Future Froyo Shop: Nudes Yogurt

Fro-yo girl here. A new froyo shop is opening soon in the Beverly Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles.

It’s going to be a large froyo shop! I hope that means lots of next level toppings. I wasn’t able to see anything on the inside. They’ve posted some pictures and described their journey on their Instagram account, IG @nudesyogurt

* NUDES YOGURT: 165 S Crescent Heights Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048

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Menchie’s Creamy Rootbeer Float & Café Gelato

 

Fro-yo girl here. Menchie’s is featuring two new flavors this month, Creamy Roobeer Float froyo and Café Gelato with live and active cultures. 

Creamy Root Beer Float froyo was inspired by National Root Beer Float Day, celebrated annually on August 6. It blends the nostalgic flavors of root beer and creamy vanilla ice cream. It’s made with no artificial colors, no artificial flavors, and no high fructose corn syrup. I could definitely taste the root beer spices, but the flavor was mild enough to pair well with other flavors like vanilla. Recommended toppings: Hershey’s mini Kisses, Cool Whip.

The new Gourmet Café Gelato is creamy and has live and active cultures. Menchie’s describes it as, “the perfect harmony between bold, roasted coffee notes and a luxurious, sweet, creamy finish.” It wasn’t as creamy as I expected but the coffee flavor was still nice. Recommended toppings: almonds, chocolate shell.

For National Wellness Month, Menchie’s is giving away a gold Oura ring. Scan your Menchie’s app at the register for a chance to win.

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Haitai Pollapo Yogurt Flavored Ice Tube Review

Fro-yo girl here. I’ve been seeing Haitai Pollapo at various Asian markets lately. Pollapo is a yogurt-flavored ice tube imported from South Korea. One bag contains five frozen dessert tubes. Each individually wrapped tube is 120 mL. H Mart is selling Pollapo for $4.99/bag.

Pollapo Yogurt: It’s supposed to be cool and refreshing. The tube was solid and very firm. To consume, you peel off the top and push the bottom up (like a push-up pop). It tastes like what you’d imagine frozen Yakult to taste like. It was super sweet and very icy. I could not finish more than one bite.

One tube is 80 calories with 0g fat, 20g total carbs, 13g total sugars, and 0g protein. The main ingredients are water and corn syrup.

I can’t think of anything positive to say about Pollapo. The yogurt flavor was introduced in November 2025.

1 out of 5 stars.

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A Visit to Froyo & Fido in Simi Valley

Fro-yo girl here. It took me a few months, but I finally visited the new Froyo & Fido in Simi Valley. It’s a self-serve froyo shop that sells dog accessories, bagged candy, and canned beverages.

The shop was clean and cheerful. I like how you can find the flavors of the day on their website, as well as nutritional information. Service was better than average.

There are eight self-serve froyo flavors a day and a well-stocked toppings bar. It’s $0.79/ounce. Sample cups are available.

Froyo flavors:

• Jolly rancher
• Tart: rather bland, mild tartness
• Strawberry
• Cotton candy
• French vanilla
• Cake batter
• Chocolate
• Peanut butter cup: creamy, not too chocolatey

The yogurt is good but it’s not special. I think Yogurtland has better flavors. Froyo & Fido feels more relaxed and personal though. You can pick up a cup of froyo for your dog, a dog treat, and dog bandana here. Every other Thursday, 20% of froyo sales will go to the Community Pet Fund to help local families with vet bills.

* FROYO & FIDO, 599B Country Club Dr, Simi Valley, CA 93065

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Froyo Shops in Reno, Nevada

Honey Treat

Yogurt Beach

Fro-yo girl here. While Lake Tahoe doesn’t have many froyo shops, Reno is large enough to support multiple froyo shops. Reno has a population of 274,900, while the Reno metropolitan area is home to 575,000 residents. Reno is approximately 50 minutes from Lake Tahoe and seven hours from Las Vegas.

TCBY or Honey Treat was likely the first froyo shop in Reno. Honey Treat opened in 1982, I think, but I also saw a post from Honey Treat saying that it had been in Reno since the 1970s. If that's true, Honey Treat was the first froyo shop in Reno. However, I'm not so sure that Honey Treat has been around for quite that long.

