SHOP

Newt Boutique

Located right next to the gallery, this charming gift shop has every clever hostess gift every invented, alongside delightful greeting cards and cheeky treasures.

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Kitchen Homestead

A local purveyor of clever items for kitchen and home, this place also offers fantastic cooking workshops on the regular.

Lovefield Vintage

This charming boutique offers the best-curated selection of designer vintage clothing, shoes and other accessories in Kingston.

GIRLBOY

As upscale as it gets in Kingston, this chic emporium on Wall Street specializes in elegant basics, beautifully curated by Morgan Hoffman, whose style icons include Louise Brooks in the 1920s, Katharine Hepburn in the 1940s, and Diane Keaton in the late 1970s.

Hamilton & Adams

Uptown Kingston’s modern department store, this shop offers all manner of stylish provisions for the upstate life, men and women included! The ‘Upstate and Chill’ aesthetic was originated by these guys!

Capital Vintage

The penultimate purveyor of 20th century vintage in the area, this large shop has an amazing selection of clothes and accessories.

Leigh Kelley Skin Studio

Kingstonians are very lucky indeed to have this innovative facialist in their midst… Leigh Kelley Skin Studio was created with the intention to provide a beautiful hidden sanctuary from the chaos of the outside world.

MVN Design Shop

New York Interior designer Michael Van Nort has put down roots in Kingston and opened a darling shop in the heart of uptown. Rejoice!

SNACK & BROWSE

Kingston Social

Getting the most out of Kingston in a day or two requires coffee… this spot (and our home on Fair Street) offers authentic Italian pastries and espresso along with a mercantile bursting with clever kids items and a perfectly curated selection of gifts and goods for the home.

Rough Draft bar & books

The perfect bookstore is harder and harder to find IRL, though they are legion in these parts (The Golden Notebook in Woodstock and Oblong Books in Rhinebeck are two favorites). But Rough Draft surpasses its competition by offering a bar, where you can belly up and chat books, or whatever, with fellow patrons.

Sweet Maresa

Our favorite spot for a sweet treat, these artful macarons in flavors like Earl Grey and Pistachio had us at ‘hello’. We offer their peanut butter and chocolate sesame gluten free cookies in the café at Kingston Social!

Le Canard Enchaîné

The locals know the insider secret is to enjoy this classic French bistro at lunch, when it’s possible to find the best salade niçoise or soupe à l’oignon this side of Paris.

NIGHTLIFE

Stockade Tavern

Time to whet your whistle? This quaint little bar offers Irish bonhomie, craft cocktails and friendly chats with the bartenders… peruse their cocktail menu for house specialities or ask them to make you The Last Word or a Negroni.

Salt Box Bar

In a historic building on Crown Street, you will find a lively spot on Kingston’s bar scene. A true neighborhood watering hole, billed as a ‘stylish dive bar’, where the drinks are (relatively) cheap and there is a lively mix of locals and visitors.

Assembly Kingston

Years after our beloved BSP closed, Uptown Kingston once again has a world-class music venue booking national acts!

EAT

Chleo

After a busy day of browsing, plop yourself down at the Chleo bar (it opens at 4pm!) and enjoy a proper cocktail and some upscale nibbles. Stay for dinner to get the full experience from Chef Charles Mathews.

LOLA Pizza

Scrumptious brick-oven pizzas, iconic pasta dishes like cacio é pepe, modern salad variations… what’s not to love at this hipster dining destination?

Hotel Kinsley Restaurant

A visit to Kingston is seriously not complete without a meal at the restaurant in the Hotel Kinsley, which offers weekend brunch and dinner every night of the week. Although the restaurant boasts a handsome room befitting the bank that it was in a former life, as well a delightful mural* over the kitchen, the best seat in the house is next to the working fireplace, though some would argue it’s best to sit at the bar, which serves inventive cocktails as is de rigeur nowadays for a dining destination.

*Did you know…

Kingston is famous for its murals! Created annually by artists on buildings all over town, this unique event started over a decade ago and continues every October, in conjunction with the O+ (pronounced ‘Oh Positive’) festival. When you visit, see if you can find delightful twosome pictured below, located in a hidden spot that only the locals know!