Fro-yo girl here. Save the date for Yoga-urt Granada Hills grand opening celebration, Saturday, August 3.
- Grand opening date and time: 1 PM – 10 PM, Saturday, August 3, 2024
- Location: 17454 Chatsworth Street #A, Granada Hills, CA 91344
- Details: Free mini froyo cups with one topping for the first 50 store visitors, two dollars off all birthday cake shakes. They’ll also have mini popsicles for a limited time
Choose from six scratch-made froyo flavors a day, as well as smoothies, floats, froyo sandwiches, froyo popsicles, etc.
Yoga-urt soft serve is vegan, kosher, soy free, gluten-free, all-natural, probiotic, hand-crafted, small batch, and made on site. The gluten-free cones and sauces are also made in-house with proprietary recipes. For toppings, choose from fresh fruit, mochi, sprinkles, nuts, granola, coconut, mulberries, cacao nibs, and housemade sauces.
My favorite flavors are Pistachio Passion, True Tahini, Sweet Greens, and Vanilla Harmony. My favorite sauce is the chocolate shell. And my favorite toppings are pistachios and turmeric granola. The extra crispy cones are the best.
* YOGA-URT, 17454 Chatsworth St, Suite A, Granada Hills, CA 91344
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Fro-yo girl here. Encino is the home of Menchie’s University, the Menchie’s shop that also serves as the training center for Menchie’s franchisees. It’s also where Menchie's tests new flavors and new products. Yogurtland also has a branch in Encino, directly across the street from Menchie’s. Menchie’s and Yogurtland are the only froyo shops in Encino.
I think Menchie's HQ is also in Encino, though it's listed as Woodland Hills on the Menchie's website. It's Encino according to Google Maps and the building is called Encino Office Plaza.
Encino is an affluent neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. The current population of 61,012 has a median age of 42, 89% are white collar workers, and median household income is $175,424. In Cobra Kai, Daniel lives in Encino.
Current Froyo Shops
- Menchie’s, 17245 Ventura Blvd
- Yogurtland, 17200 Ventura Blvd, Unit 225
Closed Froyo Shops
- Barenaked/Purenaked Yogurt, 17499 Ventura Blvd, opened in 2007 and closed in 2010. The counter-serve shop had one flavor, plain, and healthy toppings. It was originally called Barenaked Yogurt and had a few locations in the LA area.
- Tutti Frutti, 16101 Ventura Blvd, was another self-serve froyo chain. The Encino branch opened in 2010 and closed in 2013.
- Yum Yum Yogurt & Deli, 16545 Ventura Blvd, #21, was an older counter-serve froyo shop that also served sandwiches, burgers, and hot dogs. It closed in 2015 and seems to have opened in the 80’s or 90’s.
Still Open But No Longer Serves Froyo
- The Eatery, 16133 Ventura Blvd, is a bakery café that opened in 2019. They carried Pinkberry for a short while in 2019.
Did I miss any froyo shops in Encino? Let me know.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. Yoga-urt Granada Hills opened for business at 2 PM today, July 23. It’s the fourth Yoga-urt location and the first franchise location. The owners are Granada Hills residents and Yoga-urt fanatics (obviously). The offerings are similar to the other locations: vegan, organic soft serve made from scratch, smoothies, floats, froyo sandwiches, froyo popsicles, etc.
You’ll find six froyo flavors a day. The flavors on opening day were Chocolate Bliss, Peanut Butter Prana, Strawberry Serenity, Vanilla Harmony, Salted Caramel Zen, and Green Tea Tranquility. All the flavors are amazing and proprietary.
Yoga-urt soft serve is vegan, kosher, soy free, gluten-free, all-natural, probiotic, hand-crafted, small batch, and made on site. The gluten-free cones and sauces are also made in-house with proprietary recipes. For toppings, choose from fresh fruit, mochi, sprinkles, nuts, granola, coconut, mulberries, cacao nibs, and housemade sauces.
Froyo prices: Mini $6.75/ Small $8.75/ Medium $11.25/ Large $13
The purple walls, inspirational quotes, and hearts remind me of the Kenneth Village shop. Very cute.
They plan to have a grand opening celebration on August 3. Save the date! More details to be revealed later.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* YOGA-URT, 17454 Chatsworth St, Suite A, Granada Hills, CA 91344
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.
Fro-yo girl here. Yogurtland recently opened a new store at 1321 Third Street Promenade in downtown Santa Monica. It’s not that far from the other Yogurtland at 304 Santa Monica Blvd.
I visited the Yogurtland on Santa Monica Blvd. in 2021 and had a terrible experience. It was obvious that they were not maintaining the froyo machines. The froyo was disgusting. To add insult to injury, it was $0.99/oz. Naturally, I wasn’t excited to hear about the new location.
Like other Yogurtland locations, you'll find 16 self-serve froyo flavors a day and toppings. However, the price is much higher (it's a touristy area) at $1.32/oz (compared to $0.70 at the average YL). The soft serve machines are new and the shop looks nice since it's new. They've abandoned the square green tiles in favor of faux wood.
Interestingly, the new shop is already for sale.
"This newly built YOGURTLAND FRANCHISE, featuring all new equipment, is situated in a prime location in Santa Monica, CA. Specifications:
Size: Approximately 1,400 sq. ft.
Rent: $17,350 per month, including NNN (Triple Net Lease)
Lease Term: Until March 30, 2033, with two additional 5-year renewal options."
The Santa Monica Blvd. shop is expected to close in October. The new location hasn't had a grand opening yet.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* YOGURTLAND: 1321 3rd St Promenade. Santa Monica, CA 90401
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Froyo fans, here's your reminder that there's still time to enter IFYA's summer froyo contest, What Froyo Flavor Are You? It's super easy and fun to enter.
The best answer wins an exclusive froyo prize package.
The Froyo Prize Package includes:
- Yum Crumbs sample pack of 20 flavors
- 1 giant lilac Yogurtland spoon
- 1 Yogurtland PAC-MAC classic dad's cap (subject to availability)
- $30 froyo gift card to the shop of your choice (gift card must be sold online)
To enter, answer the question, if you were a froyo flavor, what flavor would you be and why? Post your answer by commenting on the contest post (on Instagram, @froyoassociation, Facebook @froyoassociation, or Twitter @froyogirl) by midnight PST on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
Shy? Don't use social media? You can send your answer to info@internationalfrozenyogurt.com by midnight PST on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
The entrant must be over 13 years old and reside in the United States. Participants can enter as many times as they'd like.
The winner will be announced on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter on or before July 24, 2024. If the winner entered via email, he/she will be contacted via email by July 24, 2024.
For full contest rules, see https://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/official-rules-for-the-what-froyo-flavor-are-you-contest/
Good luck froyo fans!
Fro-yo girl here. Replicant Shell had imported yogurt candy and imported OREO yogurt cookies. One box of OREO gentle yogurt cookies is 97 grams and priced at $4.99. The box contains two pouches. Each pouch has five Oreos. The cookies are imported from China.
The yogurt OREO looks like your typical OREO, though some of the OREOs had a different design stamped onto the chocolate cookie. The cookies definitely smell different. They smell like Yakult. The cookie is thin and crispy. It seems crispier, less sweet, and less chocolatey than the American OREOs. The cream part is tangy like Yakult. I didn’t like it because I don’t like Yakult. Also, there’s a powdery quality to the yogurt flavor.
You can purchase Gentle Yogurt OREOs purchased online, at Order Exotic Snacks.
Replicant Shell, 290 S Arroyo Pkwy, Pasadena, CA 91105
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
3 out of 5 stars.
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