Studio Yogurt
Fro-yo girl here. Studio City is a neighborhood in Los Angeles in Southeast San Fernando Valley. It’s a small neighborhood with a population of approximately 45,000. The neighborhood is popular with entertainment professionals and is next to Sherman Oaks and the Hollywood Hills.
The oldest froyo shop in Studio City was Studio Yogurt, which opened in 1997 and closed in 2014. Today there are two froyo shops left: Pinkberry and Chill Cafe. Pinkberry, 12044 1/2 Ventura Blvd, opened in early 2007 and it’s still offering froyo and smoothies and still counter-serve. Chill Café, 11706 Moorpark St., opened in 2009 and offers bagels, crepes, sandwiches, coffee, and self-serve froyo. It was closed for two years due to the pandemic but has reopened.
Former Froyo Shops in Studio City
- Studio Yogurt, 12050 Ventura Blvd, Ste C105 offered low carb and no sugar options, along with regular froyo. They were known for their generous portions. Yogurtland took over the Studio Yogurt space.
- Yogurt Haven, 12215 Ventura Blvd, Ste 103, was a counter-serve froyo shop that opened in 2008 and closed in 2008? It has the same name as two other froyo shops in LA that were self-serve.
- Yogurtland, 12050 Ventura Blvd, Ste C105, was a smaller Yogurtland that opened in 2015 and closed in 2019.
Pagliacci’s New York Pizzeria, 3990 Vantage Ave., used to serve pizza and froyo circa 2009 but they stopped serving froyo a long time ago. They closed in 2021. The restaurant looked older…not sure when they first opened.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. I rarely experience sticker shock at froyo shops but it did recently happen to me at Pinkberry Studio City. It’s $7.50 for a small with toppings. Wow. I didn’t even look at the prices before ordering because I thought I knew the typical Pinkberry price range. At Pinkberry Long Beach, you can get a large with toppings for $7.95 and a small with toppings for $4.95. I just went, so the prices are current. At Pinkberry Los Feliz, a large without toppings is $7.
Other Pinkberry locations, price for a small with toppings:- Northridge, $7.50
- Beverly Hills, $5.95
- Marina Del Rey, $6.75
- Santa Monica, Montana Ave., $6.25
- Torrance, $5.50
- NYC, Midtown East, $6.89
Studio City is nice but it’s not that nice. It’s not nicer than Beverly Hills or Marina Del Rey.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. One of my froyo wishes, bubble waffles served with froyo, for 2018 came true. I’ve seen bubble waffles on the menu of Pinkberry locations in the UK, Canada, Africa, Middle East, Turkey, Philippines, etc. but not in the US. They’ve had bubble waffles for years. However, US Pinkberry locations didn’t offer bubble waffles. Bubble waffles have finally arrived…at least, Pinkberry Studio City, CA and New Orleans have them.
At the Studio City Pinkberry, the bubble waffles aren’t sold separately. They’re an additional $3 with the purchase of any froyo cup. The waffles are made fresh to order and are served warm. For those of you that haven’t had a bubble waffle, aka egg puffs, egg waffle, Hong Kong waffle, they’re from Hong Kong. They have a unique egg shape because of the shape of the waffle iron.
I’ve had bubble waffles many times. The good ones have soft and spongy puffs and crispy bits in between the puffs. It’s more about texture than flavor. They taste like fortune cookies. I thought Pinkberry’s waffle was pretty good though a little softer than I personally like. The puffs were tender and spongy. Some of the puffs were deflated and the in between bits were a little lacy. I think they just needed to add a little more batter to the waffle iron. Since it was warm, it did cause the yogurt to melt faster and the dark chocolate crisps melted too. Still, I think it was a satisfying addition. I like how the waffle wasn’t that sweet.
On a different note, the swirl wasn't that nice.
Could Pinkberry Pops in the US be far behind? Fingers crossed!
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* PINKBERRY: 12044 1/2 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604
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