Froyo Shops In Lake Tahoe

Summit Swirl

Poppy's

Fro-yo girl here. The Lake Tahoe Basin has a population of approximately 60,000 residents, with 70% living in California and 30% in Nevada. The largest city in the area is South Lake Tahoe, which has roughly 21,300 residents and no dedicated froyo shops. The area has many small towns including Tahoe City, Incline Village, Olympic Valley, and Kings Beach. Truckee is technically not in the Lake Tahoe Basin rim but is about 15 - 20 miles away.

The area receives 2 to 3 million unique visitors a year. The busiest season is the summer, followed by the winter. The area includes 11 ski resorts.

The froyo options are few and far between, but the existing shops have survived for years. Also, all these shops are independently owned and not part of a franchise. I found six places to get froyo and two closed froyo shops. The oldest was Susie Scoops in Incline Village. The newest shop was Rainbow Sprinkles, which opened in 2017 and closed in 2018.

Current Places to Get Froyo

• Euro Sweets, 3001 N Village Dr, Truckee, CA, may have opened in 2012. It offers self-serve froyo, gelato, and candy.
• Euro Sweets, 1850 Village South Rd, Olympic Valley, CA, opened in 2015 at The Village at Palisades Tahoe.
• Poppy’s, 521 N Lake Blvd, Tahoe City, CA, opened in 2011 and serves froyo, ice cream, and espresso drinks. It is a window with outdoor seating only and two froyo flavors a day. 
• Summit Swirl, 11325 Deerfield Dr, Truckee, CA, opened in 2015. It is self-serve, with eight flavors a day. Summit Swirl seems to be the best froyo option in the area.
• Susie Scoops, 899 Tahoe Blvd, Incline Village, NV, offers ice cream, soft serve froyo, smoothies, and more. Susie Scoops opened in Incline Village in 2008.
• Sweet Tahoe Time, 8636 N Lake Blvd, Kings Beach, CA, opened in 2016. It is primarily a hard scoop ice cream shop, but does offer chocolate and vanilla soft serve froyo.

Closed Froyo Shops

• Rainbow Sprinkles Donuts and Frozen Yogurt, 1036 Emerald Bay Rd, South Lake Tahoe, CA, opened in 2017 and closed in 2018. It offered donuts and self-serve froyo.
• Sno Frozen Yogurt Café, 4125 Lake Tahoe Blvd, Ste I, South Lake Tahoe, CA, opened in 2015. The self-serve froyo shop offered 12 flavors of froyo, over 50 toppings, and coffee, hot chocolate, and tea. It closed in 2016.

Did I miss any froyo shops in Lake Tahoe? If so, let me know.

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

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