In 2010, U-Swirl became the first self-serve froyo shop in Reno. Another self-serve shop, Yogurt Beach, soon followed. Today, Yogurt Beach is the clear leader in the area, with five branches. Yogurt Beach is a family-owned business established in Reno, Nevada in 2010. It has expanded to include locations outside of Nevada.

I found eight places to get froyo in Reno: five Yogurt Beach shops, 2 Nick the Greek branches, and one Honey Treat Yogurt. Another Nick the Greek is expected to open soon at 13987 S Virginia St., Reno.

I found 12 closed froyo shops, including three SweetFrog branches and three U-Swirl branches. Costco used to serve froyo at the snack bar.

Current Places to Get Froyo

• Honey Treat Yogurt, 299 E Plumb Ln Suite 180b, opened inside the Reno Public Market in 2025. It is counter-serve.
• Nick The Greek, 5140 Kietzke Ln, opened in 2023. It is a fast-casual Greek cafe that offers Greek frozen yogurt.
• Nick the Greek, 10310 N McCarran Blvd #400, opened at the Canyon Center in April 2026.
• Yogurt Beach, 3882 Mayberry Dr B, opened at Mayberry Landing in 2011.
• Yogurt Beach, 748 S Meadows Pkwy, Suite A-5, opened in 2011.
• Yogurt Beach, 440 E Golden Valley Rd, opened in 2017.
• Yogurt Beach, 15425 Wedge Pkwy, Ste B100, opened in 2023.
• Yogurt Beach, Grand Sierra Resort, E 2nd St #2500, opened in 2015.

Closed Froyo Shops

• Honey Treat Yogurt, 5000 Smithridge Dr Ste A23, opened in 1982 and closed in 2024. It moved to the Reno Public Market.
• SweetFrog, 175 Damonte Ranch Pkwy Ste D, opened in 2018, is marked as temporarily closed on Google and is not on the SweetFrog website.
• SweetFrog, 6637 S Virginia St Ste Bm, opened in 2012 and may have closed in 2022.
• SweetFrog, 2870 Northtowne Ln Ste 106, opened in 2018, closed in 2023.
• TCBY, 900 W Moana Ln Ste 101, was open for many years. It closed in 2014.
• Tuk Tuk Yum Yum was a tuk tuk, a mobile froyo unit serving froyo that launched in 2021 and closed in 2024.
• U-Swirl, 2870 Northtowne Ln Ste 106, opened in 2010 and closed in 2018.
• U-Swirl, 175 Damonte Ranch Pkwy Ste D, opened in 2014 and closed in 2018, it was a self-serve franchise
• U-Swirl, 1664 N Virginia St, UNR Joe Crowley Student Union, was on campus from 2014-2016.
• Yogurt Beach, 500 N Sierra St, was inside Circus Circus from 2019 – 2023.
• Yogurt Beach, 7695 S Virginia St, opened in 2014 and closed in 2020 or 2021.
• Yoshow Frozen Yogurt, 5050 Kietzke Ln Ste B, was a self-serve froyo shop that opened in 2013 and closed in 2015.

Did I miss any froyo shops in Reno? Let me know.

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Froyo Shops In Lake Tahoe

Summit Swirl

Poppy's

Fro-yo girl here. The Lake Tahoe Basin has a population of approximately 60,000 residents, with 70% living in California and 30% in Nevada. The largest city in the area is South Lake Tahoe, which has roughly 21,300 residents and no dedicated froyo shops. The area has many small towns including Tahoe City, Incline Village, Olympic Valley, and Kings Beach. Truckee is technically not in the Lake Tahoe Basin rim but is about 15 - 20 miles away.

The area receives 2 to 3 million unique visitors a year. The busiest season is the summer, followed by the winter. The area includes 11 ski resorts.

The froyo options are few and far between, but the existing shops have survived for years. Also, all these shops are independently owned and not part of a franchise. I found six places to get froyo and two closed froyo shops. The oldest was Susie Scoops in Incline Village. The newest shop was Rainbow Sprinkles, which opened in 2017 and closed in 2018.

