared branzino, haddock au papillon and strawberry chocolate mousse torte for dessert. The cost is $150 per person and reservations are required.

Special Christmas Day meals

• Christmas Dinner at Epoch Gastropub (The Exeter Inn, 90 Front St., Exeter, 778-3762, epochrestaurant.com) will be on Saturday, Dec. 25, from 5 to 9 p.m. In addition to its regular menu, the Epoch Gastropub will be serving the same three-course prix fixe menu available during the Christmas Eve dinner (see that listing). The cost is $55 per person.

• Christmas Day Buffet at Salt Kitchen & Bar (Wentworth by the Sea, 588 Wentworth Road, New Castle, 373-6566, saltkitchenandbar.com) is happening on Saturday, Dec. 25, with seatings from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The menu will include a raw bar with oysters, shrimp and King crab, plus seasonal fruit displays, an artisan cheese display, a Belgian waffle station, an Italian antipasto station, a carving station with golden roasted turkey, a Christmas dessert display and more. The cost is $74.95 per person and $26.95 for children under 12.

• Christmas Dinner at Salt Kitchen & Bar (Wentworth by the Sea, 588 Wentworth Road, New Castle, 373-6566, saltkitchenandbar.com) is on Saturday, Dec. 25, with seatings from 1 to 9 p.m. The three-course holiday menu will feature signature options like slow roasted prime rib of beef, braised duck pappardelle, pan seared wild salmon, and maple-brined sous vide turkey. The cost is $64.95 per person and $26.95 for children under 12.

• Christmas Dinner at The Wild Rose Restaurant (Stonehurst Manor, 3351 White Mountain Hwy., North Conway, 356-3113, thewildroserestaurant.com) is on Saturday, Dec. 25, with seatings from 2 to 8 p.m. The four-course dinner includes your choice of appetizer and Caesar salad, along with your choice of entree, the eatery’s signature sourdough bread, seasonal vegetables, dessert, coffee and tea. Available appetizers include bacon-wrapped scallops, shrimp cocktail, Jonah crab cakes or apple fig baked brie. Available entrees include roasted turkey, aged and pit-smoked prime rib of beef, the Wild Rose (shrimp, scallops, lobster and crabmeat served over tomato rose fettuccine with a garlic basil Parmesan cream sauce), grilled rack of lamb, filet of cod with a lobster cream sauce, roasted half duck, Faro Island salmon, or pan seared caramelized butternut squash filet with rice pilaf and julienne vegetables. Featured desserts will be flourless double dark chocolate torte, vanilla bean creme brulee, blueberry cheesecake or limoncello cake. The cost is $68 per person and reservations are required.

Open on Christmas Eve

• 900 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria (50 Dow St., Manchester, 641-0900, 900degrees.com) will be open until 5 p.m. that evening.

• Airport Diner (2280 Brown Ave., Manchester, 623-5040, thecman.com) will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Alan’s of Boscawen (133 N. Main St., Boscawen, 753-6631, alansofboscawen.com) will be open until 6 p.m. that evening.

• Americus Restaurant (LaBelle Winery Derry, 14 Route 111, Derry, 672-9898, labellewinery.com) will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• The Barley House Restaurant & Tavern (132 N. Main St., Concord, 228-6363, thebarleyhouse.com) will be open from noon to 5 p.m.

• Belmont Hall & Restaurant (718 Grove St., Manchester, 625-8540, belmonthall.net) will be open until 2 p.m. that afternoon.

• The Bistro at LaBelle Winery (345 Route 101, Amherst, 672-9898, labellewinery.com) will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Bistro 603 (345 Amherst St., Nashua, 722-6362, bistro603nashua.com) will be open from 11 a.m. to close (likely around 10 p.m. for the kitchen and 11 p.m. for the bar).

• Buckley’s Great Steaks (438 Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack, 424-0995, buckleysgreatsteaks.com) will be open from 4 to 8 p.m.

• Chez Vachon (136 Kelley St., Manchester, 625-9660, find them on Facebook) will be open during its normal hours, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• CJ’s Great West Grill (782 S. Willow St., Manchester, 627-8600, cjsgreatwestgrill.com) will be closing at 5 p.m. that evening.

