The island offers plenty of plain, wholesome, home-cooked food in restaurants. Service is informal and friendly. There are also many seafood outlets where fresh fish and shellfish can be bought in season and taken away for cooking on barbecues or camp fires.
Things to know: Waiters expect a 10 to 15% tip. Most dining rooms are licensed to sell alcohol. Licensed premises are open until 0200. Off-licenses (liquor stores) are open six days a week from 1000-2200 during the summer months. Hours of operation vary in winter.
Regional specialties:• Shellfish - lobster,
in particular - is a mainstay of the dinner table. Lobsters are steamed or boiled and included in casseroles or chowder and salads.
• Oysters are popular; they may be served with tangy sauce, deep-fried, in pies, scalloped, in soufflés, soups and stews.
• Prince Edward Island is famous for its new potatoes - small, round potatoes - and a favorite with locals are new potatoes boiled with their skins, then mashed and served with lots of butter, salt and pepper.
• Fish cakes made with salt cod and potatoes.
Legal drinking age: 19.
NightlifeLounges on the Island usually have some live entertainment for all or part of the week. Theaters, located mainly in Charlottetown, Victoria, Georgetown, Mont Carmel and Summerside, offer cultural, musical or light entertainment.
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