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.

Current owners bought this ice cream store just before the pandemic. The place is great and the…read morestaff really enjoy working there. It's clean and chill. I really enjoyed my Brookie Dough.

The first day of spring is my favorite day at Rita's! This means free ice for everyone who stops…read morein! This is a great chance for everyone to try out Rita's ice if they've never been before. It's always super busy especially if it's nice out but they are speedy! If you can't decide what you want you could ask them for a sample to taste. They usually offer a sugar free option that's delicious and that's usually the one I get! If you are ever around the apple valley area make sure you stop here and take a walk around cobblestone lake and if you still have energy do some shopping at target. If you have extra time book yourself a spa service at clovr spa and have a relaxing day! When you have worked up an appetite go stop by Texas Roadhouse! Perfect summer day!

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!

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 purchased a $1,950 product from swaniceshavers.com, an online store owned by Crystal Fresh, and…read moreneeded to return it shortly after it arrived. I contacted them to get a return authorization number and was told that they would impose a 20% restocking fee even though I never opened the packaging that it arrived in. That's $390 to simply allow me to return the product! While Crystal Fresh is not the only company in the world to charge restocking fees, I find this type of policy to be unfair when they end up reselling the product again for full price to someone else. All this restocking fee does is upset customers. And guess what? I'm upset! I will never purchase from any Crystal Fresh company again since there are tons of other places to get the same products without old fashioned return penalties. Crystal Fresh, I hope the $390 you made off me is worth this negative review.

From the owner: Our customers absolutely love Sno Biz shave ice! We are amazed of the stories we hear from our…read moreloyal Sno Biz fans. It starts when a little kid tastes their first Sno Biz Shave Ice and you see their ear-to-ear smile. We are grateful to be a happy part of so many lives - from youth sport teams, school events, first dates, prom and even wedding days! Our Sno Biz family celebrates being a little part of your family's life! We love serving smiles!

This food truck was parked by the Tin Fish at Calhoun. My friend loves snow cones so we had to get…read moreone while we had the chance. The sizes are 4oz, 8oz or 16oz (in a paper take-out contsiner) for 1$,3$ or 5$. You can have two flavors, or more for an additional fee. They also have a few other frozen treats like ice cream bars... etc. Not a bad idea on a hot summer day.

Cute little truck, but the ice was way to course so all the flavoring sunk to the bottom.read more

Their limited time creations are so fun to follow along with and enjoy, like pumpkin spice and…read morebutter ice cream. They are also one of the few places around that have flavor burst ice cream which is a must try. So nice that they're year round, too. The gazebo seating did rip my pants as it's very splintery so I'd be careful of that, though.

Adventured here after seeing a movie in the area. I like checking out local ice cream shops as they…read moretend to have more unique offerings. This is a walk up establishment. They have 2 windows. One to order, one to pick up. It was a warmer day so it pretty consistent w/ customers lining up. I seen that they have a strawberry soft serve, I mostly got it because it's pink ice cream, lol. I ended up getting it in a chocolate dipped cone. Ice cream was pretty good. Soft serve usually is. Just melts so fast and creates a sticky mess. Prices were the same as everywhere else but I feel like $7+ for soft serve ice cream is spendy but market price I guess. I did see a sign that they don't replace fallen ice cream which is understandable. They have a few seating options outside as well as there's a ton of city benches in the area. They also have a little play area for smaller kids which is nice. I'm not in this area much and I'm sure they close for the colder months but I'd probably check them out again if I'm out that way.

Amazing, cash only but has many many options. The kids size was plenty big enough for one adult…read moremaybe even two if you don't have a big appetite. Brownie s'more ice cream was awesome, very sweet staff as well.

I'm honestly not sure how I feel about this one. The ice cream, itself is fine, almost good, and…read moreit's probably the best value in town. Nothing about the flavors is too exciting, but they do have quite the breath of options. The main issue is the delivery style/stack. Giving someone that amount of ice cream, in that narrow of a stack is just asking for trouble. There is reason they give you the option of extra cups. You can easily get two or three servings from a "single", though I had no issue finishing mine, other than the amount that dripped down my hand and fell onto the street. Crowds are always pretty crazy in warmer weather.

The Coon Rapids YMCA had a fund raiser today. The Kona Shaved Ice truck was at the Y today for all…read moreto purchase a fun treat. The Y will be receiving a portion of the funds to go toward their programming. I had the bourbon cherry vanilla and my husband had the Caribbean Cherry. Both were a nice tasty treat on a hot day.

Kona Ice has now promised to bring their stand to our Band Community Night 2 years running, and…read moreflaked out at the last minute. It leaves hundreds of kids and their families disappointed. Do not recommend booking their truck if you actually need them to show up.

I hadn't been to milkjam in a while and was happy to see that it was as busy as ever! Sample sizes…read morewere generous and I had a hard time choosing a flavor since they had so many good ones, but I landed on the Hard Knock Life 2.0, which has dark chocolate, fudge, whoppers, and brownies. The two people working were nice and kept the line moving quickly. Tables are close together and the place can get packed - just something to note! Metered/street parking in the area.

Got the flight of 4 and flavors were delicious as always. From left to right, got the hard knock…read morelife 2.0, Thai tea, tin roof, and brown butter pecan. The tin roof was my favorite! Service is good and line moves fast. Inside can get pretty crowded but they have additional space in WSK where you can eat if needed. Note - they have a small lot to the left of their store but there's also street parking