Pelican's SnoBalls — Restaurant in Durham

If you haven't come across Pelican SnoBall yet in Durham, drop in. Shaved Ice in a million flavors and a few more things to boot, you can tell how good it is by the constant stream of cars in and out of the parking lot. I've not seen it packed to the gills yet, just a constant stream of people. It's location reminds me of the ice cream stand at a small local ball park, everyone parks and goes up to the window to look at the immense menu. Trying everything would take some time, but I know I seldom get the same thing twice. Furthermore, if you're watching your sugars or you're diabetic they have some options that don't use the sugar syrups that taste wonderful as well. That's always a plus to have as an option.

I'm sure many of my fellow citizens will note that Pelican SnoBall has also been active in our community, showing up at schools, events, and parks. That's always a plus to see and when I can use my meager budget to support a business like that I want to. That way I know its going to my neighbors and not somebody a...

Service lacked. Not finely shaved like NOLA snowballs or Hawaiian shave ice. More like snowcones. Visiting fam and coming from Museum of Life and Science. We get better snowballs for half this price in and around NOLA. Attendant mumbled to me, couldn't hear her with so much traffic behind me on Roxboro. Practically stuck my head thru the order window trying to understand her. She was saying they don't have small size, only regular or large. I said well the $3.50 one, the "pequeño." She said The Kiddie? When I looked confused she said "thats Spanish, it means kiddie." I said well pequeño means small in Spanish, (pequeño is a size on their gigantic menu sign for choosing flavors). She said well it also means kiddie. (Okay). Not a single napkin given, no straw to drink the flavoring (when it's not finely shaved, the flavor goes straight to the bottom, leaving an ice top floating in syrupy flavoring). 6 minutes driving back to the house, the 2 for the neices were completely melted. One star makes ppl look angry so...

At first, the Pelican Snowballs were the best icee I have ever had. The ice is so soft and they DO have a large variety of flavors. Then I bought an ice cream maker to use at home that you can also make icees in. The icees I make in my ice cream maker are even better than Pelican Snowballs. The quality and texture of the ice is phenomenal when made in the ice cream maker. The customer service has been poor the times I have been to Pelican Snowballs. The Durham location is kind of gross because the tables are sticky and there are bees. The road is right there as well which is loud and doesn't feel safe. I will be making my icees at home from here on, mainly because it's better and...