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# A travel guide to Nashua, NH, USA
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## AKA The Gate City
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Hello, and welcome to the *gate city*. We are happy you are visiting. Nashua is a a half hour drive from Manchester, and an hour drive to Boston and Portsmouth. We're famous for having a [Dunder Mifflin](http://theoffice.wikia.com/wiki/Dunder_Mifflin_Nashua) branch in the show *The Office*. We were twice named one of the best places to live by [Money magazine](http://time.com/money/5108196/best-places-to-live-every-state-us/).
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## Table of Contents
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* [Travel Tips](#travel-tips)
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* [Murals](#murals)
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* [Coffee Land](#coffee-land)
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* [Bars](#bars)
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* [Food](#food)
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* [Breakfast](#breakfast)
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* [Lunch](#lunch)
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* [Dinner](#dinner)
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* [Great American Downtown](#great-american-downtown)
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## Travel Tips
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* We're only a half hour drive from the [Manchester Airport](https://www.flymanchester.com/). If you can, fly into Manchester. The airport is smaller, and the staff are friendly.
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* Parking in Manchester is only $10/day compared to Boston which is $70 for the first day, and $30 for each additional.
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* We're about an hours drive from Boston's Logan airport.
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* We have Uber, also Lyft. There tend to be more Uber drivers than Lyft.
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* Cabs have to dispatched, you can't hail them.
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* There are basically 3 areas of Nashua: Downtown, South Nashua, and North Nashua.
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* Most people in Nashua reference these places based on their exits on Route 3.
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* Downtown mostly has mom and pop stores (exits 4, 5, and 6)
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* South end has the mall (exits 1 and 2)
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* North end has a bunch of offices, and strip malls (exits 7 and 8)
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* There are teal bikes for rent in town. [You can use an app to ride them around](https://www.veoride.com/).
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* The busses are fantastic. View the [schedule online](https://www.nashuanh.gov/456/Routes-Schedules).
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* There is a free "trolley" on Fridays and Saturdays that runs through downtown, and around the parking garages.
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## Murals
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The city of Nashua has a bunch of awesome murals. You can see where all the murals are in [this google map](https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1QDZzmmF54-I8nXO0vhxPcLkFig0&hl=en&ll=42.760100231886256%2C-71.46786625000004&z=16). Nashua's murals were made by [Positive Street Art](http://www.positivestreetart.org/), a really cool non-profit in town
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## Coffee Land
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We have quite a bit of coffee shops. However most of them close by 3. We have the standard Starbucks, and New Hampshire is known for loving [Dunkin dounuts](https://www.dunkindonuts.com/en). However these are the coffee shops in town, with great coffee and food.
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* [Terragia](https://www.facebook.com/terragia/)
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* [Bonhoeffers](http://www.bonhoefferscafe.com/)
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* [Jaja Belles](https://www.jajabelles.com/blank-c13dw)
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* [City Moose Cafe](http://www.citymoosenh.com/)
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* [Pressed Cafe](http://www.pressedcafe.com/)
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* [Great Harvest Bread Company](http://greatharvestnashua.com/)
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* [Seedling Cafe](http://theseedlingcafe.com)
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* [Riverwalk Cafe](https://riverwalknashua.com/)
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## Bars
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Nashua has a load of bars. Generally speaking they are open until 2am, and they are fantastic. This list will probably never be complete, but here are some local favorites.
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* MT's Wine and bar
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* The Peddler's Daughter
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* Nashua Garden
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* Codex
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* O'briens
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* San Francisco Kitchen
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* Riverwalk cafe
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* The Flight Center
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* Fuego bar and grill
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* Fody's Great American Tavern
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* Stella Blu
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* 110 Grill
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* Martha's exchange
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## Food
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There is quite a large range of food given the size of the city. Many restaurants are also [coffee shops](#coffee-land). Nashua's restaurants usually fall into two categories. Places that close at 3pm, and places that open at 5pm. Eating between the hours of 3-5pm is quite hard. Outside of this list, there are many chain restaurants in town, and the food court in the mall is usually good.
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### Breakfast
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* Riverwalk Cafe
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* Norton's Classic Cafe
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* Midfield Cafe
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* City Room Cafe
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* Poor Pierre's
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* Temple Street Diner
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* Nancy's Diner
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### Lunch
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* Nashua Garden - Deli in a bar
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* California Burrito
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* Cedars Cafe - Mediterranean affair
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* Crane - Chinese
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* Fratello's - Italian
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* Giant of Siam - Thai
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* El Colima - Mexican
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* Caza Mescal - Mexican
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* City Room Cafe
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* Poor Pierre's
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* Temple Street diner
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* Nancy's diner
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### Dinner
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* Stella Blu - Tapas in a bar setting
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* Peddler's Daughter - Irish bar and food
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* Riverwalk BBQ
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* Surf - Seafood
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* Martha's Exchange - American food, with beer brewed on site
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* Fratello's - Italian
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## Great American Downtown
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Nashua has a non-profit in town called [Great American Downtown](http://downtownnashua.org/) which is really focused on improving Nashua. They host, and coordinate many events in Nashua. [Their calendar](http://downtownnashua.org/events/) usually contains any events that are happening in town.
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