By Josh Morrill, Monitor staff After nearly 15 years of serving seafood in Concord, Newick’s Lobster House’s Loudon Road location permanently closed last week. The owner of the New Hampshire-based company knew this time was coming since its location on the Heights near chain restaurants like Applebees, Longhorn Steakhouse, the 99 bar and grill, and even Taco Bell wasn’t ideal....Read More

Laconia, N.H. (March 22, 2022) – Through a partnership with Granite United Way, Lakes Region Community College (LRCC) will receive a donation to support new scholarships for students interested in pursuing careers in the hospitality industry. The Susan and William Cutillo/Path Resorts Scholarship Fund was established to serve as a long-term approach to building a...Read More

BARTLETT — Vail Resorts’ new CEO, Kirsten Lynch, announced Monday that a $20-per-hour minimum wage was starting at all 37 of its North America resorts (including local resorts Attitash and Wildcat Mountain) effective for the 2022-23 season. It represents a $7-an-hour increase for its minimum-wage workers. Vail also announced increased wages for non-entry-level hourly team...Read More

By John Lippman, Valley News There’s no such thing as a tax-free lunch — or at least there shouldn’t be, according to a number of New Hampshire town officials. Municipal administrators across the Granite State took umbrage after Gov. Chris Sununu suggested Wednesday that New Hampshire lawmakers should suspend the state’s meals and rooms tax...Read More

By Jonathan Phelps, New Hampshire Union Leader Miri and Roi Shpindler waited years to open a Pressed Cafe location in Bedford. First, they hoped to open at the Market and Main development in 2019, but the project stalled. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. “If it hadn’t been for COVID, we would have been open a year...Read More

By Kimberley Haas, Special to the Union Leader When COVID-19 hit, Amy LaBelle had to lay off 90 of her company’s 102 employees and pivot from a restaurant and wedding venue business to a family meal program model. She stayed in touch with those employees throughout the time they were closed, and when it came...Read More

By Paul Feely, New Hampshire Union Leader Gov. Chris Sununu has asked legislators to consider suspending the state’s meals and rooms tax for “a couple of months” to help offset the impact of high gas prices and inflation during the summer tourism months. Sununu revealed the proposal while addressing a crowd of business leaders at...Read More

By John Koziol, Union Leader Correspondent Six years after proposing a 35-room hotel and restaurant on the same site, the owner of the Mount Washington Cog Railway is back with a plan to use railway cars for lodging and dining along the Cog’s tracks below the summit of the mountain. Lizzie’s Station would include 18...Read More

By Tom Eastman, Conway Daily Sun CONWAY — Starting March 26, Pete’s Restaurant Equipment of Center Conway will be holding an online auction of its extensive inventory as proprietors Pete and Jeannine Levesque are planning to retire. The warehouse is being sold to Chris Weiss, general manager of Crest Auto World, according to Greydon Turner...Read More

Some restaurants missed out on initial round of pandemic relief MANCHESTER, N.H. — Some restaurant owners who are drowning in debt and still trying to recover from the economic impact of COVID-19 are hoping that more assistance will be made available. The Independent Restaurant Coalition said at least 90,000 restaurants have closed because of the...Read More