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Summertime SNO-BALLS
| Summertime Sno-Balls is the place to go in Connecticut for New Orleans Style Shaved Ice. A mound of fluffy snow topped with one of our 40 flavors is a mouth-watering treat sure to beat the heat on those hot summer days. This is not your mother's sno cone. No crunchy ice that hurts your teeth! You can visit us at a fair during the summer and fall or you can hire us for private parties in Connecticut. Keep your head low, as the sno-balls will be flying! HOW IT ALL STARTED It was a hot summer day in 1996 and our daughter asked if she and her brother could sell lemonade in the front yard. I thought, sure, why not? We proceeded to get real lemons, sugar and water, a lemon squeezer, cups and most importantly, ice. Our simple concession adventure was quite successful on a back road with an unadvertised event. Bells started going off and it occurred to us, that if we did that well at home we would probably do fantastic at our local town celebration, New Hartford Day, where hundreds of people would be. We signed up for the event, bought lots of lemons, sugar, water and ice and went to work. And work we did, we had a non-stop line at our booth all day and could barely keep up with four of us working. I thought we were the cat's meow when we went home with a little profit. NOT JUST A SNO-CONE! However, not all of us were as pleased as I was. My husband, John, had been watching a man make shaved ice next to us. He was working alone and did very well for the day. He packed up his one table and a few boxes and went home looking quite satisfied with the day he had. John had tried the shaved ice and kept raving about how great this stuff was. I remained unconvinced. "It's just a sno-cone!", I declared, in my total ignorance. That is, until I tasted it for myself. Pure heaven on a hot day. Smooth and soothing and it didn't hurt my teeth! Before he left, we told the man if he ever wanted to sell his concession business, to give us a call. We were totally surprised the next year when he did, in fact, call to offer us the shaved ice business. He didn't have to ask twice. Snow way we weren't going to get started in the sno-ball business. The rest, as they say, is history! Check out our event page to find a Connecticut fair near you featuring Summertime Sno-Balls' delicious, snow fluffy shaved ice. |
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| Our friend Robin knows how to stay cool! |
