Menchie's Alhambra
Fro-yo girl here. Alhambra, California has had its share of froyo shops, more so than most places. Both Yogurtland and Menchie’s opened locations in Alhambra. The Yogurtland location was the last froyo shop open in Alhambra.
Closed Froyo Shops & Other Places that Served Froyo- A Tea Yogurt, 137 W Main St., took over the Bluecherry space. I remember getting a froyo taco there. It was open from 2013-2014.
- Bluecherry Yogurt Bar, 137 W Main St, opened as a counter-serve froyo shop in 2007. They also served yogurt drinks and non-frozen Beijing-style refrigerated yogurt. It closed in 2013.
- CrèmeBee, 137 W Main St., took over the Splash Yogurt space in 2015. At the time, milk soft serve with fresh honeycomb, was trendy and they were the first soft serve with honeycomb shop in the area. CrèmeBee closed in 2015.
- LOHAS Fresh Mart, 300 W Main St., Ste 120, was an upscale Asian grocery store with an in-store deli. The deli offered bento boxes, fresh juice, soy milk, smoothies, and salads. In 2016, they started offering organic froyo. They had one flavor and no toppings. LOHAS opened in 2015 and closed in 2019.
- Menchie’s, 9 E Main St, opened in 2011 and closed quietly in 2020, during the pandemic. It was near the movie theater. This location was usually very late at putting out the new froyo flavors.
- PinGo Yogurt, 358 W Valley Blvd, was an early counter-serve froyo shop that opened in 2007 and closed in 2009. It had a similar concept to Pinkberry. PinGo also had a shop in Arcadia.
- Silver Spoon Yogurt Obsession, 401 W Main St., was a self-serve froyo shop. I’m not sure when it opened or closed. It may have opened in 2008.
- Splash Tea & Yogurt, 137 W Main St., took over the A Tea Yogurt space in late 2014. It couldn’t have lasted long because Crème Bee took over in 2015.
- Yogomo, 19 S Garfield Ave., Ste C, was a froyo shop located across the street from Alhambra High School. The shop opened in 2008 and was probably open for just a year.
- Yogurtland, 1 E Valley Blvd, had the typical 16 self-serve froyo flavors and toppings that you’ll find at most Yogurtland locations. It was also cheaper than most YL locations in this area. The Alhambra branch opened in April 2009 and closed in October 2021.
And there you have it – the history of froyo in Alhambra, CA. The earliest froyo shops opened in 2007.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. CrèmeBee’s offerings aren’t innovative in Asia but they are in California. Their offerings reflect several Asian dessert trends: (1) raw honey with organic milk soft serve, (2) cotton candy on top of milk tea or soft serve, (3) nice looking parfaits.
The raw honey with organic milk soft serve was popularized by Honeymee in SoCal. Honeymee opened its first location in LA’s Koreatown. CrèmeBee’s soft serve is organic frozen yogurt; Honeymee’s is ice cream.
The cotton candy is made to order which makes a difference because packaged cotton candy tastes awful. There are two flavors: blue raspberry and purple grape. They make their own marshmallows and they’re cut into cute shapes (white clouds and yellow moons). Other toppings include raw honey, honeycomb, honey boba, pudding, honey castella cake, caramel sauce, chocolate sauce…sensing the honey theme? The plain CrèmeBee is served with raw honey ($3.95).
There are eight creations/parfaits to choose from ($3.95-$5.75) and one flavor of organic soft serve frozen yogurt. They also sell honey flavored teas and floats.
* Cloud 9 with blue raspberry cotton candy, cloud marshmallows and raw honey ($5.75): It’s super cute with that big blue cotton candy cloud. To eat it, you remove the cotton candy and put it on the tray. Tear off some cotton candy and eat it with or separate from your frozen yogurt. The frozen yogurt is plain/milk flavored. It isn’t tangy at all – it’s sweet, creamy and smooth but not as thick as Honeymee’s. The cotton candy is super light and has a hint of blue raspberry flavor. The soft marshmallows were really good – not as sweet as the packaged kind. The portion of frozen yogurt is small and there was a huge hole in the middle but with the cotton candy it felt like two desserts.
The shop is mostly white with a cute bee/honeycomb theme. I think it used to be another froyo shop called Splash Tea & Yogurt and before that A Tea Yogurt and Bluecherry Yogurt. That's four froyo places in the same spot.
CremeBee is having a grand opening celebration on August 29, 2015. The first 50 people will get free froyo. Everyone else will get 25% off that day. Doors open at 1:30 PM.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
Rating: 4/5
* CREMEBEE, 137 W Main St., Alhambra, CA 91801
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