New Hampshire State Liquor Store & Safety Rest Stop

Love this place. Usually come here when driving down to or from Boston. They have a great selection of drinks and the prices are unbeatable.

gas is $.15 to $.20 higher than other local places. A ripoff.

I travel a lot and have been to many rest stops throughout the east coast. It’s safe to say that this is one of the nicest ones I have seen. We were traveling back from Vermont and this rest stop was a welcomed change from the little ones in Vermont that close by 9pm. The bathroom facilities were surprisingly clean and easy to get to. I hate it when you have to walk forever to find the bathroom but these were marked clearly and close to the door.
Our stop was at 2am on a Sunday night so it was empty. Most of the shops were closed unfortunately. The diner looked nice and I would’ve loved to check out the liquor store if they were open. Luckily they had a general store that was open 24 hours. We were starving and their snack choices did not disappoint. They had a whole freezer full of ice cream bars and the prices were not unreasonable for a rest stop ranging from $ 1.69-$ 2.59. This definitely saved me when I was hungry and the choices were great.

I guess it’s fine for liquor. Gas prices are consistently higher than at the other local area stations. The food is just downright disappointing: if you manage to get there when the diner is open (and I’ve seen it closed at 6pm? what the heck???), you will have a substantial wait for very mediocre (but not cheap) food. The restrooms have always been clean. Sometimes tables are not available, and they are frequently not clean. IMHO, this place just can’t handle serving the volume of people that come through on busy days. Go up the road one exit N. to the subway (cheaper gas, quick food) or 2 exits to Concord (lots of quick food options, and also cheaper gas).

Delicious chili Really like what they did with the rest stop Clean NH themed Lots of choices: General Store, Diner, Common Man, Cider Doughnuts, Wine and Liquor outlet

The rest stop itself is nice, new, and clean. I’m really just taking stars off for the Common Man food court. It’s absolutely terrible. I got two slices of pizza that tasted like salty cardboard. My boyfriend got a salad that was literally soaked in dressing. Like swimming in it. He also had the waldorf chicken salad on a wrap. It tasted so strange. It was made with a strange, non-​mayo dressing. It cost $ 26 total. The unfriendly woman passing out the food seemed to have no idea what was going on. No one was engaging or friendly. Don’t ever eat there.

Nice, beautiful rest-​station… Clean, diverse stores, ambient environment… And then I walked into the liquor store on my 27^th birthday with my boyfriend & another similarly aged couple…
I met Tracie at the NH liquor store. The whole time she was chatting with a friend who was not an employee of the store. «ID’s PLEASE (raising her voice) ID’S PLEASE…» We were all in process of pulling them out. She had a scolding tone «ID’s NOW» … All while wasting our time with a gossip filled conversation with her friend ABOUT HER CO-​WORKERS. Get a new job, Tracie. You’d probably be happier doing something else!

Small general store for basic snacks, drinks. The 2-​stand food court has decent choices. Large TV screen, rock music playing. Even has a veggie wrap for vegetarians –which is surprisingly decent. «Homemade» chips are good. Restrooms and tax free liquor– what more could u ask for?

It would have 5 stars, but my friend and I had a horrible experience in the restroom of outlet #66. We had just driven for 3 hours and there is a split of going either left or right when you enter the women’s room. We were tired from the drive and went left between two garbage bins that had been awkwardly left there. It seemed strange that there was no one else on that side but we didn’t think anything of it being somewhat oblivious. When we each were going in a stall a reddish haired woman who worked there and was cleaning flipped out on us telling us «NO NO NO GET OUT I PUT UP THE TRASH BARRELS AS A BARRIER FOR A REASON!!!» She continued to scream at us that «we can use the toilets on this side of the restroom if we want to sit in pee!» All she had to do was simply redirect us to the other side of the restroom. I have never felt so disrespected by a service worker in all my life. Besides that, the place looks amazing with the new renovation. Very clean and convenient. Just beware of the toilet cleaners because they will take out all of their anger of cleaning filth all day on you.

