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Kingston

The Moving to Kingston Guide

For most students, moving into rez or their first ghetto house is a pretty life changing experience. You need dish soap and dryer sheets and coat hangers. When in your life have you ever actually needed those things, they always just appeared.
Getting Your Stuff Here
If you live within driving distance, the answer to this question [...]

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Off Campus Housing: Princess Louise House

Most students choose to live in residence during their first year at Queen’s, and promptly hit the ghetto in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years. Some upper years choose the Don / RA route, while others look for quiet communal living. Princess Louise House offers a great, off campus housing alternative for Queen’s students.
Located mere blocks from [...]

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The Shopping Scene in Kingston

There are some charming shops for browsing on Princess Street, but really little else. You will be able to find all the basics here, but if you are used to the options that the big city holds, it’s worth saving your sprees until your next Toronto or Montreal trip.
As far as clothes go there are [...]

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Thai, Cambodian, Vietnamese Oh My!

Kingston has a great selection of ethnic restaurants. One shining example is the glut of Thai/Cambodian/Vietnamese places in the downtown core.

Mango is the newest Thai and Pan-Asian restaurant on the block. Located at 161 Princess they offer good food, service, and selection at higher than average prices. There’s nothing special about Mango, but if you [...]

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Top Notch Lunch Spots

I spent a lot of my time in Kingston looking for great places to grab lunch with friends. I had the incredible pleasure of having my days start at 8:30 every day, leaving me a huge gap, and then ending with sleep inducing night classes most nights. Needless to say, I learned to enjoy the [...]

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First Date Dining Picks

We all have our different ideas as to what makes a great first date restaurant. Everyone has their own expectations, whether it be greasy burgers at the Brass or braised lamb at Le Chien, but we’ve compiled a list of our top picks to impress that first date, whether it be with beer or bernaise, [...]

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Fine Dining in Kingston

While you may not be in the right financial situation to be enjoying a lot fine dining, there are still those special occassions that call for it. What’s life without a little bit of luxury anyway!

Casa: Slightly off the well beaten Princess Street path, Casa, much like Woodenheads or Le Chien, lets you enjoy an [...]

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Ethnic Food

After I graduated from Queen’s I moved to Vancouver, and despite the utter lack of anyone ethnic in Kingston and the veritable smorgasbord of races in the ‘Couv, Kingston has Vancouver beat, hands down, in the ethnic food race. Aside from the amazing slew of thai/cambodian/vietnamese places that make of the bulk of Kingston’s ethnic [...]

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Our Guide to Coffee in Kingy

I didn’t drink much coffee until starting university. A desperate need to stay awake during long boring lectures and all night study sessions makes consuming a startling amount of java pretty much a necessity.
Below we’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite Kingston coffee haunts:
Coffee and Company: Located directly across the street from the Johnson [...]

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Coffee Shops

Kingstonians love coffee. Students love coffee. This, as you might imagine, makes a great market for coffee shops, and as such, there is a slew of them out there.
Coffee and Company: Located directly across the street from the Johnson and Division Starbucks is Coffee and Company, a local chain (in all fairness, I should write [...]

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