kylejack Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I sure do. Its a snoball stand at 20th and Rutland that makes some delicious ice. Make sure to add condensed milk when you try it. Anyway, they put a message out on Facebook recently saying business during the week is slow and that the next couple weeks will determine if they continue, so get it while its cold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee_in_TX Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Have yet to be at the correct location when they're open, despite numerous attempts. Will report back later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 They've had slow days, so they've experimented with being in front of schools when school lets out and stuff like that. I agree, though, they need to be in their spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Yes. Although I still believe they need to stop working it themselves and hire cheap kids to do it so their prices can come down to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 Yes. Although I still believe they need to stop working it themselves and hire cheap kids to do it so their prices can come down to normal.I don't think the prices are that bad, but I agree that it was a bad idea to quit a CPA job for this. Have some kids run it and keep working your CPA job til you can build a big following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lggarcia Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 What are the prices? How is it compared to other places? What is the mark up for water now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 What are the prices? How is it compared to other places? What is the mark up for water now?$1.75 for a small, 2.75 for medium, 3.75 for large. 50c to add condensed milk and ya gotta, its so good.http://www.mamshouseofice.com/Menu.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 What are the prices? How is it compared to other places? What is the mark up for water now?There are no other places, that's another reason they get away with the prices. In Baton Rouge there are tons of snoball stands and no size is even 3 bucks. Usually $1.25 gets you all you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 Mam's was robbed Sunday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Matt Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 I hate to hear they were robbed. So the "horrible horrible neighbor" who complained about Mam's being in the Fiesta Parking lot was correct. It DID attract a criminal element. It just attracted this element to rob it, not as patrons. But as far as snowballs go, I'm a Memorial Day to Labor Day Kind of Snowball eater. A snowball stand should be located next to an existing store and run by teenagers while they're out of school for the summer and shut down when they can't work it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 Mam's has reopened for the season a few weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat_zor Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Yes I love it...love walking through the neighborhood on the way there, love the people watching, love the variety of flavors, love the taste, love supporting a local business, love having a red tongue when I'm finished. Weekends only would be fine for me since I'm more likely to stop off for a stiff drink after work than a snowball. Unless they could integrate the two, combining the snowball stand with a drive-through daiquiri shop. They already have the syrup to make margaritas and hurricanes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 I bet they'd run into permitting issues. I think West Alabama has one of the last licenses to serve alcohol outdoors or something like that (aside from traditional patios and special events). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Hey MAM's (and that other place that popped up on Ella), here is why we only go there once a month instead of multiple times per week: 1) Your prices are ridiculous. See the below example of how reasonably priced sno-balls should cost. If your business model requires that you charge as much as you do, then you are doing something waaaay wrong (like working the place yourselves instead of hiring high schoolers to do it?). 2) This one you can easily fix, but you don't make them right. The proper way to ensure complete and uniform syrup distribution is to fill the cup a little over half full of ice, then pour syrup, then top with the rest of the ice and finally syrup. When you do all of the ice first before the syrup, it creates too many large channels of flow down to the bottom, and your cone collapses, and there are always spots where the syrup doesn't get to. I'm just trying to help, I hope you can take some constructive feedback. My experiences come from a place where the same sno-ball stands have been in the same places for the past 20 years, they know what they are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Ha, I had a Cajun Red Hot tonight.The mosquitoes were out something fierce though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee_in_TX Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Have yet to be at the correct location when they're open, despite numerous attempts. Will report back later NOW we see it all the time but are always in a hurry or have no cash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanith27 Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I've always thought MAMS was expensive. Good, but overpriced. I'm used to the ones in Haleiwa, HI where you get jumbo sized ones with homemade icecream for about $2.50. Yum. I think its time for another trip to Hawaii. But MAMS is doing well. So well that many times I've driven right by it because I refuse to stand in a hot mosquito line with 15 other folks waiting for an overpriced slurpee. I do appreciate their presence in the community though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee_in_TX Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I've always thought MAMS was expensive. Good, but overpriced. I'm used to the ones in Haleiwa, HI where you get jumbo sized ones with homemade icecream for about $2.50. Yum. I think its time for another trip to Hawaii. But MAMS is doing well. So well that many times I've driven right by it because I refuse to stand in a hot mosquito line with 15 other folks waiting for an overpriced slurpee. I do appreciate their presence in the community though.What ARE Mam's prices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 From the online menu - small $1.75, medium $2.75, large $3.75 (extras additional)http://www.mamshouseofice.com/Menu.