Getting ready for a new season...

We are starting to think about shave ice and getting geared up for a new season.  Sherrad often asks, "When can we set up shave ice again?"

"Soon.  We're planning on opening up in May."

We decided to make shirts for the kids to wear. 

On our average day we have 5 or so customers.  Which means that we have hours and hours with no one wanting shave ice.  So, if you drive by and there is no one in the stand, that's because no one wants to sit there for hours at a time.  But, we are watching and when we see someone who looks interested Virginia goes out immediately.  If you want shave ice and we are all set up, stop and someone will be there to assist you immediately

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Shave Ice in Petersburg Alaska

Business has been very slow lately.  We do have some regular customers that we very much appreciate.

Ice Cap

Virginia loves to make her shave ice all smooth before putting her ice cap on.

New Sign and new items

Termination Dust

What is Termination Dust?  From Wikipedia, "(in Alaska) A light, high altitude snowfall that indicates the end of summer."

We are now offering Termination Dust to top your shave ice.  It is 1 pixie stick sprinkled on top.  It adds a nice bite to your shave ice.  It is only .25 cents.

Snow Cap

We ordered in special condensed milk from our supplier in Hawaii.  Come try a snow cap.

New cups

We decided to order small flower cups to match our large flower cups.  Because of that order, we have decided to change our rates.  The small fry it is now $3.00 and the Sockey (which is the same size of the previous Chinook) is $4.00 (which is what is was before).  So really prices haven't changed much just that we have small flower cups and no small size for 2.00 any more.

11 New Flavors - That makes a total of 61 flavors!

Introducing 11 new flavors.

We had a couple of requests for bubblegum and one for peach and then we decided to throw a few more onto the order for fun.

Since we are having questions as to what Haupia and Horchata are here is an explanation:
Haupia is a traditional coconut milk-based Hawaiian dessert.
Horchata is the name of several kinds of taditional beverages made of ground almonds, sesame seeds, rice, barely or tigernuts.

Yes, we have 61 flavors now!

HOURS

No question as to what we're about!

Sizes and prices as modeled by the proprietors

small $2.00, large $3.00, and "1-for-2" $4.00

Mayfest or Little Norway Festival

Petersburg always celebrates her Norwegian heritage the 3rd weekend in May for Norwegian's Constitution Day. We are in full swing here.  Usually all the vendors set up in the middle of town but we decided not to.  Gratefully a few are taking the short walk up to the North end of town and along North Nordic to come enjoy a taste of the Islands!