Froyo Scene in Metairie, Louisiana

 

Fro-yo girl here. New Orleans has many suburbs (e.g., Chalmette, Slidell, Gretna, Kenner, River Ridge, Belle Chasse) and many of them have froyo. Metairie is the largest suburb, with a population of 143,507 in 2020. I’m told that it’s a safe, nice area to live. The French were the first Europeans to settle in the area.

I found two froyo shops that are still open in Metairie and eleven that closed. The two that are open, TCBY and Todd’s, had other locations in the past. Todd’s moved around. Most of the shops that opened after TCBY closed after a year or two, but TCBY, Todd’s, and Tutti Frutti had more staying power. 

Froyo Shops in Metairie

• TCBY, 701 Metairie Rd, is a counter-serve shop that carries 20 flavors of frozen yogurt and sorbet daily. Fat-free and sugar-free options are available.
• Todd’s Frozen Yogurt, 3544 W Esplanade Ave, opened in 2014 after several moves (Lakeside Mall to Severn Ave). The shop is counter-serve and also serves shakes, smoothies, malts, sundaes, etc. Sugar-free options are available.

Former Froyo Shops

• CherryBerry, 3348 W Esplanade Ave, Unit C, opened in 2010 offering self-serve froyo. They also carried shaved ice that was made to order. The shop may have closed in 2012.
• Red Mango, 4852 Veterans Memorial Blvd, was a self-serve location that opened in 2012 and closed in 2013.
• Frogurt, 3841 Veterans Memorial Blvd, Ste 102, was a self-serve froyo shop that was open from 2012-2013
• Kool 32 Degrees Yogurt, 3841 Veterans Memorial Blvd, unknown dates
• TCBY, 5107 W Napoleon Ave, probably closed a long time ago
• TCBY, 615 Veterans Memorial Blvd, probably closed a long time ago
• TCBY, 2222 Clearview Pkwy Ste B, probably closed a long time ago. There was one review from 2011.
• TCBY, 5000 W Esplanade Ave, probably closed a long time ago
• Todd’s Frozen Yogurt, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd Ste 14A, had a counter-serve kiosk at Lakeside Mall in 1992. They moved to a larger space Severn Ave. and then to the current space on Esplanade Ave.
• Todd’s Frozen Yogurt, 3200 Severn Ave. Suite 106, was the location Todd’s moved to after leaving Lakeside Mall in 2014.
• Tutti Frutti, 4316 Veterans Memorial Blvd Ste B, opened at Lakeside Mall in 2010. The self-serve froyo shop, part of the international froyo chain, closed in 2022.

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

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

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