New Hampshire liquor license types, in plain words

What each NHLC license or permit allows, in the statute's own words, with a note on who usually holds it. Every filing on the New Hampshire page is labeled this way.

Restaurant · Combination · Retail Table Wine · Hotel · Caterers Off Site · Caterers On Site · Brew Pub

Restaurant, beer, wine and spirits (Restaurant)

The commission may authorize establishments, as they are defined in RSA 175:1, having full service restaurants ... to sell beverages, specialty beverages, and liquor at such time as food is available.

A restaurant pouring drinks with meals.

Store, beer and wine to go (Combination)

Off-premises licenses shall be issued only for grocery and drug stores.

A grocery, convenience or drug store.

Store, wine to go (Retail Table Wine)

sell tobacco products, e-cigarettes, fortified wines, and table wines directly to individuals at retail on the premises for consumption off the premises

A shop selling sealed wine to go, often a market or gift shop.

Hotel, beer, wine and spirits (Hotel)

Sell beverages, specialty beverages, and liquor by the glass or other suitable container

A hotel's bar and dining room.

Caterer at private events (Caterers Off Site)

A license issued under the provisions of this paragraph shall allow the licensee to serve liquor, beverages, and specialty beverages with or without meals to members of a private party contracting for such service.

A caterer pouring at weddings and parties away from its own place.

Function hall caterer (Caterers On Site)

Such license shall allow the licensee to serve liquor, beverages, and specialty beverages with or without meals to members of a private party in any room of such on-site catering facility designated by the commission.

A function hall or venue serving private parties in its own rooms.

Brewpub (Brew Pub)

manufacture beer or cider in quantities not to exceed 2,500 barrels annually

Brews on site and pours it.

Source: https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XIII/178/178-mrg.htm, https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XIII/178/178-21.htm, https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XIII/178/178-18.htm, https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XIII/178/178-19.htm, checked 2026-11-04.

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