
David's New Orleans Style Cafe & Sno-Balls
A cozy nook serving authentic New Orleans po' boys, beignets, and signature stuffed sno-balls. A true taste of the bayou!

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David's New Orleans Style Cafe & Sno-Balls

Highlights
Must-see attractions
A cozy nook serving authentic New Orleans po' boys, beignets, and signature stuffed sno-balls. A true taste of the bayou!
"Authentic Southern food and amazing sno-balls make this a must-visit!"
Visit during off-peak hours
To avoid crowds and long waits, consider visiting on weekdays or during non-meal times.
Enhance your po'boy
Explore the variety of sauces kept refrigerated to customize and elevate your po'boy experience.

Quick Facts
Cuisine
Cajun/Creole
Price
$
Phone
(850) 236-1998
Address
13913 Panama City Beach Pkwy, Panama City Beach, FL 32407, USA
Website
davidssnoballs.com/Highlights
Discover the most iconic attractions and experiences

Authentic New Orleans Po' Boys
Experience a taste of the Big Easy with delicious po' boys featuring fresh bread piled high with fillings like shrimp, roast beef, and muffuletta.

Signature Stuffed Sno-Balls
Beat the heat with their unique Stuffed Sno-Balls, offering a refreshing shaved ice treat with a creamy soft-serve ice cream center.

