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Lunch in Portsmouth
Mid-walk refuelling. The best lunches here are short, quick and near where you already are.
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7 sample listings.
Portsmouth
Harbour raw bar
Oysters by the half dozen, a short white-wine list and a working tugboat view.
What most visitors mean when they say they want seafood on the water. Loud at peak, quiet at five.
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- Price positioning
- upper
- From Market Square
- 5 minutes
- Parking
- Nearest municipal garage, then walk
- Access
- Step-free entrance not confirmed
- Season
- Deck seating seasonal; indoor room year-round
Portsmouth
Fried clam counter
Order at a window, eat at a picnic table, keep an eye on the gulls.
The counterweight to the raw bar. Cheaper, faster and better with children.
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- Price positioning
- modest
- From Market Square
- 8 minutes
- Parking
- Street parking, tight in summer
- Access
- Outdoor seating step-free; counter height unconfirmed
- Season
- Typically warm-season only
Portsmouth
Market Square bakery counter
Pastry, proper coffee and a handful of tables within sight of the steeple.
The correct first stop of any walking day. Before nine if you want to sit down.
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- Price positioning
- modest
- From Market Square
- on the square
- Parking
- Garage two blocks away
- Access
- Step-free entrance not confirmed
- Season
- Year-round
Portsmouth
Downtown brewpub
Beer brewed on site, a full kitchen, and one of the later closing times in town.
Useful to know about at ten at night, when a lot of Portsmouth has already stopped serving.
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- Unverified sample
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- not yet verified
- Price positioning
- modest
- From Market Square
- 3 minutes
- Parking
- Garage
- Access
- Step-free entrance not confirmed
- Season
- Year-round
Kittery, Maine
Kittery bridge seafood shack
Across the river in Maine, five minutes and one state away.
Crossing the bridge for lunch is a normal Portsmouth thing to do. Nobody will think it strange.
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- Unverified sample
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- Price positioning
- modest
- From Market Square
- drive, 6 minutes
- Parking
- On-site car park
- Access
- Outdoor seating step-free; confirm WC access
- Season
- Typically warm-season only
Portsmouth
South End corner café
A clapboard corner shop with four tables and a good sandwich.
The natural pause halfway round a South End walk.
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- Unverified sample
- Last verified:
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- Price positioning
- modest
- From Market Square
- 10 minutes
- Parking
- Resident-heavy street parking
- Access
- Historic building; step at entrance likely
- Season
- Year-round, shorter winter hours typical
Rye
Rye coast-road lobster pound
Ocean on one side, car park on the other, lobster in a paper tray.
Pair it with a beach afternoon rather than driving out for the meal alone.
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- Unverified sample
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- Price positioning
- mid-range
- From Market Square
- drive, 15 minutes
- Parking
- On-site car park, full by noon in July
- Access
- Gravel surfaces; confirm step-free route
- Season
- Typically warm-season only
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