49 Below Ice Cream, Cadboro Bay Village, Victoria BC

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49 Below Ice Cream

A tiny Cadboro Bay shop churning small-batch scoops like Vietnamese coffee and honeycomb, two blocks up from Willows Beach.

Cadboro Bay Village

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49 Below keeps it small and serious: a rotating case of house-churned scoops in flavours worth trading bites over, from Vietnamese coffee to honeycomb to whatever fruit is in season. It is a counter with a couple of stools, not a sit-down, and that is the point. You get two cones and walk the two blocks down to Willows Beach, and just like that you look like you planned a whole seaside evening.

How to do it

Order two small scoops, hunt the seasonal board for the good stuff, and walk the two blocks down to Willows Beach to eat them by the water. Quick and cheap, so it slots in before or after a bigger plan without blowing the timing.

What to wear: casual is fine

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Duration
Under an hour
Best time
Afternoon to late night
Per person
$
setting
Indoor
neighbourhood
Cadboro Bay Village
cuisine
Dessert Cafe
best season
Year-round

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