The Great Froyo Unknown

Fro-yo girl here. With the spread of the coronavirus, many froyo shops have temporarily closed or reduced their hours. Froyo events like Menchie’s Hello Sunshine Spring Party have been postponed. It’s highly likely that you’ll be hearing less of me for the next month or two because so many froyo shops have closed and even my outings to grocery stores are extremely rare.

Yes, I have froyo in the freezer and I still know froyo shops that are open, so I’ll be okay. But I wanted to share a few tips for how to support your local froyo business during these troubled times. If they’re still open, stock up (safely) on froyo and tip generously. Buy gift cards, write glowing reviews, tell your friends about your favorite shop, see if your shop is taking donations for their employees, reach out and tell them you miss them on social media, book future events, or contact elected politicians to ask them to support measures that will help the restaurant industry recover.

The longer the shops are closed or faced with serious declines in revenue, the less likely those shops will reopen.

Here’s a list of shops in the Los Angeles area that are still open as of 3/30/20:

• The Bigg Chill, 10850 W Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles (West LA)
• Cyber Yogurt, 3305 Tyler Ave, El Monte
• Frog Frozen Yogurt Bar, 1550 N Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles (Hollywood)
• Go Greek, 452 N Bedford Dr, Beverly Hills
• Go Greek, 1431 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica
• Menchie's, 10386 Sepulveda Blvd., Mission Hills 
• Menchie's, 17245 Ventura Blvd, Encino
• Menchie's, 11331 Thienes Ave Unit A, South El Monte
• Menchie's, 4849 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Valley Village
• Pinkberry, 2829 Hyperion Ave, Los Angeles (Silverlake)
• Pinkberry, 120 E Palm Ave, Burbank
• Pinkberry, 7288 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles (Hollywood)
• Pinkberry, 240 S Beverly Dr. #A, Beverly Hills
• Pinkberry, 8850 Tampa Ave, Ste 101, Northridge
• Pinkberry, 12044 1/2 Ventura Blvd, Studio City
• Swirlz, 2136 Huntington Dr.,  San Marino
• Yoga-urt, 1407 W Kenneth Rd, Glendale
• Yoga-urt, 2211 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles (Echo Park)
• The Yogurt Shoppe, 11726 Barrington Ct, Los Angeles (Brentwood)
• The Yogurt Shoppe, 873 Swathmore Ave., Pacific Palisades
• Yogurtland, 3335 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles (University Park)
• Yogurtland, 5045 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles (Eagle Rock)
• Yogurtland, 304 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica
• Yogurtland, 8205 Santa Monica Blvd #1, West Hollywood
• Yogurtland, 633 W Duarte Rd, Arcadia
• Yogurtland, 240 W Victory Blvd, Burbank, CA
• Yogurtland, 927 E Las Tunas Dr D, San Gabriel
• Yogurtland, 1132 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles (Koreatown)
• Yogurtland, 4954 Van Nuys Blvd #101, Sherman Oaks

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

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