I had a “business” lunch at Kingston Station the other day, and though it was brief, I thought I’d write up a few impressions. Overall, it’s a good place for a mid-week lunch with colleagues. The atmosphere is casual and comfortable. We sat at a long wooden table that my more familiar co-worker said only comes out for lunch. I liked the table, though I might have liked it less if we had been forced to share it with others. The service is extremely friendly though a little spacey. And the food is pretty good to good. I had a Nicoise Salad with seared tuna. Though a little mushy, the tuna was good, neither the watery canned tuna nor the cooked til it’s gray tuna that one often finds on pub salads. I wish the salad had more mixed greens; it was mostly frisee. Other than that, I give it solid marks. I would have preferred to order a burger and fries or fish and chips like my co-workers, but I had already spent my weekly quota of red meat and fried food. The fried fish looked beautiful and I tried some fries, which were tasty, particularly when compared to my frisee. The only significant disappointment was that I did not get a chance to order dessert. It’s not that often that I am lucky enough to be offered both bread pudding and a banana split, but alas, we were not there to linger. I will happily go back to Kingston Station to get a banana split, and next time I’ll order a burger.
