Anyone who has dreamed of running a taco truck and fans of rolling restaurant cuisine can rejoice this week: The Concord City Council voted on Monday to modernize the peddler’s ordinance, allowing the regular operation of food trucks in the city for.
Special permits for outdoor dining will return this summer
Cities in New Hampshire, including Nashua (pictured) and Concord, expanded outdoor dining last year amid the pandemic. They are planning to allow special permits again this year. Courtesy
Cheers owner Todd Roy puts up lights into one of the four igloos he and his wife and co-owner, Wendy, are erecting so diners can eat outdoors on the restaurant patio on Jan. 11. Monitor file
Published: 2/20/2021 7:37:01 PM
Outdoor dining on sidewalks and streets will return to Concord this spring in a continued effort to help restaurants cope with the pandemic.
The City Council this week approved a decision to restart extended outdoor dining as of April 1, running through Nov. 15. It allows special permits so that downtown restaurants can “use areas of the public sidewalk, squares, and parking spaces in front of their businesses to accommodate customers’ tables and chairs.”