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Beignets
Indulge in warm, pillowy beignets, flash-fried to perfection and dusted generously with powdered sugar.
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from TikTok, Instagram & Reddit
Visit during off-peak hours
To avoid crowds and long waits, consider visiting on weekdays or during non-meal times.
Enhance your po'boy
Explore the variety of sauces kept refrigerated to customize and elevate your po'boy experience.
Sno-Ball portion size
For an adult-sized treat like the Stuffed Red Velvet, the Medium size is recommended.
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from all over the internet
Visit during off-peak hours
To avoid crowds and long waits, consider visiting on weekdays or during non-meal times.
Enhance your po'boy
Explore the variety of sauces kept refrigerated to customize and elevate your po'boy experience.
Sno-Ball portion size
For an adult-sized treat like the Stuffed Red Velvet, the Medium size is recommended.
What Travellers Say
Reviews Summary
Diners rave about David's New Orleans Style Cafe & Sno-Balls, praising the authentic flavors of their po'boys, beignets, and stuffed sno-balls. Many highlight the friendly, mom-and-pop atmosphere and excellent value. While most reviews are overwhelmingly positive, a few mention that the gumbo was just okay.
"The place IS authentic cuisine. I had the the shrimp po’boy and it was delicious and tasted as good as any I have had in New Orleans. Will definitely be going back to try that key lime snowball."
shane williams
"Shrimp po’ boy? Fire.
Beignets? Melt-in-your-mouth good.
Stuffed key lime pie sno ball? Straight-up dreamy.
Everything we tried was delish. Can’t wait to come back. Love this place!"
Brittany Thompson
"Every time we visit PCB, David’s Sno-Balls is at the top of our list to go to! The sno-balls are worth every penny and help cool you off after a long day on the beach! With dozens of flavors, everyone will have a favorite!
Not only are the sno-balls amazing, their food is incredible! And don’t even get me started on their beignets; make sure you get one (or many!)"
Michael Sofka
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Frequently Asked Questions
The signature dishes include authentic New Orleans-style po' boys, melt-in-your-mouth beignets, and their unique stuffed sno-balls with a creamy ice cream center.
Yes, the beignets are flash-fried on the spot, ensuring they are warm and delicious when served.
They offer a variety of po' boys including shrimp, roast beef, meatball, chicken, catfish, and a vegetarian option using Morning Star Farms burgers.
Yes, they offer a vegetarian po' boy made with Morning Star Farms burgers, and other items may be adaptable.
Absolutely! With a casual atmosphere and a variety of treats like sno-balls and po' boys, it's a great spot for families.
Yes, they serve coffee, including iced coffee options like hazelnut and mocha, which reviewers have praised.
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David’s Sno-Balls are hard to beat, with Louisiana-style options like po-boys and beignets, but the pièce de résistance is the stuffed Sno-Ball, available in a myriad of flavors and options.
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Rated very highly on TripAdvisor, and in my book as well, David’s Sno-Balls is another nod to New Orleans but with a different twist. More cafe style, you’ll find sandwiches like Po’ Boys and, my favorite, the Muffaletta–ham, cheese and homemade olive salad on a fresh bun, as well as shaved ice Sno Balls, New Orleans style. If the weather’s nice, grab a picnic table outside, place an order for freshly made Beignets and blow powdered sugar on your companions as they go to take a bite for some fun memories.
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The name of this restaurant may have you thinking of snow cones and frozen treats, and while they do have some of that, David’s Sno-Balls also has a nice menu of affordable po-boys and other tasty lunch snacks. This counter-serve restaurant is located within a small shopping center, with a florist on one side and its own outdoor patio area on the other. Types of po’boys they offer include shrimp, roast beef, meatball, and vegetarian (they use Morning Star Farms burgers for the vegetarian options).
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David’s New Orleans Style Sno-Balls features their signature Stuffed Sno-Balls with creamy soft-serve ice cream down the middle of your favorite flavor!. Choose from 40 fun flavors at Pink Pelican Ice Cream Bar, and experience Hawaiian and Thai delights at Pokee and Ice Rolls. If you want to indulge in a different kind of sweet, check out Thomas’ Donut & Snack Shop, offering freshly made doughnuts, like the fan favorite glazed and unique flavors, from key lime to bacon maple chocolate.
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David’s is one of many popular Panama City Beach restaurants focusing on the iconic cuisine of the bayou. With seemingly limitless options for po’ boys (meatball, roast beef, shrimp, chicken, catfish, and more), quintessential soul food sides such as red beans and rice, beignets, muffuletta sandwiches, gumbo, shrimp etouffee, and other traditional Cajun fare, you can’t go wrong. To combat the searing Florida sun, try one of their ice cream-stuffed Sno Balls!
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Also highly recommended is a fairly unassuming but not-to-be-missed restaurant simply called David’s New Orlean’s Style Cafe & Sno Balls. New Orlean’s Style food is what’s served here. So this is where to go for beignets, muffaletta, po’boy (catfish, oyster, shrimp, roast beef), jambalaya, & gumbo.
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You’ll feel like you’re back in the Big Easy once you enter this unassuming cafe inside a strip mall on PCB Parkway. The Sno-Balls are delicious and the beignets are flash fried on the spot, making for a great place to enjoy a surprise snack during your week at the beach. Feeling adventurous?
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I know this sounds unique but stay with me; you can enjoy Cajun and Creole food as well as ice cream and donuts. With nearly 500 reviews, these amazing benet’s, roast beef Po boy, delicious French bread and authentic Mffuletta, you can’t go wrong with this unique restaurant.
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David’s Sno-Balls offers some of the best-shaved ice I’ve ever had. They serve authentic New Orleans cuisine, as the owner moved from there to Panama City Beach after Hurricane Katrina. The prices are very reasonable, especially in light of just how good the food is.
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Located at 13913 Panama City Beach Parkway, the eatery boasts almost 50 flavors of shaved ice. It also offers great food. "The unsuspecting name of this restaurant might lead you to dismiss it as a dessert-only spot, but you'd be missing out," Visit PCB wrote.
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Plus, if you haven’t eaten here, you must try David’s Sno-balls. Located on Back Beach Road, David brings a piece of New Orleans to Panama City Beach. Literally on the menu is the roast beef Po-boy, a muffuletta, and a stuffed key-lime pie snow-ball.
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13913 Panama City Beach PkwyPanama City Beach, FL 32407(850) 236-1998 Visit Website See Menu Open in Google Maps. This eatery with outdoor seating is one of the great Panama City Beach eats that serve delicious beignets, po’ boys, plus coffee.
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David’s Sno-Balls specializes in New Orleans’ signature treat. A sno-ball is a refreshing dessert made from shaved ice and flavored with syrup. At David’s, you can order a “stuffed sno-ball” that is filled with soft serve ice cream.
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Treat yourself to a decadent Sno-Ball or Beignet at this local institution. Relocating to the area after Hurricane Katrina, David missed the tastes of home. But now, PCB has it’s own little piece of the Big Easy.
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Over 70 flavors, “Stuffed” Sno-Balls, Soft-serve and hand-dipped ice cream, po-boys, Nathan’s hot dogs, beignets, and coffee too!. Phone: 850.236.1998DavidsSnoBalls.com. Read more about David’s Sno Balls
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David’s Sno-Balls is the place to go if you want New Orleans style poboys and beignets in the warm sunshine of Panama City Beach. The muffalettas turn up frequently in reviews as must-trys.

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