Kingston · United States
The Kingston food cheat sheet
One page from Chef Amazing · November 2026
The dish to eat
A Hudson Valley bistro duck: crisp skin, pink meat and a sharp-sweet fruit sauce.
Best at Aster, Hutton Brickyards. Get: Duck confit with cherry gastrique
Five places, and what to order
- Top Tastestreet-food · Hasbrouck AvenueGet: Jerk chicken and oxtails
- Rosie Generalfamily-run · Rondout, Broadway at Abeel StreetGet: A sandwich and the house pickles
- Village Coffee and Goodsclassic · KingstonGet: Coffee and a table in the dining room
- Elizafor roast chicken and duck at a French… · KingstonGet: The roast chicken to split, with malt fries and garlic jus
- Lola Pizzafor wood-fired pizza · Stockade, Fair StreetGet: A wood-fired pie
The market
Covered / open-air. Jamaican produce, roots, tropical fruit
In season this November
Kingston Farmers Market produce
How it works here
Tip: Tip 18-22% at sit-down restaurants, a dollar or two a drink at the bar.
Book: Book the hot places on Resy or OpenTable, often the day tables drop (2-4 weeks out); counters and slices are walk-in.
When locals eat: Lunch noon-2pm, dinner 6-9pm; it gets late only in the big cities.