What a beautiful place! Our tax dollars did a good job here as the facility is a top– notch welcome center for tourist and locals alike.
The facility offers a huge NH owned liquor store; clean bathrooms, general store; Common Man Diner and food court, New Hampshire local crafts and artesian shop, Irving gas service station; and information booth on New Hampshire attractions.
This review is for the I-​93 Northbound — there is also a duplicate facility across I-​93 for traffic heading south. That will be reviewed separately.

I’ve been eagerly waiting for the new place to be completed. Stopped in for gas ($ 2.24 WOW!), Bought a bunch of liquor, and got a meatball sub. All in under an hour.
The new liquor store is spacious and carries about anything one would want. The layout is a bit weird as many of the shelves are at angles meaning you can’t simply meander up and down the aisles. That said, I like it. Makes it more of an adventure. Unfortunately, I wasn’t paying attention and noticed when I checked the bill when I got home (150 miles later) that they had rung me up for 3 JD’s and I only purchased 2. that $ 37 overcharged wiped out ½ my savings. I’ll watch closely next time.
The food area must have been just starting up. The diner kept opening and closing while I was seated (ropes put across the entry way). So I ate across the room at the faster food area. had a meatball sub ($ 6.95). Decent meatballs, good size sub (not too large, don’t want to fall asleep at the wheel with a full belly). Nice change of pace from fast (er) food.

Great selection of liquor with really great prices. You can’t go wrong. Just don’t drink and drive that is frowned upon.

Fun pit stop with a plethora of cool booze options. You save a tiny bit, not a lot but still, a fun packy. One mention, do your homework. I bought a bottle of Ferrari Carrano Chard for a friend and did not know the price. I paid 30+ and found it for 20.00 at Luke’s Liquor on Cape Cod so clearly got ripped off. Other prices were about 1.00 cheaper.

Had to pick up my holiday beverages and hate waiting until the last moment. Who said Toys R Us or the mall is the busiest locations on Christmas Eve? WRONG! Liquor stores are way busier. lol… Good prices with every type of liquor and tons of beer. What’s not to like? It does seem a little odd to have these places at rest stops in my opinion but whatever. :)

Fantastic selection! Best prices!

Super nice and excellent renovation. A true welcome center with a great gift/​snack shop and very clean restrooms!!!

I needed to buy a bottle of single malt scotch as a gift when we visit my bother in law’s parents. My plan was to buy it at a local liquid store by their house tomorrow morning. But there was this big state run liquid store at the rest stop on both side of I-​93 in NH. Unbelievable, never seen anything like this before. The best thing was no tax was charged on a bottle of Glenlivet I brought. I don’t know if I got I good deal on the bottle or not since I don’t drink scotch. But judging by the full parking lot, I believe I did fine on the purchase.

Great location off the I-​93 highway, great selection of liquors and wine (no beers) but I was thrilled with the prices. I am a frugal shopper and may be spoiled but even being tax free the items I checked out were more than the package stores I patronize in the Boston area. Actually in some case a few dollars more! I entertain and I am entertained a lot so I buy a lot of spirits to serve and as host (tess) gifts and usually get a better deal around the way heyyyyyy! For example Veuve champagne was $ 45 at NH State, I usually get it for $ 39 – 42 in greater Boston. So I had to pass on the purchase and get right back in my car.
Didn’t use the rest stop/​rest rooms which were in a trailer and port-​o-​potties because they are constructing a huge new building (which may be why the prices are so high, hint hint)

Can’t complain about a tax free liquor store with it’s own exit off the highway. Great selection, and easy to get to. I will be even more excited with they finish their HUGE construction project they have going on. They are building a new tourist info center, larger liquor store, a food court and a gas station. So needless to say, the place is a mess right now.

Bathrooms and Booze, what else do you need!
Super cheap alcohol right over the boarder from MA.
Bathrooms are disgusting, but when you have to go, you got to go!