Current Places to Get Froyo

• Euro Sweets, 3001 N Village Dr, Truckee, CA, may have opened in 2012. It offers self-serve froyo, gelato, and candy.
• Euro Sweets, 1850 Village South Rd, Olympic Valley, CA, opened in 2015 at The Village at Palisades Tahoe.
• Poppy’s, 521 N Lake Blvd, Tahoe City, CA, opened in 2011 and serves froyo, ice cream, and espresso drinks. It is a window with outdoor seating only and two froyo flavors a day. 
• Summit Swirl, 11325 Deerfield Dr, Truckee, CA, opened in 2015. It is self-serve, with eight flavors a day. Summit Swirl seems to be the best froyo option in the area.
• Susie Scoops, 899 Tahoe Blvd, Incline Village, NV, offers ice cream, soft serve froyo, smoothies, and more. Susie Scoops opened in Incline Village in 2008.
• Sweet Tahoe Time, 8636 N Lake Blvd, Kings Beach, CA, opened in 2016. It is primarily a hard scoop ice cream shop, but does offer chocolate and vanilla soft serve froyo.

Closed Froyo Shops

• Rainbow Sprinkles Donuts and Frozen Yogurt, 1036 Emerald Bay Rd, South Lake Tahoe, CA, opened in 2017 and closed in 2018. It offered donuts and self-serve froyo.
• Sno Frozen Yogurt Café, 4125 Lake Tahoe Blvd, Ste I, South Lake Tahoe, CA, opened in 2015. The self-serve froyo shop offered 12 flavors of froyo, over 50 toppings, and coffee, hot chocolate, and tea. It closed in 2016.

Did I miss any froyo shops in Lake Tahoe? If so, let me know.

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Froyo Scene in Gilroy, CA

 

Fro-yo girl here. Yogurtland announced plans to open a branch in Gilroy, CA, so the froyo scene is finally going to get a major upgrade. There are currently three self-serve froyo shops in Gilroy: Top A Lot, Yogofino, and Yotealicious. Four froyo shops have closed, although one was just renamed and one was a Greek café that happened to serve Greek froyo. Fro-yo Delite became Fro-Yo Fever, which closed in 2018. Fro-yo Delite was the first froyo shop to open in Gilroy in 2010. Yogofino and Yotealicious (formerly known as YoghArt) were established in 2013 and 2012.

Gilroy, known as the Garlic Capital of the World, has a population of 59,000 and is located in southern Santa Clara County. The median household income was $133,107 in 2024, higher than the national average. Gilroy is known for the Gilroy Garlic Festival and Gilroy Premium Outlets.

Places to Get Froyo

• Top A Lot, 8155 Arroyo Cir 8003 Suite #3, is a self-serve froyo shop that opened in 2024 at the Gilroy Premium Outlets. The original Top A Lot opened in Santa Cruz, CA, in 2008.
• Yogofino, 745 1st St, is a self-serve froyo shop that opened in 2013. The logo looks like Yogofina’s, but it’s spelled differently.
• Yotealicious, 1230 1st St, Suite #105, is a self-serve froyo shop with bubble tea, smoothies, and snacks. It took over the YoghArt space.

Closed Places to Get Froyo

• Fro-Yo Fever, 6955 Camino Arroyo Ste 40, replaced Fro-yo Delite and closed in 2018
• Fro-yo Delite, 6955 Camino Arroyo Ste 40, was a self-serve froyo shop that opened in 2010. The name was changed to Fro-Yo Fever, possibly in 2015.
• Nick the Greek, 739 1st St, was a fast casual Greek restaurant that served Greek froyo. The Gilroy branch opened in 2021 and closed in 2024.
• YoghArt, 1230 1st St, Suite #105, was a self-serve shop that opened in 2012. The ownership changed in March 2013. The name was changed to Yotealicious in 2018.

Not Closed, No Longer Serves Froyo

• Costco, 7251 Camino Arroyo Dr, used to offer soft serve froyo but switched to soft serve ice cream.

Did I miss any froyo shops or businesses serving froyo in Gilroy? Let me know.

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