Sweet Caroline’s Snow Shack

The newest (and 6^th) location for local frozen treats chain, Sweet Caroline’s Snow Shack (aka SCSS) has only just parked this week at Davenport Village. Yay for me, as this is just down the street from my new office.
For those unfamiliar, SCSS serves traditional New Orleans-​style shaved ice (called «snow balls» or «snoballs») from trailers that typically stay in place and open 10 or more months/​year (weather permitting) around Austin. The texture of this ice shaved by SnoWizard machines has more bite/​texture than water ice, but is much fluffier than a tooth-​cracking, grainy, typical snow cone ice. If you love to eat ice [[I hope my dentist isn’t readying this]] and know all the places in town with the best «chewable» ice for fountain drinks, you will love SCSS’s ice.
Sizes range from the Small (16 oz) $ 2.50 to the XL (Big Gulp sized, 42 oz?) for $ 5.50. There are more than 45 syrup flavors ranging from the classic blue coconut, tiger’s blood, and strawberry to more exotic options like dill pickle, cake batter, and silver fox. Cream flavors, combos, and additions (like condensed milk, nerds, and gummy bears) are available for a couple more quarters. You *can* order one of 4 sugar free flavors, but I don’t recommend it; the bitter artificial sweetener will ruin the otherwise wonderful summer treat.
I love the chocolate with condensed milk, as well as the Hawaiian Wedding combo. One cool feature of the menu is that they will sell you a cup of plain ice for $ 1. I will absolutely be bringing my own cold can of Diet Dr. Pepper to pour over this ice in the near future.
The SCSS URL is
but this just redirects to FB now. The full menu is available as a photo on their FB site.
Tip: Beware of ants on the lawn around the tree-​shaded lounge chairs.