Eat & drink in Dover
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Where should I eat and drink in Dover?
Dover has 16 local food & drink spots in our guide: Stages at One Washington (Chef Evan Hennessey's tasting-menu chef's table in…); La Festa Brick & Brew (Central Ave's wood-fired pizza anchor — Neapolitan…); Stalk (Chef-owner Nicole Nocella's modern American bistro…); Ember Wood Fired Grill (An 1865 firehouse turned two-story wood-fire resta…).
Garrison City Brewery
We are a 7bbl nanobrewery and Street Taco Kitchen in downtown Dover, NH, focused on brewing high quality, inventive craft beer. Our main passion is the New England IPA, but you'll find a constant rotation of fruited sours, Saisons, Stouts and Lagers. Our small scale, paired with our brewer Nicole's creativity, means you'll consistently find new offerings alongside our core lineup of New England-style hazy beers. Our taproom is open 6 days a week, currently for both outdoor patio and indoor seating, with all seating as first come, first served. Please call ahead for any large party accommodations. We offer full and half pours of all of our current 13 drafts, as well as Hard Cider from North Country, hard kombucha from Auspicious Brew, and a small wine selection.
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Stages at One Washington
$$$Chef Evan Hennessey's tasting-menu chef's table inside the Washington Street Mills — a tiny, reservation-only room that puts out six- and nine-course menus built around foraged ing…
La Festa Brick & Brew
$$Central Ave's wood-fired pizza anchor — Neapolitan-style pies pulled from a brick oven, a deep craft-beer list, and the kind of fast, casual energy that fills the dining room every…
Stalk
$$$Chef-owner Nicole Nocella's modern American bistro on Central Ave — a tiny, scratch-made room with a seasonal menu that pulls from local farms and rotates constantly. Vegan, pescat…
Ember Wood Fired Grill
$$$An 1865 firehouse turned two-story wood-fire restaurant — hand-cut steaks, fresh local seafood, and house-made pasta downstairs by the fireplace, a more casual upstairs with a 170-…
La Dolce Vita
$$$Mediterranean-Italian dining on Washington Street from Adel Semmar, the longtime owner of Portsmouth's Cafe Mediterraneo. Veal, lamb, fresh pasta, and a 60-bottle wine list in a co…
Cara Irish Pub & Chameleon Club
$$Fourth Street's full-on Irish pub downstairs and live music club upstairs — Guinness on tap, fish-and-chips done right, and a Chameleon Club stage that hosts everything from local …
Thirsty Moose Taphouse
$$The Dover outpost of the Portsmouth-born taphouse — 100+ rotating drafts heavy on New England breweries, a sprawling pub menu, and a Washington Street location that turns into the …
Newick's Lobster House
$$A Great Bay institution since 1948 — three generations of the Newick family, a cavernous dining hall with water views in every direction, and the XL lobster roll that Seacoast loca…
Garrison City Beerworks
$$A 7-barrel nanobrewery on Central Ave with a rotating 13-tap lineup heavy on New England IPAs, fruited sours, and saisons — plus a Street Taco Kitchen turning out one of downtown D…
Sonny's Tavern
$$Central Ave's neighborhood gastropub from husband-and-wife team Dean Baltulonis and Amanda Gouin — New American small plates that punch above pub-grub weight, a serious cocktail pr…
Coffee & Breakfast
Breakaway Cafe
$Formerly Flight Coffee Dover — the same award-winning espresso program, now under owner Ben on the corner of Central and Third. House-made bagels that sell out daily, lox cured in-…
Adelle's Coffeehouse
$Tucked onto Hale Street between the public library and City Hall — a fiercely independent, locally roasted coffeehouse that's won Dover's Neighborhood Favorite award six years runn…
Two Bees Cafe + Patisserie
$$First Street's French-and-Mediterranean-leaning patisserie — handcrafted pastries, croissants, seasonal sandwiches and salads, plus a thoughtful coffee, beer, and wine list. The mo…
Janetos Market
$A nearly-100-year-old family-run Italian market on Main Street — butcher counter, deli, bakery, and a from-scratch sub program where the meatball sub is built around their own meat…
