West-end Kingston now boasts a restaurant serving classic maritime cuisine, a craft burger joint, and a spacious beer garden with an expanded menu.
Be sure to include these four new gems in your weekend itinerary.
Burger 347
1347 Gardiners Road | Tues–Sat (11:30 am–9 pm)
From the owners of the west-end Mexican restaurant Mesa Fresca, comes a mouthwatering craft burger joint.
Burger 347 serves loaded burgers with meat supplied by Barriefield Market, a top-quality Kingston-based butcher.
The new restaurant makes classic burgers topped with cheddar cheese, smoked bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, and a special sauce. If you’re looking to expand your palate, try the poutine extreme burger–a grilled patty on a brioche bun loaded with St. Albert’s cheese curd, house poutine gravy, and potato straws.
For vegans and vegetarians, order the O.G. veggie burger–a plant-based bun stuffed with a house-made black bean patty, plant-based jalapeño mayo, seared red onion, shredded lettuce, sliced tomato, and Mesa Fresca’s fresh guacamole.
Beyond their flavourful burgers, the restaurant serves mac and cheese, poutine, and dessert, including apple wonton cups and brownie sundaes made with gluten-free brownies, whipped cream, and vanilla ice cream. They also offer a dedicated kid’s menu.
Complement your meal with a mocktail, glass of wine, or cocktail. Special cocktails include the 347 Lemonade with citron rum, Cointreau, lemon juice, and fresh mint, and the Creamsicle, infused with Galliano, citron vodka, orange crush, and coconut milk. Burger 347 also serves on-tap beers from local breweries like MacKinnon Brothers Brewing Company and Riverhead Brewing Company.
Settle into their sunny patio on a hot summer’s day, or rustic, spacious interior on a chilly winter evening. Call 613-384-0377 for takeout.
Skeleton Park Brewery at Spearhead Brewing Company’s taproom
675 Development Drive | Sun–Wed (12-9 pm), Thu–Sat (12-11 pm)
Spearhead Brewing Company has partnered with Skeleton Park Brewery to create the ultimate destination for beer lovers.
Spearhead is now serving beer from Skeleton Park in their cozy taproom and on their expansive, orange-accented patio. New brews include Skeleton Park’s Sol Juice, a dry brew with a citrus aroma and lychee fruit taste, and Proper English Ale, an earthy, floral beer with notes of Sauvignon Blanc.
The expanded menu still features classic brews like Spearhead’s Hawaiian Style Pale Ale, a bold beer with vibrant pineapple and citrusy flavours.
Reserve a table on Spearhead’s website.
The Cannery Kitchen & Social
1550 Princess Street | Daily (breakfast: 6:30–11 am), (dinner: 4–9 pm)
A popular place to dine on Canada’s east coast, The Cannery Kitchen & Social has opened a new location inside the DoubleTree by Hilton Kingston.
Step inside the restaurant’s modern interior and indulge in their signature dishes, including the Cannery burger–a bistro bun with herb butter, bacon, Swiss cheese, tomato, onion straws, and garlic mayonnaise–or the seafood linguini with shrimp, mussels, scallops, calamari, red peppers, garlic, olive oil, shallots, and white wine.
Try the grilled Dijon salmon with garlic mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables, and a Dijon butter sauce, or the creamy shrimp & scallop risotto finished with sun-dried tomatoes, basil, baby spinach, and parmesan cheese.
Continue your culinary journey through the eastern provinces with the maritime mule, infused with vodka, ginger beer, lime, and mint. The Cannery boasts a plethora of classic cocktails, mocktails, wines, and beers on tap.
The restaurant also serves breakfast, featuring savoury and sweet meals such as the cinnamon French toast topped with whipped cream, butter, and maple syrup.
If you have dietary restrictions, The Cannery offers vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-friendly options. They even boast a delicious kids’ menu, so you can take the whole family to this west-end restaurant.
Call 613-541-4683 to book your table today.
Rhodes Restro + Bar
2360 Princess Street | Sun–Thu (7 am–10 pm), Fri–Sat (7 am–11 pm)
Breakfast (Mon–Sun: 7 am–3 pm)
Lunch (Mon–Fri: 11 am–3:30 pm)
This eclectic west-end restaurant boasts daily deals, from 25 percent off their signature burgers on Tuesdays to $16 stuffed Yorkshire pudding on Sundays.
Stop by Rhodes Restro + Bar for lunch when every menu item, from chicken carbonara to their signature burger, is $15.
Their early morning menu boasts pancakes, waffles, omelettes, and their famous corned beef benedict–three poached eggs on toasted marble-rye bread with braised corned beef, caramelized onions, and sautéed mushrooms, smothered in a hollandaise sauce.
For dinner, Rhodes serves a variety of appetizers–25 percent off on Mondays–and entrées like the steak & lobster dish that’s $25 on Fridays and $28 on Saturdays. For dessert, indulge in Rhodes apple crisp melt-away, infused with a coconut cinnamon streusel and topped with a homemade caramel sauce.
Visit Rhode’s website to learn more about the restaurant’s daily deals and explore their menu.
For more standout restaurants outside the downtown core, read Kingston’s west-end food gems.
