A restaurant license needs a kitchen and a food service license, and a cocktail lounge is a bar area inside a licensed restaurant. A bar without a full kitchen looks at the other on-premises classes in RSA 178:22. Apply with the lease, the floor plan, the food license and the owners’ disclosures; the Commission inspects before issuing.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 5 of 6: Alcohol permits
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by New Hampshire Liquor Commission, Division of Enforcement and Licensing.
Sources and dates
RSA 178:29 (fees); Liquor Commission initial license application (LIQ-A1) and restaurant license type worksheet (LTW-03); rule Liq 703.06 (prorated fees). Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In New Hampshire it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Hampshire it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
Yes. A restaurant license needs a kitchen and a food service license, and a cocktail lounge is a bar area inside a licensed restaurant.
Yes. A restaurant license needs a kitchen and a food service license, and a cocktail lounge is a bar area inside a licensed restaurant.
Yes. A restaurant license needs a kitchen and a food service license, and a cocktail lounge is a bar area inside a licensed restaurant.
Yes. A restaurant license needs a kitchen and a food service license, and a cocktail lounge is a bar area inside a licensed restaurant.
Yes. A restaurant license needs a kitchen and a food service license, and a cocktail lounge is a bar area inside a licensed restaurant.
Yes. A restaurant license needs a kitchen and a food service license, and a cocktail lounge is a bar area inside a licensed restaurant.
No. In New Hampshire it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Hampshire it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Hampshire it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Hampshire it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Hampshire it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Hampshire it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Hampshire it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Hampshire it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Hampshire it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Hampshire it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Hampshire it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Hampshire it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
New Hampshire Liquor Commission, Division of Enforcement and Licensing.
Step 5 of 6, alcohol permits. The steps before it: set up the business, register for tax, approve the space and get the permits for your kind of business.
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