Sitting in front of Brightside Bar and Grill on Brightside Drive is the tiny white Tiger Balls Sno Ball shack. The one-man snowball stand offers 60 flavors, including a few sour syrups and seven clear-colored flavors for those who fear an unsightly colored mouth.
The prompt service and smiles at Tiger Balls were not enough to disguise the garbage-like odor coming from around the stand, however.
Tiger Balls does offer sample cups for customers to cycle through their desired flavors. The snowballs at Tiger Balls are fairly inexpensive but only come in three sizes, which may be a problem for some snowball fanatics.
The ice can be a little hard at some points, and the surplus of syrup can result in messy situations, but for the price and location, Tiger Balls isn’t a bad place to go.
Most LSU students are familiar with Snoman Snowballs and its two blue locations on Burbank Drive and Perkins Road. Snoman displays a syrup color-coordinated menu with more than 70 flavors for its customers.
There are always two people working inside of the stands with positive attitudes. The stands offer ice cream, milkshakes, candy, nachos, chips, pickles and hot dogs to complement their spread of snowballs.
Snoman offers five sizes of snowballs and milkshakes ranging from 12 ounces to 32 ounces.
The best features of Snoman Snowballs are its soft ice and fresh syrup. The snowballs are well-crafted and arguably the best in the LSU area.
Shiver Shack Snoball located just over the I-10 bridge in Port Allen, is the largest snowball stand of the three reviewed. The shack offers 68 flavors in five sizes, including an extra small size for a dollar.
The service at Shiver Shack leaves a lot to be desired. The lack of eye contact or upbeat voices from the workers creates a distance between them and the customer.
The Shiver Shack had the hardest ice of the reviewed snowball stands, which also melted the fastest. The syrup used in the snowballs was bitter, rendering them unfinishable.
