My husband and I were in Brockville on a day that was 36 degrees Celsius (43 with the humidex. For my American friends, that's 97 Fahrenheit and 109 with the humidex). It was HOT! We needed some ice cream to cool us off. Who are we kidding, I'll eat ice cream anytime, but it was a great excuse for ice cream. So Cowan's Dairy is a convenience store plus an ice cream shop. We did not go into the convenience store, we just ordered ice cream from the ice cream window. They have both hard ice cream from Nestle and soft serve ice cream. I initially wanted a scoop of Cherry Cola and half a scoop of Apple Pie (you can get 1 scoop, 1 1/2 scoops or 2 scoops), but they ran out of Apple Pie, so I just got a scoop of the Cherry Cola. My husband, the strange man who he is, got a scoop of Heavenly Hash and a scoop of Mint Chocolate Chip in a waffle cone. Now this order in in itself does not make him strange, but in my opinion, if I'm going to an ice cream shop that serves Nestle ice cream, I'm gonna get me a flavour that I can't easily get at the grocery store. We have Heavenly Hash and Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream in our own freezers at home all the time!! I guess he likes what he likes! And as his wife of many years, I should appreciate that and not call him strange, right? Well, I don't necessarily think strange is a pejorative word. My husband knows he's strange, and he owns and rocks it, lol, but I am digressing from this review. I thoroughly enjoyed my Cherry Cola ice cream. The flavour was subtle and it didn't have that effervescent quality that I was hoping for, but it was still very good. And very different from flavours that I can easily obtain at the grocery store. My husband enjoyed his ice cream too, lol. The one thing I did not like was that no prices were listed. So I actually don't know how much each item cost. We paid $9.16 taxes included for 1 single scoop in a regular cone and 1 double scoop in a waffle cone. The serving size was large. My cone was really big. I really liked that in addition to traditional flavours they had unusual/more exotic flavours. Service was friendly and efficient. Lots of free parking in their private parking lot. There are picnic tables nearby where you can sit and eat. They are right next door to George's Fish and Chips. read more

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Ok but yelp listing misleading. Was expecting local dairy ice cream. Instead basic fudge and ice cream shop serving several flavours of Chapmans commercial ice cream. Their one dairy free offering strawberry sorbet sold out during mid week visit. read more

Good place. Not fancy but delightful. Cowan's is a Brockville tradition. I would certainly return. On the downside it has no grape ice cream. read more

The ice cream was good but the best part was the ice cream cookie sandwich they have in the freezer and all of the cakes. I got a mix of cat and ball in the first ice cream cone I got there, and and when I asked for a small cone I got a large waffle cone for the price of a small that was good but I don't think it must of been good for the store anyways I think you just need the cookie. Do that I pretty much all I can say I do prefer Chocolate memory's it has something good that I just can't get my tongue on it's so weird OMG it's a chocolate memory thank you for that but it's still on average why get to above average ok so it has good ice cream and good stock in the shop part and all around great you know it's perfect thank you for the experience of great lunching any ways thank you I will send you The Declaration of Independence NVM it's to long it hits the letter cap read more

A great home grown business that definitely keeps customers happy. Cowens started as a convenience store with a few flavours of ice cream, and over time evolved into the best ice cream shop in Brockville. With a wide variety of flavours of hard ice cream, and a full array of soft ice cream desserts as well, Cowens satisfies most. Their ice cream cakes, that took inspiration from the big chain rivals down the road, now outshine the competition in flavours. My only complaint is that I wish there were more frozen yogurt and lactose free options! read more

Cowan's Dairy - a phone booth in front of a building - Local Flavor Near Me - Brockville, Ontario

Got a poutine and watched the guy pour the curd onto his bare hand and spread it on the fries. Guess gloves aren't a thing at this place lol

Cowans is not what it used to be... we walked for an ice cream. We ordered two cones with two scoops on each with different flavours. What we got in return was just sad. It was two flavours in one scoop, literally looked the size of one scoop but with two flavours. Which was $10 wow really... I would have sent them back but we walked so far to get them. Save yourself some cash and go to Dairy Queen instead. read more

Prices are great, and you get a big serving. Lovely new renos. Huge selection of ice cream, I would guess and say 40 kinds, including some for the healthy crowd. Best in town, hands down! read more