• The Common Man (25 Water St., Concord, 228-3463; 304 Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack, 429-3463; 88 Range Road, Windham, 898-0088; 10 Pollard Road, Lincoln, 745-3463; 60 Main St., Ashland, 968-7030; thecman.com) will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its Concord, Merrimack and Ashland locations, with gift card sales available until 5 p.m. in Concord and Merrimack and until 7 p.m. in Ashland. Its Windham and Lincoln locations will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for gift card sales only. The Common Man’s Claremont location will be closed.

• Copper Door Restaurant (15 Leavy Dr., Bedford, 288-2677; 41 S. Broadway, Salem, 458-2033; copperdoor.com) will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., with reservations accepted until 8 p.m., at both locations. From 4 to 8 p.m., the prix fixe menu will be offered in lieu of the eatery’s regular dinner menu.

• Foster’s Boiler Room (231 Main St., Plymouth, 536-2764, thecman.com) will be open from 4 to 8 p.m.

• Fratello’s Italian Grille (155 Dow St., Manchester, 624-2022; 194 Main St., Nashua, 889-2022; fratellos.com) will be open until 8 p.m. that evening at both locations.

• Friendly Red’s Tavern (22 Haverhill Road, Windham, 437-7251, friendlyredstavern.net) will be open until 8 p.m. that evening, serving its regular menu with specials.

• Gauchos Churrascaria Brazilian Steakhouse (62 Lowell St., Manchester, 669-9460, gauchosbraziliansteakhouse.com) will be open from 4 to 8 p.m.

• Hart’s Turkey Farm Restaurant (233 Daniel Webster Hwy., Meredith, 279-6212, hartsturkeyfarm.com) will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Lakehouse Grille (281 Daniel Webster Hwy., Meredith, 279-5221, thecman.com) will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• MT’s Local Kitchen & Wine Bar (212 Main St., Nashua, 595-9334, mtslocal.com) will be open from 4 to 8 p.m.

• Murphy’s Taproom (494 Elm St., Manchester, 644-3535, murphystaproom.com) will be open until 1 a.m.

• Murphy’s Taproom & Carriage House (393 Route 101, Bedford, 488-5975, murphystaproom.com) will be open until 9 p.m. that evening.

• New England’s Tap House Grille (1292 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 782-5137, taphousenh.com) will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• The Pasta Loft Restaurant & Brewing Co. (241 Union Square, Milford, 672-2270, pastaloft.com) will close at 8 p.m. that evening.

• The Red Blazer Restaurant & Pub (72 Manchester St., Concord, 224-4101, theredblazer.com) will be open until 7 p.m.

• Route 104 Diner (752 Route 104, New Hampton, 744-0120, thecman.com) will be open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Second Brook Bar & Grill (1100 Hooksett Road, Suite 111, Hooksett, 935-7456, secondbrook.com) will be closing its kitchen at 4 p.m. and its bar at 5 p.m. that day.

• Surf Restaurant (207 Main St., Nashua, 595-9293, surfseafood.com) will be open from 4 to 8 p.m.

• T-Bones Great American Eatery (25 S. River Road, Bedford, 641-6100; 404 S. Main St., Concord, 715-1999; 39 Crystal Ave., Derry, 434-3200; 77 Lowell Road, Hudson, 882-6677; 1182 Union Ave., Laconia, 528-7800; 311 S. Broadway, Salem, 893-3444; t-bones.com) will be closing at 5 p.m. that evening at each of its locations.

• Tilt’n Diner (61 Laconia Road, Tilton, 286-2204, thecman.com) will be open from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• The Wild Rose Restaurant (Stonehurst Manor, 3351 White Mountain Hwy., North Conway, 356-3113, thewildroserestaurant.com) will be serving its regular dinner menu from 5 to 8 p.m.

• XO Bistro on Elm (827 Elm St., Manchester, 560-7998, xobistronh.com) will be open from noon to 8 p.m.

• Zachary’s Chop House (4 Cobbetts Pond Road, Windham, 890-5555, zacharyschophouse.com) will be open during its regular hours, from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Open on Christmas Day

• Epoch Gastropub (The Exeter Inn, 90 Front St., Exeter, 778-3762, epochrestaurant.com) will be open from 5 to 9 p.m. serving its regular dinner menu alongside its prix fixe menu.

• Gauchos Churrascaria Brazilian Steakhouse (62 Lowell St., Manchester, 669-9460, gauchosbraziliansteakhouse.com) will be open for brunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Murphy’s Taproom (494 Elm St., Manchester, 644-3535, murphystaproom.com) will be open from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. (Murphy’s Bedford location is closed on Christmas Day).

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