When I saw Kurb Side's adorable old fashioned/retro truck parked near Tin Fish, I had to restrain…read moremyself from screaming and jumping for joy. You're telling me that I can get a Sno Ball, like I'm used to getting only in the South, at Lake Calhoun?! Remember on Saved By the Bell when Jessie took speed and was in an aerobic video and said manically over and over, "I'm so excited!" That was me minus the drugs and the spandex. Okay, giddiness aside if I must, here's what you need to know: *two sizes, served in take-out containers. Small (think a side of rice) - $3, large (think what your last order of Kung Pao chicken came in) - $5 *a TON of flavors including Georgia peach, wedding cake, tiger's blood (yes, you read that correctly), blue bubble gum, dreamsicle *additional flavors or sweet cream will run you an additional $.50 each *they have sugarfree options, which I forgot to explore since I was just too excited, a la Jessie Spano I ordered the small king cake as this is a New Orleans-style sno ball truck, after all. It was a perfect purple sno ball with unidentifiable sweetness. I don't know what king cake is supposed to taste like, but I do know that there wasn't a tiny baby in my sno ball like there are in traditional king cakes. That would have been super creepy. It's finally (maybe, hopefully, finger-crossed) summer in Minneapolis and this should be at the tip-top of everyone's bucket list for the foreseeable future.

We hired Kurb Side Ice for a small corporate event and don't have enough good things to say about…read morethem. They reached out to confirm the event multiple times, and were a giant hit with our guests. Their old-fashioned truck is adorable, and their sno balls quite literally had people coming back for more. I wouldn't hesitate to hire them again for a future event!

I had their Hawaiian Shaved Ice at the MN State Fair Preview Weekend. It was unlike any snow cone…read moreI've ever had. I had a Passion Fruit and Guava, with Cream drizzled on top. Yep, best snow cone ever. Hands down. I hear they'll be at US Bank Stadium as well, and they'll serve them spiked there! Let's go!

I learned about Minnesnowii Shave Ice when I went to the Kickoff to Summer with my Yelp friends…read more This year, I went with my husband and decided to get a mangonada. It was delicious. I was surprise to see boba on it, but it works! The tamarind candy was a bit hard to bite and peel off, but that's OK. There was along line at the Kickoff to Summer, which was surprising, because I didn't see that last year. There were multiple windows to order from. The staff cashier and shave ice crafters were friendly and approachable. Definitely worth it. I also saw mocha on the menu, but my heart was already set on mangonada. It is normally $8, unless you're getting the specialty ones like mangonada. They accept cash and card.

My wife and I stopped by Tropical Sno for the first time, and I can honestly say I understand why…read morethere was such a long line. There were about six cars in front of us and another ten behind us, but the wait wasn't bad at all because they kept things moving. The woman working the window, who I believe may have been the owner, was incredibly friendly. She thanked everyone for being patient, smiled the whole time, and made us feel like she truly appreciated our business. Good customer service like that sticks with me. I ordered the Strawberry and Hawaiian Blue shaved ice, and it was exactly what I was hoping for. The flavors were bold, the ice was soft, and it was the perfect treat on a warm day. This was our first visit, but it definitely won't be our last. We even got a punch card, so we'll be making plenty more trips back. If you don't mind waiting a few minutes for something that's worth it, I'd definitely recommend giving Tropical Sno a try.

Service was beyond amazing!! We got in the drive through land and although it was long it moved at…read morea decent pace. The worker let us know how much they appreciated our patience. The building is super cute Star of the show is the shaved ice! So soft and just perfect!! 100% we will be going again soon!!

This place is located inside the Asia mall in Eden prairie and was such a cool place to visit! Once…read moreyou get to the mall you will see there are so many places to visit! Parking is free! The service here was awesome! Got to talk with the guys that made the shaved ice and they were super fun! The Korean shaved ice was SO GOOD!! Like how have I been living under a rock this whole time!!?? We got the strawberry and Oreo. These bowls are huge and definitely made for sharing! You have to eat them in the store and they do not allow you to take these to go. The texture is similar to snow! Very light and fluffy! It's such a different type of dessert and now coarse like a snow cone. If you haven't tried this, definitely give it a go!!

Meet my new obsession, the Strawberry Snowbing!!! Wow, I tried to explain it to my daughter but…read moreI'm afraid I don't have the words to describe it properly. It's "like" Hawaiian shaved ice, but so much better... like the difference between powdery snow (Snowbing) vs heavy sleet (regular shaved ice). Service and ambiance was just okay since it's just served cafeteria style. Make sure you have time to eat it in the restaurant, because it would melt before you could take it home.

Excellent service, location, food and drinks. Must visit…read more The specialty drinks are delicious. This is located in downtown Tlaqakapa.

