Three Sisters Cajun Specialtz

Shelia McDowell

Shelia is a native Houstonian, born and raised in Texas with family roots in Louisiana. I lived in Texas for more than 30 years before moving to Lawrenceville, Georgia. Coming from Houston where the summer is always scorching, shaved ice has been their lifesaver.

 

On my first summer in Georgia way back 1998, I looked for a shaved ice retailer to quench their thirst. To my dismay, I could not find a shaved ice hut anywhere in the Atlanta area. This inspired me to start my own business, and in 2004, I purchased their first red, shaved ice trailer, located about ½ mile from our brick and mortar location.

 

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I was only opened for about 2 months when the county considered me as peddlers and asked me to move my trailer because they were on wheels. The only way that we could stay in that location was to build a permanent building. My solution to this dilemma was to rent a space at the 1495 Duluth Highway where I opened the first-ever gourmet shaved ice store in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

 

This location inside a shopping center was a great one, and I was so pleased that our customers from the little red trailer remembered our name and chose to patronize the new locale. Thanks to all their fellow neighbors in Lawrenceville, Duluth, and the surrounding cities within Gwinnett County for making their dream a reality and for loving their shaved ice as much as they did.

 

I relocated the business to Crosby, Texas where I started again as a shaved ice store. After my first summer, I decided that I wanted to stay open year-round. I then started selling fried wing baskets, fried fish, and shrimp baskets. As time went on, our menu grew and so did our business. The business was now a full breakfast, lunch, and dinner establishment.

 

The name from Three Sisters Gourmet Shaved Ice to Three

Sisters Cajun Specialtz in 2018 to encompass our full dessert and food menus.