The Gas Lighter Restaurant

Great food, wonderful staff and reasonably priced. A must try when you’re in the downtown area. BTW; the absolute coldest beer in New Hampshire

Always clean. Always friendly. Always fresh. Always homemade. Shaved roast beef sandwich cooked perfectly. Delicious onion rings. Creamy and lemony chicken and rice soup is sublime. Stuffed cabbage special is tasty and light. Ice cold Sam Adams. If you’re lucky, Mary will serve your table. If you’re hungry in Concord, this is the place to go.

certainly not a fancy place, somewhat drab, but was greeted in friendly mannre…“sit anywhere” and there were lots of empty tables.
waitress was very quick, we ordered drinks (beer & wine), she back in a jif.“ready to order”? (a little breathless).
partner said wine was pretty bad, i ordered sam summer (no octoberfest available… beer menu is limited).
had avgolemeno… was lemony, thick and good. we both ordered pork souvlaki w/​fires/​pita bread and «chopped» salad. pork was ok, somewhat non-​descript (lacked «bite» of spice). salad was just so/​so.
i might go back for lunch… try a burger, but no for dinner. happy trails.

The other half and I were on an errand in town this evening, and since it was verging on the dinner hour we meandered Unilocal for dining options. He was thinking beef and I am an absolute aficionado of Greek food, so The Gas Lighter just made sense.
There’s not much to the place, one big room with a bar along one wall and seating all around (and parking has the potential to be challenging) but the staff was friendly and the beer was icy cold, so we got off to a great start.
We both ended up ordering the gyro special, and oh was that a fabulous choice. Now, I will warn you this — their tzaziki is freshly house made and they are very fond of fresh garlic. To the point of zing and a tongue tingle. If you’re there on a date, you’d best both eat it or bring some Listerine for later. Or both. That said, the other half and I absolutely adored it. Let’s just say we didn’t so much eat as we inhaled the gyros. They were just delicious.
Now, on to the next thing that should be on your to try list: The Kataifi. Our server described it as baklava’s less sweet cousin, which I would agree with. It looks vaguely cake like, with a top layer of whipped cream, a center of firm custard, and the bottom is shredded phyllo. Somewhere in there is a layer of nuts, and it’s drenched in a thin spiced honey sauce. It’s pretty much the best thing I’ve put in my face in recent memory and, if we hadn’t been in public, we might have licked the plate. If it sounds even remotely tasty, try it. You won’t regret it. Unless I’m there and there’s only one left. Then I’ll flip you for for it.

In the area sitting on a jury. Folks at the courthouse mentioned there was good roast beef and they were right. The sandwich feel apart in my mouth. Service was friendly. Will be back.

Went to check this place out based on other reviews and I loved it. Very cozy home cookin atmosphere with good food and beer served in a chilled glass as it should be. I ordered one of the burgers and was wowed by how good it was. My girlfriend tried something new neither of us had heard of before and it blew us away. The staff is very friendly and willing to answer any questions about the menu with an honest opinion on whether or not you will like it.
Highly recommend this for a date night or a cheap dinner over beers. Definitely coming back.

One of our favourite local spots. This place has without doubt the COLDEST draft beer you will find anywhere — perfect for the end of hot summer day (okay, actually the end of any day.) The food is consistently good — their thinly sliced roast beef is outstanding any way you want it, but especially good in the syrian pocket. The place is unpretentious and comfortable, but the real strength of the Gas Lighter is the people who run it.

Man, this place is really old school. I wanted to grab something quick and good to eat before I headed out of Concord to beat the snowstorm. I made a stop at The Gas Lighter, which serves up Greek American comfort food.
Step inside and it’s one open room with bar counter seating with open grill/​food prep area and table seating, for up to 60 people. The classic atmosphere inside reminds me of a bar back in the early 1980s with the exception of the large flatscreen mounted on the back wall. The walls are decorated with beer signs, Boston sports, and framed pictures of Greece. There are 3 beers on tap (Bud, Coors Light, Sam Adams), several bottled beers, and Pepsi fountain drinks.
The menu offers sandwiches, Syrian pockets, grinders, burgers, hot dogs, omelettes, salads, soups, fries, onion rings, comfort dishes (teriyaki, souvlaki, gyros, liver & onions, chicken fingers) and desserts (baklava & rice pudding).
I decided on the Gyros ($ 7.95) served with French fries. I watched my food being made, the flatbread and meat grilled to order and frozen fries cooked in the deep fryer. The good sized Gyros was very good and filling, stuffed with meat, tomatoes, raw onions, and homemade tzatziki sauce with cucumbers & yogurt, which was creamy and very garlicky, I could smell it!
The cook mentioned, «I hope you don’t have a hot date tonight because our sauce is homemade and has lots of garlic.»
I reply, «Hehe, no date tonight, I just wanna enjoy this and get the heck out of Dodge before the snow hits the roads.»
Don’t get me wrong, I love garlic, but too much can throw off my schedule with not so stellar breath. Altoids anyone? The gyros became messy to eat with lots of that garlicky tzatziki sauce, very tasty nonetheless. The fries were standard fare, just okay.
I was all good to go for my drive back home along I-​93 South. The snow started to really come down as I drove through Manch, but made it home okay with really strong garlicky breath. Listerine time! Overall, 3.5 STARS.