Northridge Froyo Guide

 

Pinkberry Northridge

Fro-yo girl here. Northridge is a neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. It’s the home of Cal State Northridge and has a population of 72,150. Almost 40,000 students attend CSUN. Northridge has been the home of many froyo shops. Penguin’s Place was the oldest froyo shop and Tutti Frutti was the first self-serve froyo shop.

If you want froyo, you can still get some at Pinkberry, Tutti Frutti, and maybe TCBY.

Current Froyo Shops

• Pinkberry, 8850 Tampa Ave Ste 101 Ste 101, opened in 2008 and is still in business.
• TCBY, 9301 Tampa Ave #185, is still open at the Northridge Mall. It’s basically a Mrs. Field’s Cookies with a case of TCBY scoopable ice cream and frozen yogurt. I’m not sure if they serve ice cream, frozen yogurt or both. I’ve seen more of these locations lately – with barely any TCBY products.
• Tutti Frutti, 10186 Reseda Blvd, 2009-present, was the first self-serve froyo shop in Northridge, beating out Lotus Yogurt Bar by a month.

Former Froyo Shops

• Cool Creations, 9301 Tampa Ave, 2018-?, was the short-lived rebrand of Cups. I’m not sure when Cool Creations closed.
• Cups Frozen Yogurt, 9301 Tampa Ave, 2015-2018, was part of that chain of froyo shops known as the Hooters of froyo. became something else. I went to the grand opening on April 11, 2005. In 2018, the owners changed the name to Cool Creations.
• Freshii, 8999 Balboa Blvd, 2015-2017. Remember when Freshii was located inside some Target locations? They served salads, grain bowls, and froyo.
• Lotus Yogurt Bar, 9420 Reseda Blvd #4, 2009 – 2011, was a self-serve froyo shop with several locations in Southern California. 
• Penguin’s Place, 18641 Devonshire St, 2007-2011, was the old school counter-serve froyo option. I’m not sure when it opened.
• Prinkipia Yogurt, 9301 Tampa Avenue, was located at Northridge Fashion Center. It might have opened in 2016?
• Red Mango, 18514 Devonshire St, 2008-2010, was counter-serve with four flavors a day.
• Rosegreen, 10201 Reseda Blvd, was a Pinkberry-esque counter-serve froyo shop. I’m not sure of the date it opened or closed but it probably opened around 2008 when Pinkberry and Red Mango opened in Northridge.
• Spoon Me, 9301 Tampa Ave, 2012-2014, was a self-serve shop at Northridge Fashion Center.
• Yogurt Planet, 18427 Nordhoff St, 2011-2016, replaced Bounce Boba Loft.
• Yogurtland, 9225 Reseda Blvd, 2012- 2018, was located closed to Cal State Northridge. It was a smaller location with 12 flavors a day. They offered a discount to CSUN students.

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

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