Cows is a Canadian ice cream manufacturer and chain of ice cream parlors based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Cows was founded in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island in 1983, and has since expanded into cheddar cheese, and cow-themed merchandise. Cows was named "Canada's best ice cream" in a survey of readers of Reader's Digest and named one of the world's top 10 places to get ice cream by Tauck World Discovery.[1]
History
The first Cows opened in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island in 1983.[2] In 2006, Cows began producing cheese, including their principal product, Avonlea Clothbound Cheddar.[2] Cows was voted as "Canada's best ice cream" in a Reader's Digest opinion poll,[3] and in 2008 was listed as number 1 in the "World's Top Ten Places for Ice Cream" by Tauck World Discovery.