Toast & Jam is a Kingston brunch restaurant from the Whitall family behind Bread & Butter Bakery, using the bakery next door as the backbone for eggs, toast, sandwiches, bowls, and a daytime room built around scratch cooking and local Ontario suppliers.

Dianne's brings East Coast seafood and Mexican classics together near Kingston's waterfront, with cider-battered haddock, salt cod-bacon chowder, tacos, raw bar plates, tequila-friendly cocktails, and local-supplier commitments shaping the visit.

Portsmouth Tavern, known locally as The Ports, is a historic Portsmouth Village pub built around Canadian comfort food: KP Burger, fish and chips, wings, Beef Dip Sandwich and hand-cut fries. The strongest angle is old Kingston neighbourhood character backed by a current, practical menu.

Downtown Kingston burger bar with Enright beef, playful signature burgers, a smokehouse lane, hand-spun shakes, and a source-backed daily Cocktail Hour.

Beer-led Kingston taproom now operating through Spearhead, with Hawaiian Style Pale Ale, Queen of Wheat, local delivery, tours, reservations, and a Sunday Caesar offer.

River Mill Restaurant pairs Cataraqui River views with a seafood-leaning contemporary Canadian menu inside Kingston’s historic Woolen Mill Building.