Froyo Scene in Belmont, CA

Fro-yo girl here. Belmont, a smaller city in San Mateo County, has a current population of 27,132. It is considered a quiet, safe, affluent residential community. It currently has two froyo shops and two that closed. For such a small town, that’s not bad. Menchie’s and Ya-Ua are thirteen and fifteen years old, respectively.

Golden Spoon once had signs up in Belmont in 2012 but never opened. Instead, that space became a Menchie’s. Apizza, which carries Loving Cup frozen yogurt, also announced plans to open in Belmont but never opened.

Current Froyo Shops

• Menchie’s, 1200 El Camino Real Ste A3, opened in 2012
• Ya-Ua, 1090 Alameda de Las Pulgas, is a self-serve froyo and boba shop that opened in 2010

Closed Froyo Shops

• Rockets Yogurt, 1538 El Camino Real, had a 1950's classic car theme and counter-serve format. It opened and closed in 2008.
• Yoppi Yogurt, 1005 Alameda de las Pulgas, opened at the Carlmont Shopping Center in 2011, taking over the old Jamba Juice space. The self-serve shop closed in 2016. Yoppi Yogurt started in San Francisco and later opened shops along the Peninsula.

No Longer Offers Froyo

• Capo, 2040 Ralston Ave, is a fast casual Mediterranean restaurant that opened in 2020 and added froyo in 2021. It no longer offers froyo.

The Jamba Juice might have offered froyo before it closed.

Did I miss any froyo places in Belmont? Let me know.

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

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Halloween Spirit Fro-yo Shop Report

Fro-yo girl here. I love it when Halloween is on a Sunday because Halloween festivities start up on Friday and it feels like a Halloween long weekend. It also gives me time to drive around the Bay Area and check out the fro-yo shops. This year I saw fewer and less elaborate Halloween decorations in fro-yo shops (compared to last year). Cupcake shops are showing more Halloween spirit.



My fro-yo shop 2010 Halloween Spirit Award goes to...Blush Burlingame. They transformed the store into an aquarium and gave out full size candy bars and snacks for kids and Blush frequent buyer cards with stamps for adults. And their pumpkin fro-yo is amazing.







I also checked out the following:
* JUBILI: some Halloween window decals, pumpkin inside
* FRAICHE: paper bats in the window, pumpkins inside
* TUTTIMELON UNION CITY: green spiderwebs above, fair amount of decorations
* TUTTIMELON BURLINGAME: some decorations
* TUTTIMELON WEST PORTAL: no Halloween decorations (sadly), but I still recommend their pumpkin gelato with a swirl of original tart on top
* YA-UA: cute decorations
* YOGURT GOGO: no decorations
* NUBI SF: no decorations, but they feature pumpkin pie fro-yo

I'm hoping to see more Halloween spirit next year.

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