It was a pleasant summer evening against a stunning sunset. I had the PEI Apple Crisp with a…read morechocolate peanut cone. Almost too much toffee relative to a faint apple flavour. The cone, while fresh, resulted in an overwhelming cone to ice cream ratio towards the end. Cows always has rich ice cream although often heavy on the caramel. The rest of the family appreciated the selection and had difficulty deciding. We will be back!

Burnt sugar ice cream? I've never heard of such a flavor, but hell if it ain't excellent. We're…read moreusually pretty skeptical of ice cream joints in a tourist town, but after seeing the lines back at the location in Halifax we figured they had to be pretty good. We were there pre busy season so it was quick in, quick out, helpful servers scooping. There's a neat little shop with all manner of kitsch attached to it if that's your way. I mean, all in all a solid showing, it's top shelf and you get a hefty scoop for the price. Pro tip: if you get a 2 scooper, get two flavors. The burnt sugar went really well with chocolate peanut butter cup.

We were looking for some souvenir t-shirts and this shop had tons of colors to choose from. We…read morewere able to get colors we don't currently have. I found a couple cute items-a light house to remind me of our coastal drives, wooden sand dollar table coasters and some T-shirts. The clerks were friendly and the shop was a sea of colors with all the t-shirts, sweatshirts etc.

If you have ever been to a Big Lots in the U.S then you know what Giant Tiger is like…read more They carry clothes for men , women & children, household items like blankets, sheets , toys , bric a brac etc. They also sell food both shelved items and frozen items. Good place to go when you need to pick up a little of everything. This place is located outside the Summerside mall.

Charlottetown's "other" mall is a pretty depressing place, sad to say. There are lots of empty…read morestores, empty spaces, and a mostly unhappy looking group of people -- store workers and customers -- inside. The mall is located at a very busy intersection yet apparently not a bunch of passersby come in. The food court is rather gloomy and doesn't encourage stopping for a bite or a drink. We did have a nice experience at the Telus mobile phone store, but we found very little of interest among the usual mall assortment open stores. Bottom line: if you have to go to a mall here, the downtown Confederation Mall is better, which is sort of like saying that getting food poisoning is better than getting the flu. Oh well...

I really don't like going to this mall, unless I'm going to Winners or the Cineplex which are…read moreaccessible from outside anyway. It's a huge complex, but feels empty inside. You can walk around in the mall for seemingly ages and it feels really empty for such a large place. The stores seem widely interspersed, and few of them offer anything of value... And when they do the prices tend to be high. The food court sucks. It looks like nothing has changed there since the 80s and has an anemic assortment of dining options.. Personally I wouldn't eat anything there. I ordered a bubble tea at the Korean place once, and it was pretty gross. The parking lot is a bit of a mess, a bunch of accidents just waiting to happen. To sum it up, I wouldn't really recommend going there unless one of the stores carries something you specifically need.

This is the best thrift shop in the world! Ok, so maybe not the world-- but I only say that because…read moreI can't prove it. I can't go anywhere near Port Elgin without checking it out. Usually when people ask me,"Where did you get that?!" The answer is PEDVAC! Then I explain where it is, what it's about and why everyone should make the trip. From my first purchase in 1995: three amazing cardigans, two of which I still wear, to my fuzzy boudoir chair and smoke-stained porthole mirror, to my Betsey Johnson lace shrug, to my copies of the amazing boardgames Ratrace and Personal Preferences to the like-new 1983 GWG denim jacket I scored for my boyfriend and my signed copy of The Zucchini Cookbook. These are a tiny selection of the amazing finds from PEDVAC. Since it's a thrift store, everything is incredibly inexpensive and the money goes to help the community. It's rare to leave with an armload of treasures for more than $5. You can fill a bag of books for $1, and there are bag days where you can fill a bag of clothes for $1 as well! Before you leave PEDVAC, make sure to the craft corner, especially the mittens made of old sweaters! The ladies in the community sew them, and I couldn't recommend them higher! I've worn mine through two winters, even dropping them a few times and they still look brand new! They're durable and they're the warmest mitts I've ever owned! In addition to the wonderful volunteers and the always friendly fellow shoppers, there's usually a wonderful brown and white dog hanging out in the store too. She's wonderful if a little timid. She's a great addition to the best thrift store in the world. At least the best one I've ever been to. I send most of my stuff there when I'm done with it too. What goes around comes around! PEDVAC is a treasure trove in the truest sense of the word.