What is it about winter that always leaves me thirsty and craving ice cream? Oh how I long for Tom's old fashioned, super thick chocolate malt milkshakes... Right now they're shuttered for the winter -- or perhaps still cleaning up from their yearly conversion to xmas-tree-lot -- but I'm counting the weeks until they re-open.
This is the kind of place that only still exists on the outskirts of Montreal or rural Ontario and yet here it is on The Queensway of all places in all it's retro ice cream shack glory!
To say that Tom's is a return to an slower, simpler time is about right, though this is the REAL DEAL -- it's been there longer then I've been alive. The walk-up window and dilapidated benches only add to the experience and their extensive menu puts Dairy Queen to shame.