We have details on Chicago's first Pinkberry knock-off!

If you want to harken back to my original post, it's here, or you could scroll down.


Photo taken from Yelp


The name is Berry Chill and it's located on State between Erie and Ontario. (635 N. State)

From their facebook group:
"Night revelers can delight in the fact that Berry Chill will stay open from 8 a.m. until 4 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. From Sunday through Thursday, Berry Chill will be open from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m."


Opening in January!

Here are some early reports.

This store is doing everything right. They had a preview party where they apparently invited Chicago's hottest young things to try their product. Those hot young things then went and posted on Yelp and joined Berry Chill's facebook group. They also have a website and a mailing list. If I ever come into a large chunk of disposable income and decide to open a yogurt store, I would do the same.

Moxiberry in Missoula, Montana

Photo taken from betherann's flickr stream


420 N Higgins Ave
Missoula, MT 59812
(406) 728-0018

Possible lead: H Mart?

There are two H Marts (Asian grocery stores) in Illinois:

Niles
Tel : 847-581-1212
801 Civic Center Dr.
Niles, IL 60714


Naperville
Tel : 630-778-9800
1295 E. Ogden Ave.
Naperville, IL 60563

At least one H Mart (outside of Illinois) houses a Pinkberry-knockoff, Iceberry, inside. If these H Marts don't already have sour frozen yogurt outposts, then they potentially could in the future.

Article about Red Mango in Chicago - opening "late January or early February"

Here's the article.

They'll be occupying the former Arbor Vitae Java & Juice storefront.

A report from Bloomingdales in Chicago

Reader Siby visited the Bloomingdales on Michigan Ave. and sent me this report:

"I thought it was sour but I didn’t like the texture - too creamy and not frozen/icy enough - flavor was good though. A large cost almost 5 bucks. It tasted more like frozen plain yogurt rather than the Korean style...no fruit toppings either."

Thanks for the feedback!