Peterbrooke discourages gift certificate use
 

Peterbrooke Chocolatier on Canal Street puts a very short expiration date on their gift certificates, no more than 6 months, so please check carefully when purchasing. I told my son that I would wait until his return to use the gift certificate, he had bought it for Mother's day, and when I tried to redeem the certificate it had expired. They are unwilling to go beyond that date no matter how much you have remaining. Very customer unfriendly and very unVillage like.

Really? I wonder how they are getting around Florida law which prohibits expiration dates on gift cards? Are they calling it something else? I would ask them. See excerpt below:
501.95(2)1(a) A gift certificate purchased or credit memo issued in this state may not have an expiration date, expiration period, or any type of postsale charge or fee imposed on the gift certificate or credit memo, including, but not limited to, service charges, dormancy fees, account maintenance fees, or cash-out fees. However, a gift certificate may have an expiration date of not less than 3 years if it is provided as a charitable contribution, or not less than 1 year if it is provided as a benefit pursuant to an employee-incentive program, and the expiration date is prominently disclosed in writing to the consumer at the time it is provided. In addition, a gift certificate may have an expiration date if it is provided to the recipient, or to a purchaser for transfer to the recipient, as part of a loyalty or promotional program when the recipient does not pay a separate identifiable charge for the certificate, or if it is provided in conjunction with a convention, conference, vacation, or sporting or fine arts event having a limited duration so long as the majority of the value paid by the recipient is attributable to the convention, conference, vacation, or event. An issuer may honor a gift certificate that has expired on or before the effective date of this act.