By Jimmy Nguyen
Downtown Manchester houses your typical cozy cafés, historical monuments, and gum scattered sidewalks. However, what differentiates downtown Manchester from other squares is the Red Arrow Diner; consistently voted one of the nation’s top ten diners.
The atmosphere of Red Arrow exemplifies the quintessential diner and meets the expectations of everyday patrons and state crossing food fanatics. Walls are plastered with famous stars who have eaten at Red Arrow and include Guy Fieri of the Food Network, Adam Sandler and numerous presidential candidates- given that New Hampshire is considered a swing state. There are glass-framed old menus, reminiscent of prices decades past that include 5-cent coffees and 10-cent cheeseburgers.
Modern day Red Arrow keeps their prices low, the food quality high, and incorporates a diverse selection of breakfasts, lunches and dinners; as expected of a TWENTY-FOUR HOUR diner!
Upon arrival, my guest and I were promptly seated, a contrast to the amount of wait time we had to endure post-ordering of food. However, I will say it was worth the wait and recommend plates such as the honey fried chicken or the Red Arrow Bison Burger. Dinner plates are accompanied by sides such as baked beans, five spice chili, coleslaw and sweet potato fries; all of which were decent and delicious. Desserts include cream pies, Death By Chocolate, Reese’s pie and Raspberry Hana pie.
Manchester, New Hampshire is under an hour drive, so there is no excuse not to go!
