The void filled by the departure of Ben & Jerry’s has been filled.
Top This — a frozen yogurtorium — has opened downtown. It is sandwiched — gastronomically speaking — between Starbucks and Crumbs.
It’s a self-serve place. In a 3-step process, customers swirl their own yogurt (the usual flavors — chocolate, vanilla, kiwi, tart blueberry…); add toppings (dried fruit, granola, Vegemite…); then pay.
That’s when things get interesting. You don’t know the cost until your yogurt is rung up, because Top This has adopted Stew’s salad bar-and-hot entree price plan.
You pay 59 cents an ounce. So coconut shavings are in; sliced bananas are out.
It’s an intriguing business model, and “06880” wishes Top This plenty of luck.
We just hope 5 Guys doesn’t follow suit.
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We were there last night, it was very good.
A great concept that I was introduced to when I was visiting friends in Austin Tx last year. Don’t remember the name of the shop, but it was a chain.I do have one suggestion for them. Keep a regular tart flavor on tap at all times, kinda like the pinkberry/roebeks offerings. I will be there quite often if that is the case!
“The void filled by the departure of Ben & Jerry’s has been filled.” Yes, but by Sunny Daes, the local ice cream/sorbeto/gelato chain that opened a store on Riverside Avenue, just south of the Post Road. Best there in the area!