Best of NH 2024 Food Odds and Ends

Here's a look at NH's hottest new restaurant, where to find gluten-free and vegetarian options as well as the best spot for gourmet-to-go

June 18, 2024

New Hampshire Magazine Staff,

Editor’s Picks

Bar, Bites & Blooms

Known for their curated bartending experiences and farm-to-table culinary delights, Concord-based Pours & Petals’ camper mobile bars add a blend of vintage charm and elegance to any event. Owner Erin Doonan elevates any event with unforgettable curated details from personalized, decorative cookie flavors to bloom bars, and even handcrafted luxury lemonades (a fan favorite). www.poursandpetalsevents.com

Community Grocery Store

This year, the Littleton Food Co-op celebrates 15 years of feeding the local community. The heart of the co-op is to serve its members and support local growers and producers, encouraging healthy life choices and promoting environmental sustainability. Stop in to pick up local dinner ingredients for the night, grab a quick breakfast sandwich or come by for events like free hard cider tastings. (No membership is required to shop.) littletoncoop.com

Botanical Infusions

Micro Mama’s is your gut’s most loved and trusted friend, but don’t take the Weare-based company’s word for it. Their living probiotic and prebiotic fermented kimchi is not only nutrient-dense and good for you (not to mention in glass jars, not plastic), but it tastes good, too. Blends range from mild to zesty to cinnamon and even immune root tonic. Pick up a jar or two at your local specialty store or Whole Foods. www.micromamas.com

Pretzels with a Twist

Dairy-free and vegan soft pretzels? Sign us up for one (or two). Seacoast Pretzel Company in Rollinsford and Wolfeboro makes handmade Bavarian soft pretzels that are twisted from the finest ingredients with no preservatives added. Since they are dipped in food-safe lye, they have the perfect soft-on-the-inside texture and hard, crispy exterior. Their classic flavor may be the best, but check out their garlic parm, cinnamon sugar and everything, too! www.seacoastpretzelcompany.com

Kettle Chips

Wrap City Potato Chip Company’s kettlecooked chips are the perfect combination of salty and sweet, though we would err more toward sweet (and almost addicting because of it). The Londonderry-based company started making the chips in the back room of their first Wrap City Sandwich Company store in 2015, and now the carmelized russets are famous all by themselves. Each browned batch, produced these days at the company’s plant in Derry, is made with simple ingredients and no preservatives. wrapcitychips.com

Irresistible Pretzels

Port City Pretzels in Portsmouth prides themselves as making “the people’s pretzel.” With flavors like tasty ranch dill, cinnamon sugar and feisty hot, each bag is a true taste of home with no palm oil, artificial butter or high fructose corn syrup, making for the perfect guilt-free indulgence. (Available at local retailers including Walmart, Hannaford and Market Basket.) www.portcitypretzels.com