Along the boardwalk at Hampton Beach in New Hampshire bar and restaurant owners say they’re dealing with the same price hikes and food shortages we’ve all been seeing at the grocery store.season. Unfortunately, cooking up their signature dishes has never been so expensive.He says last summer he was paying about $14 a pound for scallops. Now, they’re up to $21 a pound.Sign up for NECN newsletters.
If you're planning a trip to Hampton Beach, prepare to pay more as bars and restaurants struggle with rising expenses. "Everything with delivery shortages, we will order cases of liquor and you don’t get them or you get substitutes," explained Manager Mikey Trainor. "Even just a small motel that should be 60 bucks is $120," said Jessica Newcombe who stayed at the beach Thursday night.
He and his wife, Leane, are from Portland, Oregon and finally on the vacation to Hampton Beach they had planned two years ago."We are choosier about what we purchase," Leane explained."More happy hours, appetizers instead of dinner."