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 From the online menu - small $1.75, medium $2.75, large $3.75 (extras additional) http://www.mamshouse...e.com/Menu.html Those prices correspond with the $1.25, $1.50, and $1.75 sizes in the picture I posted. Ridiculous!! They get the same syrup everyone else does. My cheap-bastard-ness is flaring up again, I'm boycotting them this year. Maybe they could lower their prices if they bought cups from a proposed nearby Wal-Mart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanith27 Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 They get the same syrup everyone else does. I believe they make their own syrups. I'm willing to pay for that extra, and I DO on occasion. However, like you said, I would go more if the prices are more reasonable. A $4-$5 snocone just defies logic except for those rare instances imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I believe they make their own syrups. I'm willing to pay for that extra, and I DO on occasion. However, like you said, I would go more if the prices are more reasonable. A $4-$5 snocone just defies logic except for those rare instances imoBased on the website it seems they do make a few "natural" flavors daily, those cost $1 extra. The big list of flavors that doesn't change are the same mass-produced stuff everyone else uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Based on the website it seems they do make a few "natural" flavors daily, those cost $1 extra. The big list of flavors that doesn't change are the same mass-produced stuff everyone else uses.OK. But is there anywhere with those cheaper prices that I can take my kids, sit outside on the grass and get a good shaved ice? if there is, I'll go but right now the sit outside and grass and toddler friendly trump the prices (we only buy the small and the baby doesn't get his own, so our net loss is $1 per visit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 OK. But is there anywhere with those cheaper prices that I can take my kids, sit outside on the grass and get a good shaved ice? if there is, I'll go but right now the sit outside and grass and toddler friendly trump the prices (we only buy the small and the baby doesn't get his own, so our net loss is $1 per visit)Yes, every single place (around 10 of them that I've been to) in Baton Rouge where I grew up. In fact, half of those have a covered patio area with picnic tables, and the stand also offers snack foods like nachos, hot dogs, etc. I have no idea why Houston sucks so bad at having good sno-ball stands. Maybe there are better ones in the 'burbs where families are more catered to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesw Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Yes, you can go to Tampico on N. Main for a cheaper cone. It's a different scene though.CheersJames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Yes, you can go to Tampico on N. Main for a cheaper cone. It's a different scene though.CheersJamesI could be wrong but I'm guessing it's the typical Texas/Mexican style sno-cone, not the New Orleans style shaved ice sno-ball. Way different texture and I prefer the New Orleans style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Yes, every single place (around 10 of them that I've been to) in Baton Rouge where I grew up. In fact, half of those have a covered patio area with picnic tables, and the stand also offers snack foods like nachos, hot dogs, etc. I have no idea why Houston sucks so bad at having good sno-ball stands. Maybe there are better ones in the 'burbs where families are more catered to. Well, I'm not in BR so that rules that out for me. I've been lead to believe there aren't many in the burbs. There is a strong possibility of a couple here or there but another forum I am on (marriage/family/baby stuff) is almost all women from the suburbs. There have been a couple threads about Mams b/c one of the women is a wedding planner and is in the Heights a lot. She lives in Clear Lake and is always going on and on about Mams. Most of the other women have no idea what a snoball stand is, have it confused with a snocone or claim it's a "city" thing. These are the kinds of people who are pretty entrenched in family life and neighborhoods out there in the burbs so I would guess that they would know if there was a Mams of some sort. Yes, you can go to Tampico on N. Main for a cheaper cone. It's a different scene though. Cheers James I love Tampico but my kiddos can't really run around outside there and I feel like if I am giving them all that sugar I should be letting them run it off at the same time. Does anyone know anything about Mango's down by Stude Park? I thought I heard they have raspas but I still haven't been down there to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heights_yankee Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 I could be wrong but I'm guessing it's the typical Texas/Mexican style sno-cone, not the New Orleans style shaved ice sno-ball. Way different texture and I prefer the New Orleans style.Well, I could be wrong too but I think real Mexican raspas are actually shaved ice. The ones at Tampico are shaved, not crunchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LookyHere Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Does anyone know anything about Mango's down by Stude Park? I thought I heard they have raspas but I still haven't been down there to check it out.Did Mango's reopen? It was closed for a while and I never saw if it reopened again. The building is still the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted July 12, 2010 Author Share Posted July 12, 2010 Those prices correspond with the $1.25, $1.50, and $1.75 sizes in the picture I posted. Ridiculous!! They get the same syrup everyone else does. My cheap-bastard-ness is flaring up again, I'm boycotting them this year. Maybe they could lower their prices if they bought cups from a proposed nearby Wal-Mart... Are they using the same ice though? I haven't tried the one you mentioned, but every other snowcone stand I've been to in Houston has the big chunky ice and not that superfine stuff at Mam's that has excellent absorption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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