Bahama Buck's is my new go-to place for shaved ice when I am just too damn lazy to follow a mobile truck around town. It's at the end of the Arroyo Crossing shopping center so it's an easy hop off of the 215. The commercialized signage spells franchise right when you walk in, but when it's 105+ degrees outside and I'm jonesing for a sweet treat, I'm really not about to make a big stink about how Mr. Bahama Buck decided to sell out to society.
The place sells other products such as smoothies, coffees, and fruit parfaits, but its big ticket item is still shaved ice, which comes in a few different sizes (free size upgrade with a Yelp check in!) and more than 60 flavors, though employees will tell you it's best to max out around 3-4 flavors. The texture is very smooth and the ice is shaved so finely that it soaks up the flavors like a sponge, although I'd still mix it up with your color-changing spoon closer to the end so you're not left with just snow. It's not at all granulated like the traditional snow cone we grew up with.
All of the employees are super friendly and perky - it looks like most of them are high school students working their first jobs ever and "building character and responsibility" AKA learning the value of the dollar but also having no problem throwing snowballs at each other. The service is fast - almost as soon as you sign your credit card receipt and sit down, someone is bringing your order over to your seat at one of the dining tables inside. Don't forget to ask for a punch card so you can be rewarded for what is sure to be multiple visits to this hizzouse.