Blissery Closes, 21 Choices Expected to Reopen March 20

Fro-yo girl here. Pasadena’s always had quite a few froyo shops, but their number has dwindled with a few recent closures. Buzio’s closed its doors in late December. Honestly, I went there once and didn’t like it, so I wasn’t too sad to see it close.

Now Blissery on Washington Blvd. has closed for good. Before Blissery opened, the space was occupied by another froyo shop called Yoguroo. Blissery remodeled not long ago but they still closed the business. The sign outside is gone.

This leaves only three froyo shops in Pasadena: 2 Yogurtland locations and Cherry on Top. 21 Choices should return this month (it’s expected to open on March 20). Last year, two new places started offering froyo in Pasadena, Sunlife Organics and Freshii inside Target.

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

* BLISSERY FROZEN YOGURT: 1727 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91104

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Pasadena Fro-yo Report: Fro-yo vs. Cupcakes

Fro-yo girl here. Lovely Pasadena, the 9th largest city in Los Angeles County, has quite a few fro-yo options. While the line always seems to be the longest at 21 Choices, several fro-yo shops in town closed last year including Cantaloop, Frozziyo, and Yoguroo.

I’ve mentioned 21 Choices several times on this blog. It’s similar to Cold Stone Creamery only with fro-yo as a base and better toppings than CSC. The mix-ins are added to your fro-yo on a cold slab and mixed together. 

In Old Town, other fro-yo options include Pinkberry (a smaller location), Moka Cafe, TCBY/Mrs. Fields, Jamba Juice and Cold Stone Creamery. TCBY and Cold Stone Creamery offer scoopable fro-yo. Jamba Juice has a mix-in style similar to Yogen Fruz. 21 Choices has many more mix-ins than Jamba Juice. Moka Cafe offers two flavors of fro-yo a day (not self-serve) and feels more like a coffeehouse than a fro-yo shop.

The self-serve frozen yogurt shops are closer to CalTech and Pasadena City College. Buzio’s and Cherry on Top are both self-serve fro-yo shops. Buzio’s is independently owned while Cherry on Top is a SoCal based chain. Cherry on Top also offers pretty good tea based drinks there, including boba milk tea.

The nearest Yogurtland is several miles away in Alhambra, while Menchie’s, Buster’s and Penguin’s offer fro-yo in South Pasadena.

I’m pretty sure that there are more cupcake shops in Pasadena than fro-yo places. Once you reach Alhambra, fluff ice and boba tea places seem more popular than fro-yo. 

If I had to pick a favorite fro-yo shop in Pasadena, I’d choose 21 Choices. Some of the fro-yo flavors that have candy and cookies mixed in are so good! Plus the flavors are more customized. Try the Circus Animal Cookie fro-yo. 

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

* 21 CHOICES FROZEN YOGURT: 85 West Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91104