Kingston
Gems
By Samira Hriech
H
ello lovely students of
St. Lawrence College Kingston
Campus. My name is Samira
and I am a first-year student here at the
college, this is however, not my first year in
Kingston. I do know that for many of you
Kingston is an entirely new place and that
you might not know what places are worth
trying. What I want to do here is tell you
about great locally owned restaurants where
you can go and make your own memories
of Kingston.
Kingston has a really great pub scene. A
particular favourite of mine is The Mansion.
It’s a great pub that serves more than
just the average pub food. It’s located on
Princess Street just east of the hub so it
feels cozy. The Mansion is a family business
that is co-owned by two brothers who have
been involved in restaurants in Kingston
since they were kids. Will and Casey Fisher
grew up working in restaurants for their
father and eventually decided to make one
of their own.
The Mansion is located just outside the hub of Kingston at 506 Princess Street
The Mansion has a great and affordable
menu. There are the usual appetizers,
mains, and salads but most notable is the
$8.95 lunch menu which consists of a
variety of hearty main course meals with a
delicious home cooked feel. There’s their
delicious variation on mac and cheese or
lasagna as well as the unique scarecrow
sandwich. It’s a filling and entirely meatless
sandwich for all those vegetarians out there.
Besides the menu there are different daily
specials offered all through the week, like
the daily curry, and $2.00 Taco Tuesdays!
The best part of the menu is that it is
served all night every night until 2:00am!
The food is affordable and it’s great quality,
perfect for the average broke student. The
fries are hand cut and the tortilla chips
are fried in house. The restaurant is locally
owned and they also try to support local
businesses and farmers by purchasing as
many ingredients from local businesses as
possible. They even grow their own herbs
at the restaurant. They purchase their meat
fresh from a local farmer in Glenburnie,
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and a lot of ingredients from the local
grocer, John’s, across the road.
While food is a very important aspect of a
restaurant experience it isn’t the only one.
The Mansion is equipped with big screen
HD TVs where you can catch all the best
sports action in a relaxed environment
where the staff are all friendly and helpful.
If sports aren’t your thing they also have a
great live music scene. There’s live music
almost everyday from both local, and
touring artists. Are you a musician trying
to catch a break in the music scene? Try
attending the open mic night! They might
even hire you to come back.
All in all the Mansion is a great local
restaurant to try out. It’s a welcoming
environment for students, which is great
if you miss home. There are affordable
and delicious food and drink specials all
the time. You’ll be full and happy without
having to empty your pockets and you
won’t have to go far for a home cooked
meal.
November 2013 SA Voice 7