New Hampshire is home to several national restaurant chains – many with only one location within its borders.
Among those single-location chains are an experimental ice cream chain with creative flavors, a cinnamon bun shop often found in malls, and a popular arcade-bar hybrid.
Some restaurants have been in New Hampshire for years, while other chains are new to the Granite State and just starting to build a presence here. Salt & Straw’s Salem opening is one example of a recent expansion.
Here are some restaurant chains with just one location in New Hampshire, and where to find them.
Carrabba’s Italian Grill
Carrabba’s Italian Grill, a U.S. pasta chain, has just one restaurant in New Hampshire – specifically in Bedford.
The sit-down spot offers dishes such as spaghetti, lobster ravioli, Tuscan-grilled ribeye, Margherita pizza, and grilled salmon.
Carrabba’s was founded in Houston, Texas, in 1986, according to the chain’s website. The restaurant has expanded to more than 200 locations across the country.
Address: 2 Upjohn St., Bedford, NH 03110
Cinnabon
Bakery chain Cinnabon, often found in malls and airports, has one New Hampshire location.
The kiosk at the Mall of New Hampshire in Manchester features decadent cinnamon rolls, cookies, coffee drinks, and lemonades.
Cinnabon first opened inside a Seattle mall in 1985. Now, all U.S. states except Maine and Vermont have at least one Cinnabon location. The company’s headquarters is located in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
Address: 1500 South Willow St., Space E127, Manchester, NH 03103
Dave & Buster’s
Dave & Buster’s is a popular American sports bar and arcade chain with one New Hampshire location.
At Dave & Buster’s, customers can play a slew of arcade games and trade tickets in for prizes, as well as watch major sports games and eat burgers, fries, pasta, wings, and steak dishes. The chain also serves a variety of cocktails and beer.
Dave & Buster’s was founded in 1982 in Dallas, Texas. Currently, the chain has more than 180 locations across the U.S., Australia, Canada, the Dominican Republic, India, Mexico, and the Philippines.
The Manchester location, inside the Mall of New Hampshire, opened in 2020.
Address: 1500 South Willow St., Manchester, NH 03103
Golden Corral
Golden Corral, an all-you-can-eat buffet chain, opened its first New Hampshire location in 2020. The restaurant, located in Manchester, then closed in 2024 before reopening in early 2025.
The buffet menu includes chicken-fried steak, hot dogs, pot roast, chicken parmesan, glazed ham, mashed potatoes, clam chowder, French toast, and pancakes.
Golden Corral was founded in 1973 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and has since expanded to nearly 400 restaurants across the U.S., according to the chain’s website.
Address: 655 South Willow St., Manchester, NH 03103
Not Your Average Joe’s
Not Your Average Joe’s, a regional sit-down restaurant chain headquartered in Milton, Massachusetts, has one New Hampshire location.
The Nashua location, which opened in 2014, offers clam chowder, fish and chips, pizza, burgers, and pasta, among other surf-and-turf selections.
The chain was founded in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, in 1994, and now has 12 locations along the East Coast.
Address: 221 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua, NH 03060
Salt & Straw
Salt & Straw, a craft ice cream shop where customers can test unique flavors like Goat Cheese Marionberry Habanero, has one location in New Hampshire.
The West Coast-based chain opened its first New England location at the Tuscan Village shopping center in Salem in July 2025. The shop’s current ice cream flavors include Hong Kong Milk Tea, Salted Grapefruit Coconut Julep, and Strawberry Pretzel Salad.
Salt & Straw has steadily expanded from its flagship Oregon ice cream cart through the years, with brick-and-mortar shops now in nine U.S. states.
The Capital Grille, a fine-dining steakhouse chain, opened its first New Hampshire location in January 2025.
Address: 400 Artisan Drive, Suite #1000, Salem, NH, 03079
The Capital Grille
The restaurant, located in the Tuscan Village shopping plaza, serves upscale steak dishes, including bone-in prime ribeye, bone-in dry-aged New York strip steak, and filet mignon.
The Capital Grille was founded in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1990. Today, the Capital Grille has 76 locations across the U.S., as well as four international restaurants.
Address: 19 Artisan Drive, Suite 3000, Salem, NH 03079
Wayback Burgers
Wayback Burgers, a fast-casual burger joint, has only one New Hampshire location.
The Salem restaurant, which opened in 2012, serves up cooked-to-order burgers, hand-dipped milkshakes, chicken sandwiches, and hot dogs.
The chain was founded in 1991 in Newark, Delaware. Today, Wayback Burgers operates more than 170 restaurants in 36 U.S. states and six countries, according to the company’s website.
The company’s headquarters is located in Cheshire, Connecticut.
Address: 99 Rockingham Park Boulevard, Room 213, Salem, NH 03079
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald. Reporting by Bailey Allen.
