Kingston Bread + Bar — Restaurant in City of Kingston

The breads and pastries at Kingston Bread + Bar could hold their own among the best bakeries I’ve had the good fortune of visiting in New York City, San Francisco, and Paris. Having a bakery of this quality in the area makes a real difference in my household’s quality of life. We haven’t tried their dinners or beverages yet, but we’ve sampled most of the bakery items and their sandwiches. Everything has been delicious, though I feel that the breads (our favorites include the sourdough, levain, kamut, baguettes, and milk bread buns) and the croissants are the stars of the menu.

I also really appreciate their safety-oriented COVID policies and their online preordering and pickup system, which we have often depended on for safe shopping.

The staff has also been lovely. A family member of mine emailed them with a special request about pickup, which KB+B staff kindly accommodated.

Check out the additional products in their small but meticulously curated pantry and fridge, which is the stuff of charcuterie dreams. The house-made country pâté, and the labneh and zaatar dip, are sublime.

Just one request: please put the canalés on the...

I was really looking forward to coming here. I love Rough Draft and have had bagels a couple of times there. So the joint venture here seems perfect. Of course, I might be pre-disposed to loving the place. I have two complaints. First it’s cumbersome to buy food at one counter and drinks from another. This is especially annoying as the place gets busy and you need to wait on line on both. Second they need more seating. Of course busy means that seating will always be limited. But there are areas that scream for a couple of tables. The beer is great. I expected that. I haven’t had the coffee here yet. But I’m sure it’s the same yummy coffee I get at Rough Draft. As to the bread part: I recently had the grilled cheese sandwich. It was incredible. The breads are always great so cheese wiz would have tasted good. But they used a yummy cheddar cheese with a twist. The twist was a creamy ricotta cheese. Would you have ever thought to add a little ricotta to a grilled cheese sandwich? Well now I’m thinking about it. Thank you Kingston...

Hit or miss depending on when you go, but for the price it shouldn't be. Wait can be long even just for a simple grab and go order just to buy a loaf of bread. I think they are doing way too much at once instead of scaling in size. Has this hipster and aloof type of vibe and like others have said, staff definitely are not friendly. Go down a few steps to Deising's and their staff is far nicer and don't act like you are a bother. I'm not asking for conversation here, just for some acknowledgment and a reply to my thank you. Their bread "can" be good if you time it right, but if not you may get a stale, chewy, too burnt flat loaf, but when it is good it is really good. But I don't like gambling $10 to wonder if the loaf will be good or bad that day. Not a place I would frequent often or go out of my way, but maybe occasionally as there are other places that sell bread around here. Also good luck getting their bread of the day or what you want as they are frequently sold out of various items even if you head in...