Lone Wolf will close on November 15, bringing its run in Midtown Kingston to an end just after its third anniversary. In a statement announcing the decision, owners Anton Kinloch and Lisa Dy cited the financial and logistical strain of operating a full restaurant alongside the cocktail bar they had envisioned.
“Somewhere along the way, chasing every good idea, we drifted from the thing we set out to be, a cocktail bar,” they wrote. “Running a full restaurant put a tremendous strain on us, both financially and logistically, and we stretched ourselves thinner than we should have.”
The closing marks another turning point for the couple, who arrived in Kingston after an abrupt departure from New Paltz. Their first venture, Fuchsia Tiki Bar, opened in 2019 and closed in September 2023 after their landlord declined to renew the lease. Five weeks later, they opened Lone Wolf in the former Lis Bar space at 240 Foxhall Avenue, preserving jobs for their staff while starting over in a new city.
Lone Wolf traded Fuchsia’s tropical decor for a moodier neighborhood setting, retaining the room’s green palette and wood tones. The opening menu paired cocktails with Asian-inspired dishes, including spicy tuna crispy rice, grilled tofu kebabs, and enoki fritters. Drinks such as the Tia Mia—Jamaican rum, mezcal, curaçao, orgeat, and lime—carried forward the owners’ affinity for rum while broadening the bar’s identity. Food was part of the concept from the outset; the closing announcement describes how those ambitions grew into an extensive menu and full dinner service.
The bar also brought wider recognition for Kinloch, a New Paltz native and Culinary Institute of America graduate. In November 2025, he became one of seven statewide recipients of the inaugural Bar Star Awards during New York Bartender Week. Judged by an international panel of drinks journalists, the awards recognized bartenders’ accounts of their paths through the industry. His featured cocktail, the Electric Rose, used vodka from Kingston’s Wiltwyck Spirits and Buzz Buttons, flowers that produce a tingling sensation.
In their farewell, Kinloch and Dy describe a business propelled by enthusiasm: dinners, pop-ups, and celebrations that became some of their proudest moments, even as the workload proved unsustainable. Their original ambition was a small bar serious about cocktail technique, with staff eager to explain the spirits in each glass.
The owners plan to spend the winter resting and reconnecting with family. They have announced no specific next venture, but suggest that whatever follows will return to those beginnings.
Until then, they are inviting customers back for a final round. All outstanding Lone Wolf gift cards will be honored through the last night of service, Sunday, November 15. Their suggested order: the Zombie, one more time.
So sad to hear. Lone Wolf is a gem of the Kingston scene. Rest well during the winter. We eagerly await news of your next adventure that we can support.