PORTSMOUTH – Assistant Mayor Jim Splaine wants the city to be an outdoor attraction 12 months a year.
As it did last summer, the City Council voted again to allow downtown restaurants in 2021 to use some public downtown spaces for outdoor dining.
Department of Public Works staff also installed concrete barriers along parking spots to safeguard restaurant customers from traffic.
Splaine said the city’s restaurant owners and downtown merchants learned how to use outdoor space out of necessity because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID restrictions gave a glimpse of outdoor possibilities
“The experience of last year gave us an example of how much fun it can be to be outside,” he said.
Igloos pop up across New Hampshire as diners seek outdoor options
Cheers owner Todd Roy puts up lights into one of the four igloos he and his wife and co-owner, Wendy, are erecting for diners can eat outdoors on the restaurant patio on Monday, January 11, 2020. GEOFF FORESTER
Cheers owner Todd Roy puts up lights into one of the four igloos he and his wife are erecting for diners can eat outdoors on patio in January. Monitor file
Cheers owner Todd Roy puts up lights into one of the four igloos he and his wife and co-owner, Wendy, are erecting for diners can eat outdoors on the restaurant patio on Monday, January 11, 2020. GEOFF FORESTER
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By Rachel Forrest
Looking for options for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinner on the Seacoast? If you don’t want to cook that holiday dinner, here’s a list of dine-in and takeout options for Christmas, which I will update as we near Dec. 25. If you have anything to add to this list, do email me at RForrest@Gannett.com.
New Hampshire
Roundabout Diner, Portsmouth
Their takeout holiday dinner is available Dec. 23 and 24 with a la carte appetizers, a lasagna that serves 4 to 6 ($62) and a spiral ham dinner ($120) which serves 8-12. Do keep them in mind for pies, too. roundaboutdiner.com