All Posts Tagged With: "local business"
Best of 2011: Ban the Book
Welcome back to Kingstonist’s two week series featuring our best posts from 2011. Thus far we’ve featured Ted Hsu’s win, overwhelming support for an LRT, a citizen’s concerns about the third crossing, a tasty guide to late night bites and a bylaw allowing backyard chicken coups. Rest assured, after this retrospective week things will be [...]
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King’s Crossing: Phase Two
Just over three years ago, King’s Crossing laid down the first pieces of their plan to develop a massive, vacant parcel of land bordering Division Street and the 401. To date, the big box fashion outlet hasn’t spelled doom and gloom for downtown competitors, nor have the effects been negative for businesses elsewhere in the [...]
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Community Soapbox: Improvised Explosive Delight
A Soldier Reflects on Kingston Cuisine after Returning Home Eleven months of eating dust, bombarded by rockets fired by an elusive, entrenched enemy, and all I can think about is the perfect sandwich. Separated from your family and the comforts of home, one has a great deal of time to build an elaborate sandwich fantasy. [...]
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Kingstonist’s Challenge # 8: Local Holiday Shopping
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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Black Friday
Every year during the American Thanksgiving weekend, Canadians travel in droves across the border to take advantage of Black Friday sales. These are the sales you see on the news where people are lined up over night outside Walmart and Best Buy to spend the next day shoving each other out of the way, all [...]
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The State of… Williamsville’s Main Street (Part 3 of 3)
In our original three-part series that focused on upper and lower Princess Street, as well as neighbouring side streets, we took a snapshot of new development and also documented long-standing vacancies. Two years later, we revisited this topic of conversation, while it has proven to be as divisive as any other contested issue in the [...]
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The State of… Downtown Sidestreets (Part 2 of 3)
Last week we revisited a topic that’s near and dear to the hearts of many Kingstonians: the ever-changing landscape of downtown Kingston, specifically lower Princess Street. In our original three part series that was published two years ago, we provided a snapshot of new, relocated and recently closed local businesses. After publishing last week’s update, [...]
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Cafe India
When we canvassed our readers to seek out the best local Indian restaurant, they were quick to point out that we neglected to include a few of their favorite local mainstays including Rahim’s Cuisine and Cafe India. In a past life I lived next door to one of this city’s best Indian restaurants, while that [...]
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Weekly Poll: Best of the Promenade
For those of you who were away from the Limestone City this past weekend, you missed a unique event that is already being called a highlight of the summer. The second annual Princess Street Promenade took place this past Saturday, attracting thousands local residents and tourists to the downtown core. Princess Street from Division to [...]
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Princess Street Promenade
Tomorrow’s the big day! The Second Annual Princess Street Promenade will take over downtown Kingston from 10am-6pm. For one day, Princess Street, from Division to Ontario, will be a pedestrian only zone. Stores and restaurants will open their doors and and move out to the street with special events including music, bouncy castles, climbing walls [...]
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