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Wow, two completely different towns. It's difficult to say which one is best, really depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for what one of these has to offer, you certainly won't enjoy living in the other...
East Kingston is truly small-town New England. It's scenic, full of winding back roads that lead elsewhere, with very few businesses in town. A day-care and a couple of farms come to mind. If you're looking to have a place to get away from it all, with the benefit of good schools (Exeter district SAU 16) then East Kingston may be the place for you. A small-town, surrounded on all sides by other small towns.
Epping, on the other hand, has become a destination town for daily or weekly shopping excursions for many of the surrounding smaller towns that don't have these 'conveniences'. There is grocery shopping with a new Market Basket (the entire plaza was redone and improved), a super Wal-mart, Lowes Home Improvement, lots of new small and franchise businesses in the stripmalls. Epping is home to one of my favorite places, The Holy Grail Restaurant & Pub (formerly St. Joseph's church, built in 1895). There is also a movie theater and the Leddy Performing Arts Center. This is all in the business district, close to Route 101/125. There are older homes set close together in the historic part of town, and further out, homes on larger parcels of land.
Which is more important school district or convenience?
East kingston for the school district, epping for convenience to highways ,shopping and dining.
Both have rural / natural areas, my guess is that the taxes are significantly higher in east kingston but you would need to evalute the individual property.
I am curious why is this one of your favorites place "The Holy Grail Restaurant & Pub (formerly St. Joseph's church, built in 1895)"
I live in Chester and do a lot of my shopping in Epping.
I always wondered what that place was?
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Wow, two completely different towns. It's difficult to say which one is best, really depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for what one of these has to offer, you certainly won't enjoy living in the other...
East Kingston is truly small-town New England. It's scenic, full of winding back roads that lead elsewhere, with very few businesses in town. A day-care and a couple of farms come to mind. If you're looking to have a place to get away from it all, with the benefit of good schools (Exeter district SAU 16) then East Kingston may be the place for you. A small-town, surrounded on all sides by other small towns.
Epping, on the other hand, has become a destination town for daily or weekly shopping excursions for many of the surrounding smaller towns that don't have these 'conveniences'. There is grocery shopping with a new Market Basket (the entire plaza was redone and improved), a super Wal-mart, Lowes Home Improvement, lots of new small and franchise businesses in the stripmalls. Epping is home to one of my favorite places, The Holy Grail Restaurant & Pub (formerly St. Joseph's church, built in 1895). There is also a movie theater and the Leddy Performing Arts Center. This is all in the business district, close to Route 101/125. There are older homes set close together in the historic part of town, and further out, homes on larger parcels of land.
First of all, I think it's a very good thing with old buildings are saved and re-purposed. I grew up in a city that has lost many beautiful old buildings to 'urban renewal', and while I remember the destruction of some of these (ahh childhood memories), there were many more that came down before I was born. I'm always happy when a historic building (whether a church, a school, a private home or a city/town building) can be saved and repurposed.
I also love to support locally owned business whenever I can. I'm in Londonderry, so it's Benson's over Home Depot. Coffeeberries or The Coffee Factory instead of Starbucks or Dunks. Avandi's or Luciano's instead of Applebees, Panera Bread or Olive Garden. I've lived in areas that don't have the mom-n-pop shops & restaurants, and I'm sure we glad we have the choice here.
The Holy Grail is both of the these things rolled into one. The building could have been bought by a developer, leveled, and yet another condo building put into it's place. Or the building itself could have been saved and the interior developed into multiple condo units (with plenty of parking). Instead it is a family-owned business with loyal patrons. The atmosphere is festive, the service is great and the food is very good. And that's enough for me.
Cool, I will try it one day. I also want to try the Tuckaway Tavern in Raymond. I heard good thing about that restaurant.
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First of all, I think it's a very good thing with old buildings are saved and re-purposed. I grew up in a city that has lost many beautiful old buildings to 'urban renewal', and while I remember the destruction of some of these (ahh childhood memories), there were many more that came down before I was born. I'm always happy when a historic building (whether a church, a school, a private home or a city/town building) can be saved and repurposed.
I also love to support locally owned business whenever I can. I'm in Londonderry, so it's Benson's over Home Depot. Coffeeberries or The Coffee Factory instead of Starbucks or Dunks. Avandi's or Luciano's instead of Applebees, Panera Bread or Olive Garden. I've lived in areas that don't have the mom-n-pop shops & restaurants, and I'm sure we glad we have the choice here.
The Holy Grail is both of the these things rolled into one. The building could have been bought by a developer, leveled, and yet another condo building put into it's place. Or the building itself could have been saved and the interior developed into multiple condo units (with plenty of parking). Instead it is a family-owned business with loyal patrons. The atmosphere is festive, the service is great and the food is very good. And that's enough for me.
I think you'll enjoy it. The combination of tall stain glass windows, choir seating above, beautiful wood floors and pew-style bench seating is all very nicey done. A very cool atmosphere.
I haven't been to the Tuckaway, but it's on my list I'm in the area often enough, just never at the right time to stop by for lunch or dinner. It's in the old Yankee Market building, right? One of these days...
Both towns are great, East Kingston is more rural. Epping is the "eppi-center" of the area with a lot of business around the 125/101 area. Find a house/neighborhood that you like in either town, just be careful not to be too close to the race tracks in Epping if noise is a concern.
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I'm in the area often enough, just never at the right time to stop by for lunch or dinner. It's in the old Yankee Market building, right? One of these days...
