Froyo Scene in Los Gatos, CA

Auzzy The Bear

Fro-yo girl here. Beautiful Los Gatos, a city that’s south of San Jose and in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, was once home to one of the best tart froyo shops in the Bay Area, Café Delatti. Sunny Kim opened Café Delatti in 2007, when tart froyo was still new and novel.  Another location opened in downtown Pleasanton in 2008. It wasn’t quite as good as the Los Gatos location.

Residents of Los Gatos are quite fond of their froyo. Sweet Retreat, TCBY, or Yogurt Delite was the first “old school” froyo shop in Los Gatos. We found nine closed froyo shops and one bakery that’s still open but no longer serves froyo.

Today, you can get froyo at Auzzy The Bear, Easy Breezy, and Rosy Yogurt. The first two are relatively new self-serve froyo shops. Easy Breezy hails from San Francisco and makes proprietary flavors from scratch. Rosy Yogurt is the “old school” counter-serve froyo shop in town; it used to be Yumi Yogurt and Yogurt Delite before that.

Los Gatos has 33,529 residents and the median household income is $407,500. It’s one of the nicest places to live in the Bay Area and is considered to be part of Silicon Valley.

Current Froyo Shops

• Auzzy The Bear, 33 E. Main St, opened in the former Yogurt & Love space in the summer of 2022. More than a froyo shop, Auzzy The Bear also serves boba tea, Vietnamese coffee, espresso drinks, smoothies, and banh mi. The froyo is self-serve.
• Easy Breezy, 307 N Santa Cruz Ave, is in downtown Los Gatos. This is Easy Breezy’s first shop in Santa Clara County; it opened in May 2022. The soft serve is hand-crafted and made with organic ingredients whenever possible. Since the soft serve is made with the best Italian soft serve machines, the froyo/soft serve texture is better – thick, smooth, creamy, but not dense. It’s self-serve.
• Rosy Yogurt, 464 N Santa Cruz Ave, opened in 2016, taking over from Yumi Yogurt. I made it to Yumi Yogurt in Los Gatos and I’ve been to Rosy Yogurt. It’s not that different from Yumi Yogurt. If you like old-school, counter-serve froyo, Carbolite, and Wow Cow, Rosy Yogurt should satisfy your cravings. Rosy Yogurt also serves Lappert’s Ice Cream, coffee, acai bowls, smoothies, floats, shakes, frappes, etc.

Past Froyo Shops

• Café Delatti, 42 Elm St, opened in 2007, bringing tart froyo to Los Gatos. I remember how much I liked it. It was on my list of Top 10 Bay Area Froyo Spots in 2018 and the subject of my 500th Yelp review. The shop closed in 2010. The space was taken over by Sips & Sweets Too.
• Happy Yogurt, 13 N. Santa Cruz, was a no-frills small self-serve froyo shop that opened in 2009 and closed in 2011. They served six froyo flavors a day. There was a froyo shop with the same name in San Francisco. It looked similar and was also very small.
• Sips & Sweets Too, 42 Elm St, opened in 2014 and closed in 2015. The shop served boba, smoothies, froyo, shaved ice, and more. They kept the Café Delatti froyo machines and fixtures.
• Sweet Retreat, 15545 Union Ave, was an ice cream shop that also offered mix-in style froyo. You would choose the mix-ins and the employee would blend the mix-ins with the froyo. There were multiple locations in Santa Clara County. Sweet Retreat Los Gatos was old school – not sure when it opened (before 2006, possibly in the 90’s), but it closed in 2017.
• TCBY, 13 N Santa Cruz Ave, may have closed in 2008? I’m not sure when it first opened.
• Tutti Frutti, 42 Elm St, must have been open in 2011 – 2014 before Café Delatti became Sips & Sweets Too. The American Italian Delicatessen took over the space in 2015. It would have been a small, self-serve froyo shop, part of the international self-serve froyo chain.
• Yogurt & Love, 33 E Main St, was part of a non-descript national self-serve froyo chain. The Los Gatos shop opened in 2014 and closed in 2018. They were known for their extensive toppings selection, with over 50 toppings.
• Yogurt Delite, 464 N Santa Cruz Ave, was one of several old-school froyo shops in the Bay Area. I’m not sure when it opened but it was taken over by Yumi Yogurt in 2008.
• Yumi Yogurt, 464 N Santa Cruz Ave, was a counter-serve old school froyo shop known for generous portions. It closed in 2016 and the space was taken over by Rosy Yogurt. It seems to have opened in 2008.

