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| - My kids like this place. But I'd never been, before today. Here's how it works: I open my wallet and the kids take my money. I wait outside, in air-conditioned comfort, and they enter the shop. They reappear about five minutes later with a shaved ice or ice cream cone.
Well, today I went in. I had no idea what I'd been missing. Maria and her husband own the place. Really nice people. They are transplants from Jersey and, personally, I like the occasional east coast fix.
Anyway, they have ice cream, they have shaved ice, they have soda, they have candy, they have water, they have ice, they have ... well, loads of stuff. They have tons of flavors for everything. And, rare as it is in 2008, they have reasonable prices. Hard to believe, I know. But it's true.
I can't recommend this place highly enough. I went in for a cone, wound up with a great chat, finished my ice cream and got a diet coke. These folks have owned the place for 19 months and, in the present economy, have seen their customers tighten their "discretionary spending on sweets" belts/budgets. Patronize them if you have the chance. The sweet confections are great and these are exactly the kind of businesses we want to support -- "mom and pops" that contribute to the neighborhood (and in their case, all the local schools).
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