Second Helpings
Snow cones
Fri., June 18, 2004
Austin Brain Freezers
Krieg Fields at Pleasant Valley Monday-Friday, 2-9pm; Saturday-Sunday, noon-9pmVisit their Web site at www.austinbrainfreezers.com.
Casey's New Orleans Snowballs (Photo By John Anderson)
Casey's New Orleans Snowballs
808 E. 51stThis Louisiana transplant operates out of a house/trailer at the corner of East 51st and Airport, and there's always a line down the block when they're open. Their 36 custom, fat-free exotic flavors are generously poured over seriously crunchy ice! Designed to cool off what ails you.
Jim-Jim's Water-Ice
615 E. Sixth, 708-8285 Sunday-Tuesday, noon-8pm; Wednesday-Thursday, noon-9pm; Friday-Saturday, noon-10pmMore sorbet than snow cone, the texture of a true water ice derives from the method of combining fruit-juice flavors with ice and freezing the mixture to be scooped out later. The resulting ball of frozen refreshment melts pleasantly on the tongue without much crunch but with the power to gently lower the temperature. Available in small, medium, large, and quarts to take home. Look for portable carts at Deep Eddy and Zilker Park through September.
SnoBeach Hawaiian Shaved Ice
East 381/2 & I-35 Daily, noon-8:30pm 302 S. Lamar Daily, noon-8:30pmRazor-sharp blades give the shaved-ice cones here their delightfully smooth texture. With more than 50 flavors to choose from, you can go mainstream (strawberry, green apple, grape, cherry), tropical (mango, kiwi, cantaloupe, tangerine), creamy (vanilla cream, wedding cake, dreamsicle), or mix and match. Look for more of these convenient trailers in grocery-store and shopping-center parking lots all over town.
[Ed. Note: Because of the sporadic hours of operation and ever-shifting trends in the snow cone business, expository emphasis has been placed only on the most established stands.]