Still Open but No Longer Serves Froyo

• Icing on the Cake, 50 W Main St, is a local bakery that opened in 1985. I liked their cupcakes. They also added froyo around 2008? I’m not sure how long it was offered – not that long.

Did I miss any froyo shops in Los Gatos? Let me know if I did.

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My Best Froyo Swirl of 2022

Fro-yo girl here. I’ve looked at all the froyo cups and cones that I consumed this year and found my best looking self-swirl. My best looking swirl happened during my first visit to the new Easy Breezy in Los Gatos. I chose three flavors, vanilla bean gelato, plain tart froyo, and vegan strawberry breeze and added different toppings to each. The proportions of froyo are about equal and the toppings are neatly placed. Yum!

I’ve had 145 cups (and cones) of froyo this year, more than last year’s 134 cups but less than the 153 cups in 2020. My first cup of froyo this year was True Tahini from Yoga-urt in Echo Park (the froyo is naturally sweetened with no sugar added, vegan, organic, and Mr. Froyo’s favorite). My last cup was the plain froyo at Anita Gelato. They opened this year in Tarzana.

Of the 145 cups/cones of froyo, 60% were self-serve (or in some cases, partial serve). A few places that were self-serve still don’t allow customers to add their own toppings (e.g., Yogurtland Eagle Rock, Yogurtland Burbank) but most are back to self-serve froyo and self-serve toppings. In 2021, only 31% of my cups were self-serve and in 2020 that number was 23%.

I’m a big fan of getting just one froyo flavor per visit. This year, 88% of my cups had one flavor. Last year, 90% of my cups had a single flavor. I’m consistent! Eight-one percent of my cups had were dairy-based in 2022 compared to 26% in 2021 and 25% in 2020.

You can see every cup of froyo that I consumed on my Pinterest board.

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

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Easy Breezy Opens in Los Gatos, CA

Fro-yo girl here. It’s been so long since I’ve been to Los Gatos. The last time I went was to get froyo at Yumi Yogurt (RIP). Well, froyo brought me back to downtown Los Gatos. Easy Breezy opened last month in the heart of downtown Los Gatos, at 307 N Santa Cruz Ave. It’s the first Easy Breezy in the South Bay.

I visited recently and I’m happy to report that EB Los Gatos continues to serve the freshest, highest quality froyo, custard and soft serve – and it’s self-serve. I believe it’s the first self-serve froyo shop in Los Gatos. It’s certainly the only self-serve froyo shop in Los Gatos right now. The premium quality and cuteness really suit Los Gatos.

Their soft serve is hand-crafted and made with proprietary recipes. They use organic ingredients whenever possible. They also use the best soft serve machines, so their froyo/soft serve texture is better – thick, smooth, creamy, but not dense. And there are so many options: custard, yogurt, and vegan soft serve. Love the owner, Ariel – she’s the best!!!!

There were four machines serving 8 flavors. It’s self-serve like the other Easy Breezy locations. Toppings included warm sauces, candy, cheesecake, mochi, cookie dough, popping boba, fresh fruit (the blueberries and strawberries were organic), brownies, chocolate chips, yogurt chips, coconut, cereal, nuts, sprinkles, etc. I love the Belgian butter waffle cookies they have. It’s $0.94 cents an ounce. Yes, it’s not cheap but it’s Los Gatos and the product is high quality.

Flavors of the day:

• Vanilla custard
• Chocolate custard
• Original tart
• Vanilla bean yogurt
• Root beer
• Coconut crème pie (vegan, coconut milk)
• Vietnamese coffee (vegan, coconut milk)
• Strawberry Breeze (vegan, coconut milk)

Ask for samples and get a stamp card.

* EASY BREEZY: 307 N Santa Cruz Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95030

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

Looking for more frozen yogurt news, discussion boards, and resources? Check out the International Frozen Yogurt Association website at http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/. The IFYA is the independent voice of the frozen yogurt industry.