Start from 23 curated places around Concord, NH, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Revival Kitchen & Bar
Concord's standout fine-dining room at 11 Depot Street, plating modern Italian and globally influenced dishes built around New Hampshire farms. The tasting menu is a genuine event, and the small-plates selection — crispy calamari, seared scallops — is one of the better boards in the state capital. The room is warm and well-lit, with outdoor patio seating in season.
Granite Restaurant & Bar
Inside Concord's landmark Centennial Hotel at 96 Pleasant Street, this New American room serves seasonal menus with fresh local ingredients in a handsome, architecturally notable space. Frequently cited as the city's go-to for special occasions, with a reliable kitchen and attentive service.
Trails & outdoors
Sewalls Falls Trail
An easy 1.1-mile riverside path along the Merrimack River at the northern edge of Concord — flat, wide, and family-friendly, with open water views, shaded stretches, and access to Sewalls Falls itself, where the river tumbles over granite ledges. One of AllTrails' top-rated Concord routes with 567 reviews and a 4.6-star average.
Marjory Swope Park — Blue Loop
A 4.7-star AllTrails favorite with nearly 1,000 reviews, this forested loop at Marjory Swope Park winds through quiet woodland and opens onto an overlook above Penacook Lake. The blue trail combined with the yellow trail makes a satisfying 2–3 mile outing. One of the most peaceful natural escapes within city limits.
Things to do
Capitol Center for the Arts
Concord's cultural anchor at 44 South Main Street — a 1927 theater renovated into a 1,304-seat landmark with an Egyptian-motif interior, hosting touring concerts, Broadway productions, dance, comedy, and film. Its sister space, the Bank of New Hampshire Stage (300–450 seats), hosts more intimate shows. For nearly 30 years the go-to for major live entertainment in the state capital.
Red River Theatres
A nonprofit independent cinema at 11 South Main Street showing first-run art-house films, independent features, documentaries, and cult classics alongside themed series, film discussions, and family events. The concession stand stocks local sandwiches, beer, and wine alongside great popcorn — a rarer experience in New Hampshire than it should be.
Landmarks & sights
New Hampshire State House
The oldest continuously operating state legislative building in the United States, at 107 North Main Street — a granite Greek Revival landmark completed in 1819. Free guided tours walk visitors through Doric Hall with its 107 state war flags, the legislative chambers, and the building's political history from the nation's first primary state. The adjacent Veterans' Plaza and the Christa McAuliffe Memorial statue make the grounds worth a slow walk.
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center
New Hampshire's air and space museum, dedicated to Concord teacher and Challenger astronaut Christa McAuliffe and Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard. The 20,000-square-foot complex features a full-dome digital planetarium (one of only four with 10K projection in North America), a Mercury-Redstone rocket replica, a shuttle landing simulator, and hands-on astronomy and aviation exhibits. One of the best science museums in northern New England.