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Downtown-ish:
Quattrocchi’s Specialty Foods (662 Montreal St., general grocer with selection of international items)
Bearances Grocery (No website; 115 Livingston Ave., general grocer)
Cook’s Fine Foods (61 Brock St., more of a “fancy treats” store)
Tara Natural Foods (81 Princess St., natural / bulk foods)
Daughter’s General Store (63 John St., small general grocher with emphasis on natural, vegan and gluten-free foods)
Old Farm Fine Foods (204 Barrie St.; small store with specialty goods, seedlings in season)
Brynn’s Fresh Market (168 Division St., general grocer)
Namaste (277 Bath Rd., Indian)
Patel (1412 Princess St.; Indian)
Kingston Asian Super (274 Princess; Asian)
BV Buy (164 Princess; Asian)
J&K Supermarket (354 Princess; Asian)
Asian Food World (No website; 639 Princess; Asian)
West End
Bayridge General Market (No website; 757 Bayridge Dr.; general grocer)
Tony Deodato & Sons (100 Binnington Court; general grocer, pick-up and delivery only)
Sigrid’s Natural Foods (506 Days Road, natural / health)
KinsMart (No website, 2395 Princess; Asian)
Cook’s Fine Foods II (2395 Princess St #6; fancy treats)
East End:
Salt of the Earth (1054 Highway 2; farm market)
Just past the 401:
Glenburnie Grocery (2454 Perth Rd, Glenburnie; general grocer, focus on local produce)
Markets:
Memorial Centre Farmer’s Market (303 York St., sometimes moves to Princess St. for the winter. Strictly local producers’ market, Sundays only)
Kingston Public Market (Springer Market Square behind City Hall; mixed vendors, some local, some from outside the region, lots of tourist/crafts. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.)
Lionhearts Pop-Ups Markets (Fresh food; pay what you can. Various locations and times.)
Hey, a map:
FAQ
- Grocery Checkout (at Queen’s) is actually a small chain.
- The line between a “convenience store” and a “grocery” is surprisingly hard to figure out sometimes, but I erred on the side of inclusion for stores like Daughters and Old Farm, exclusion for things like Campus One Stop.
- Sticking to just Kingston for now, with an exception for places I can reasonably get to without a car, like Glenburnie.