Savour Ontario Eats – Spotlight on Kingston

With a seasonally inspired menu filled with refined classical dishes with a modern twist, The Everly Restaurant & Lounge prides themselves on working with Kingston’s finest makers. With organic milk and cream from Limestone Dairy and butter from Sterling, to a wide array of Back Forty cheeses, to their own house made ricotta, creme fraiche and farmers cheese, every creamy, cheesy Everly dish is sure to give an ode to the local terroir. Open Wednesday through Saturday, 4pm to late, reservations are highly recommended!

Operated by Kingston’s very own, Chef Clark Day, this waterfront paradise offers fine dining with views of Lake Ontario and the Confederation Harbour. With a rotating menu based on seasonality, local dairy from makers like Back Forty Artisan Cheese, Reid’s Dairy, Mountainoak Cheese, Glengarry Fine Cheese, and Upper Canada Creamery can be enjoyed year-round in a variety of dishes. As the dining experience for the Delta Hotels Kingston Waterfront, AquaTerra is open to guests and the public yearlong in The Vu Lounge or seasonally on their exquisite patio.

For over 20 years, Whitall - alongside her husband, 2 girls and team of 30 employees - has brought Kingston baked goods, handmade from scratch, with the help of many local partners including dairy from makers such as Limestone Creamery, Reid’s Dairy, Wilton Cheese, Empire Cheese, and Stirling Butter. Over the years and thanks to the love from their community, the business has expanded to include an on-site cafe, elected Toast & Jam, which features their handmade breads, baked goods, savoury treats and more for a comfortable dine-in experience. 

As one of the city’s best spots for your one-stop grocery shop, The Grocery Basket caters to everyone, no matter your lifestyle. With fresh, local produce and meats, grab and go fuel boxes, an on-site cafe and in-house breakfast and lunch dining, it’s everything you could want from your weekly food fun. We surely can’t forget about the widest local dairy selection in the city, with their fridges filled with products from Ontario makers including: Creel & Gambrel, Emerald Grasslands, Fifth Town Artisan Cheese, Fromagerie Kapuskoise, Glengarry Fine Cheese, Harmony Organic, Reid’s Dairy, Stonetown Cheese, and Wilton Cheese. Have you ever wanted to grocery shop more?!

Celebrating their 10th anniversary at the creamery and 25 years as a certified organic farm, this 3rd generation dairy is the proud maker of some of the finest milks, creams, and ice creams in Ontario! Limestone Creamery has worked vigorously throughout the years to ensure a healthy  farm ecosystem including soil that is not only sustainable but regenerative, biodiversity and hedgerows in their fields for pollinators and diverse grass pastures for their grazing livestock. The creamery not only supplies many local restaurants, stores, and markets but has a thriving home delivery service. 

As suppliers of some of the best local cheese, charcuterie and specialty grocery items, Creel & Gambrel has curated a bountiful selection of goodies for the local food service and hospitality industry. Though their focused clientele includes local restaurateurs and market owners, their end goal is to give the final consumer the highest quality and most delicious products possible. Some of their Canadian dairy products come from not only producers like Stonetown Artisan Cheese and Back Forty Cheese, but they also produce an array of their own cheeses that are also made using 100% Canadian milk.