Eat & drink in Hampton
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Hampton has 12 local food & drink spots in our guide: The Old Salt at Lamie's Inn (The Lafayette Road institution that built its repu…); Wally's Pub (The Ashworth Avenue rock club that put Hampton Bea…); Bernie's Beach Bar (New Hampshire's largest oceanfront deck and the bu…); Sea Ketch Restaurant (Slinging seafood from the heart of the boardwalk s…).
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The Old Salt at Lamie's Inn
$$The Lafayette Road institution that built its reputation on one bowl of chowder — thick, creamy, award-winning, and shipped by the can to people who can't make the drive. Show up f…
Wally's Pub
$$The Ashworth Avenue rock club that put Hampton Beach on the live-music map. National acts roll through all summer, local bands keep the dance floor honest the rest of the year, and…
Bernie's Beach Bar
$$New Hampshire's largest oceanfront deck and the busiest concert calendar on the strip — Wiz Khalifa, Collie Buddz, and the POP 2000 Tour all roll through in a single summer. Salt a…
Sea Ketch Restaurant
$$Slinging seafood from the heart of the boardwalk since 1973. Multi-level oceanfront decks, three full-service bars (two of them outside), and a menu built on chowder, lobster rolls…
Breakers at Ashworth by the Sea
$$$The grown-up dinner option on Ocean Boulevard — Ashworth's oceanfront dining room turning out fresh seafood, classic New England plates, and signature cocktails with an Atlantic vi…
The Community Oven
$$The Lafayette Road wood-fired pizza spot that locals quietly rank as the best on the Seacoast — hand-tossed dough from 100% organic wheat, baked in an open-air kitchen, gluten-free…
Coffee & Breakfast
Blue Harbor Coffee Co.
$Hampton's own coastal roaster — two cafes, one mission. The Lafayette Road roastery is open year-round seven days a week (6am to 4pm) with bagels, breakfast sandwiches, and the rot…
The Galley Hatch
$$Family-owned on Lafayette Road since 1970 — a four-hundred-seat institution with three dining rooms, a Tap Room, and a Lower Deck. The reason to come in the morning is Kay's Cafe &…
Ginger & Clove Cafe
$$Sisters Cassy Vasquez and Angelica Spinelli's elevated breakfast-and-lunch room on Lafayette Road, in the old Wilbur's Family Dining space. Build-your-own omelets, hash bowls, Fren…
Coffee Break Cafe
$The Ocean Boulevard coffee shop that got there first — Carolyn and Lenny Paul opened in 2007 when nobody else was doing real coffee on the strip, and they're still one of the only …
