Jason Zahn

Undoubtedly the most expensive ice cream I have ever eaten ($8 for one scoop). Limited selection of relatively typical flavors. And even after paying that incredible price, they don't allow you to eat your ice cream inside in the air conditioning. All that said, they have the most enviable and prime location, right at the bottom of and having great views of, the Brooklyn Bridge. If you buy 3 scoops in a dish, they become more affordable ($4 per). They have nice outdoor tables, many with some shade. The ice cream is very soft and the inclusions/mixins are minimal... but it is homemade on site (NOT some grocery store brand in a different package, like many places are). It is creamy and tastes great. Bathrooms are inside, the bar filled our water bottles for free, and the owner was inside and friendly. Overall, we left a little more broke than planned but had a great delicious treat at a unique location. Glad this place exists for these special occasions and making something local.

Very cute little park preserving the grounds of a large estate, most significantly the mansion and some farm buildings. Nice small visitor center with friendly staff and modern restrooms. The mansion you can't enter (or even peek in the windows) unless on their sparsely scheduled guided tours. Nevertheless it is FREE with some nice signage explaining things and definitely worth a one hour visit to walk the grounds.

25-minute walk from the cruise port is this small oddly shaped long park. Not really fair to judge a park on a rainy foggy day, but it was lacking in some typical park amenities such as water fountains, bench seating, garbage cans, and most importantly public restrooms (did see one Porta potty). Some of the steam water wasn't clean and grass was ready for a cut, but still overall looked nice and sure it is appreciated by residents, particularly on a nice sunny day when the amphitheatre has music.

For tourists downtown in St John's, this place is a good brisk 40-minute walk away and involves a little bit of incline. We walked via the lake loop trail which did have a nice dedicated pedestrian path but wasn't as nice and scenic as you would think, passing by the large penitentiary and run down medical facilities. It did give us a nice chance to get a more complete feel for the town than just the tourist waterfront streets. You could always take a quick 5-minute cab ride. Arrived at an adorably cute little harbor (the one you imagined when you first thought of New Foundland) with the brewery right at the end with all the best views. Lots of personality and LOTS of beers with local ingredients (ex. Blueberries) and local themes (ex. Iceberg). Walk up a narrow staircase to the main brewery floor and bar. Place was full from a wedding event but we quickly grabbed seats at the bar. They were busy and hustling but we were quickly served our 16oz pour beers ($6.50 USD converted from CAD after taxes but before gratuity), which were delicious. Staff were helpful but too busy to be particularly "friendly" (aka. you may need to flag them to request your drink or check). Packed with friendly locals (not sure if any tourists) and great views of the boats and water. They were setting up for some local folk music (fiddle, guitar, tin whistle) which sounded like it would be amazing. Unfortunately we didn't have time to stick around but we can definitely say this would be our go-to brewery and is worth the effort to get to - don't miss it.

Clean, lots of seating, some greenery, could use a little more shade in summer (but will have some when young trees get taller). Right next to Planet Word museum (free) inside Franklin School building.