Your at-home guide to Easter in Kingston

By Lexy Correa

*This article was last updated in April 2021*

Easter may look a little different this year, but Kingston businesses are offering creative ways to enjoy quality time with those you love. We’ve put together a list of packages and activities to enjoy safely.

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Cover photo credit: AquaTerra and Tie One On Creativity Bar

Food and beverage

AquaTerra

This Easter, AquaTerra will be offering both a brunch and dinner to go. For brunch, dig into a mesclun salad, quiche Lorraine, lamb sausage roll, pork belly hash, and lemon curd tart plus Earl Grey shortbread for dessert. The dinner option includes fresh focaccia, spring salad with cured salmon, turchetta, potato galette, Patchwork Garden carrots, green beans and a lemon tart for dessert. All you have to do is reheat and enjoy!

Price: $60, brunch for two or $100, brunch for four | $85, dinner for two or $160, dinner for four to six

Black Dog Home

Savour a full Black Dog Home Easter dinner available for pickup or delivery within City limits. This dinner for two or four has all your Easter fixings including a starter of pea soup, a main of maple-glazed ham, and sides of cheesy rosemary scalloped potatoes, honey and mustard-glazed carrots, prosciutto-wrapped asparagus bundles, spring pea salad with radish and goat cheese, and finally, a spiced carrot cake square for dessert!

Price: $70 for two people | $130 for four people

Jessup Food and Heritage

If you’re looking for a traditional turkey dinner with all the trimmings, Jessup Food and Heritage will be offering an Easter takeout dinner. For $18.95 per person, you’ll get roast turkey, gravy, savoury dressing, turnip casserole, creamy mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and apple crisp for dessert. There is also the option to add a bottle of wine from Three Dog Winery.

Price: $18.95 per person

Pan Chancho

This year, Pan Chancho has put together a special pick-and-choose Easter menu. Start the evening off with a cheese platter that includes grapes, rosemary almonds, olives, and croûte. Enjoy your choice of lamb loin, seafood risotto, roasted ham, vegan tofu stirfry, or poached salmon as the main course. Finally, savour your dessert of a strawberry mousse bombe and chocolate truffles. There’s also the option to add additional treats to your order.

Price: $45 – $55 per person with the option for add-ons

Knifey Spooney

This year, Knifey Spooney will be offering a fully vegan Easter dinner! For their main, they’ve chosen an asparagus and local shiitake mushroom “bacon” quiche. A flakey, “buttery” crust, and a savory, flavourful tofu-based quiche. On the side, a creamy scalloped potato and roasted brussel sprouts with tangy pomegranate molasses and sesame seeds. Finish off the meal with lemon meringue pie or vegan mini cream eggs for dessert!

Price: $36 for one | $128 for a family of four

The Grocery Basket

Treat your loved ones (or yourself!) to a delicious dinner prepared with fresh, local ingredients. This Easter dinner includes honey glazed ham, creamy scalloped potatoes, bacon brussel sprouts, maple glazed carrots and homemade biscuit. All you have to do is reheat and enjoy!

Price: dinner for one – $22.95 | dinner for two – $39.95 | dinner for four – $69.95

Pizza in a Box

Pizza in a box is a home delivery service with all the fresh ingredients to make pizza at home. Build your own pizzas with local food products hand-picked by their team. They pack everything into a box and deliver it to your door to enjoy that evening or save it for the weekend.

Price: $12.75 – $58

 

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Bread and Butter Bakery – meal boxes + dinner

This year, Bread and Butter is offering your choice of baked french toast or quiche brunch boxes with all the fixings (fresh fruit platters, buttermilk biscuits, fresh raspberry jam). If brunch isn’t your style, there’s also a four-course Easter dinner for two.

Price: $37 brunch | $65 dinner | option for add-ons

The Grizzly Grill – family meals for four

The Grizzly Grill has your holiday dinners covered with fully cooked meals ready to serve. Enjoy a main course of chicken parmesan, salmon, prime rib, or BBQ back ribs. Each three-course meal comes with all the sides, fixings, and dessert. All you have to do is pick it up from the restaurant and dig in at home. 

Price: $95 – $125

At-home activities

Cher Mere – Pedicure in a Box

Indulge in a spa day at home with goodies from Cher Mere. Their pedicure in a box has everything you need for perfect nails. The kit comes with a file, Cher-Mere cuticle cream, a buffer, foot file, Cher-Mere cuticle oil, pediscrub, body butter, toe dividers, base and topcoat, and nail polish.

Price: $65

Sun Harvest – Moss Art Workshop

If you’re a plant lover, this workshop is for you! Freshen up your space with a Sun Harvest Greenhouse living moss art workshop. Learn and follow along at your own pace with a pre-recorded video. You’ll create an original piece incorporating different types, textures, and colours of moss.

Price: $50

Tie One On Creativity Bar – at home crafts

Get your creativity flowing with a selection of at-home craft kits from Tie One On Creativity Bar. Their kits range from creating candles and string art to learning macramé and finishing charcuterie boards.

Price: $10 – $55

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