This was a great authentic Mexican place with a Salsa bar. You order your taco, burrito, etc. and…read morethen add your choice of cilantro and onions, salsa, and hot sauce toppings when the food comes out. Both the food and the toppings were great! The staff were also super friendly and quick with service. They handled the lunch rush beautifully.

Glad to see the renovation was cleaned up and everything looked much cleaner than last time I came…read more Didn't see any bathrooms open to public but maybe I just had to ask? Everything looked so good but we were really in the mood for ube apparently so we got ube drink and bingsu. The bingsu is so good and a good amount too! Loved the texture and flavor of it. So cute they had little keychains available for purchase too. Some claw machines available if you are into that.

Ordered a Biingsu to-go, it was easy to see all the options on the tablet and add additional…read moretoppings. The Biingsu. is always sweet and creamy, and the hello taro comes with taro pudding to balance the sweetness of the biing. Not sure when they remodel but I love the wood!

Duck sucks! Hubbie and I went here for a date. I arrived excited and happy, and I left grumpy and…read moresad. I'm by no means a claw machine expert, but I'm not bad at it either. I've won plenty of plush prizes out of claw machines I've come across in arcades, diners, and even grocery stores in the past. But here? Impossible. The claws on the machines are just awful; the tines just slide past the fabric on the plushies. You can line it up, perfectly centered around the plush, and it just slides around the plush every time. Doesn't even pick it up for half a second, so there's no suspense, no "ooh I might have it this time!" Just try after try of not even moving the plush. This is not fun. Arguably claw machines can be fun those times when you've got a tenuous grip on a plush and it slips at the last moment and you're like "arggh!" but you try again and get it and really celebrate cuz it feels like an accomplishment you overcame the difficulty. But you won't get that experience here, because the claw will never grab the plushie. In fact, the only reason I left with a single plushie is because some employee saw how disappointed I was becoming and he opened the machine to position a plush such that it was practically falling into the chute just from gravity. Only then was I able to get the plush, and not from the claw grabbing at all, just from the plush teetering slightly in my attempt and falling into the chute. Let me tell you: this is NOT FUN either to have an employee cheat the game in order for you to actually "win." I made the mistake of getting $20 worth of tokens (38 total) instead of $10 worth (18 total). I thought that a place that's a dedicated claw machine park would have prizes you could actually win, since that's literally the only thing to do here. The worst part is that the plushies are positioned in VERY grabble positions, with proper sizing ratio of plush to size of claw (again, I'm not an expert, but I do know what to look out for in terms of what should be winnable). Like they've gone to the effort to make each LOOK easy, and would be easy in a functioning claw machine. My 38 tokens got me twelve attempts, and all of them were utterly useless because of the poor quality of the claw grabber. Now I know why it was super dead in here; they've probably upset their entire customer base. That's also probably why they put a new location at Mall of America just last month, to try and sucker new people who haven't been to this one and don't know how bad duck sucks yet. There's the option to buy outright prizes on the wall. So if you want to do that, you can, but you might as well go to an anime store to do that rather than give these con artists any of your money. The only thing this place is good for is some selfies and stuff for Instagram, because it is fun looking. (But not actually fun, just fun LOOKING.) At least the bathroom was clean. You'd have more fun flushing your dollar bills down the literal toilet.

I used to like this place since they would help fluff the plushies. Those days are gone and they…read morewill not stack near the prize chute. When my sister-in-law visited last year, we had better luck with owners making it easy for my son. This month, it is very obvious the claw machines are programmed to grab after payout but release before reaching prize chute. Without filling at the level of prize chute, you are guaranteed to lose since they will roll back down away prize chute. Only plus is their boba tea and shave ice. Only come at promotion days when you get free tokens. Birthday you get free 18 tokens and large boba drink when you purchase anything. Mall of America location is worse with points (out to 1 decimal) instead of tokens which varies too much based on prize. Only added bonus is gatcha machines have nicer toys. Also different games but more points. Birthday gets you bonus with $28 worth of tokens and free large boba tea. They clarify that you still have to purchase minimum tokens for $18 so strings attached.

Such gooooood tacos and amazing salsas!!!…read more Get here on a Tuesday for the taco deal! It's a super simple and small place but the tacos are outstanding!

Fantastic buritto bowl!! Green salsa, perfectly hot! Very…read moreclean and bright!! Prices very reasonable, tons of drink options!

The interior design has a lot of potential with its cozy wooden furniture, but the lights were a…read morebit too dim for reading. The herbal tea was fine, though it came in a chipped mug

Haven't been to Rita's in a long time and decided to stop in since I was in the area. The worker…read morewas really nice and patient. Variety of flavors were good and we were able to sample a couple of flavors before ordering. Had a couple of tables for seating area and restroom for customers only. The major downfall is their advertising on Entertainment through Sports Reward app (a high school sport fundraiser), but don't accept the coupons listed on there. I was told they only accept promotions on the Rita's app.