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Nobu Fancies Endangered Sushi; Brooklyn Man Fined for Drinking on Stoop
Ronald Perelman gets on the restaurateur bandwagon, and frozen yogurt chains compete for profits, in our daily news roundup.
Posted 09/08/08 in Grub Street : Mediavore
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Very Berry Hopes Name Change Will Freeze Out the Competition
Will a new name give Very Berry an edge on Pinkberry, Yolato, and Red Mango?
Posted 08/18/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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‘Reservoir Dogs’–Style Fro-Yo Standoff in Brooklyn
Three fro-yo spots compete on the same block.
Posted 08/14/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Red Mango Receives $12 Million in Yogurt-War Funding
This is going to blow Pinkberry's AmEx Plum card right out of the water.
Posted 08/12/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Red Mango Hits St. Marks Place in Yet Another Fro-Yo Face-off
Why do all these yogurt joints open across the street from each other?
Posted 07/28/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Fro-Yo Shops Fight ATMs in Taking Over the City
With 30 storefronts having opened in the past twenty months, competition is fierce.
Posted 06/11/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Meltdown at Yolato’s Greenwich Village Location
Just a couple weeks after a press release bragged that Yolato was planning to overtake Pinkberry and Red Mango by installing express locations all around town, the Greenwich Village store is apparently kaput.
Posted 06/06/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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OMFG! New Chain Giving Out Free Fro-Yo Tomorrow! 2 Good 2 B True!!
Yorganic, the newest company to enter the fro-yo fray, will attempt to win more MySpace friends tomorrow with a free giveaway.
Posted 05/21/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Yolato Attempts to Freeze Out the Competition in Fro-Yo Wars
Yolato says it's "blasting past" Pinkberry and Red Mango with new locations and frozen-gelato bars.
Posted 05/13/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Punk’d by Pinkberry
As Pinkberry confessed to its ingredients, New Yorkers justified their fro-yo addiction.
Posted 04/25/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Water Taxi Beach. Open. This Sunday; Secret Breakfast in Central Park
Red Mango moves into Murray Hill and Greenpoint gets palm trees in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 04/24/08 in Grub Street : Neighborhood Watch
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The Shocking Secrets of Chain-Restaurant Calorie Counts
After reviewing our findings, you may come to consider the Baconator, compared to certain other murderous burgers, a "healthy" option.
Posted 04/24/08 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Red Mango Opening Up and Giving It Away in Chelsea
We’ve established that Red Mango has other fro-yo companies whipped at the giveaway game so it’s with earnest excitement that we report that the Mang’s first Chelsea(-ish) location opens today with free samples from noon to 10 p.m. The store is easily walkable from the Jamba Juice off Union Square, so insufferably nostalgic Cali expats can make it a twofer. Red Mango, 63 W. 14th St., nr. Sixth Ave.; 212-414-3009. Related: Red Mango to Open December 6 With a Veritable ‘Free-Fro-All’
Posted 01/24/08 in Grub Street : Openings
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Red Mango to Open December 6 With a Veritable ‘Free-Fro-All’
Official word has come that Red Mango’s first NYC location at 182 Bleecker — long a source of fascination — will open at 4 p.m. on December 6 with “FREE FROZEN YOGURT, GIFT CARDS, GIFT BAGS, MUSIC PRIZES” (emphasis theirs). Obviously they’re trying to trump Yolato which promised free fro-yo at their recent opening only to dole out sample sizes. So will Red Mango be fudging it, too? The publicist assures us “free frozen yogurt” means an honest-to-God half-cup (small-size) serving. We have this on tape (kidding). Gifts, meanwhile, will go to the first 50 people in line and will also be given to people throughout the day, especially people who can answer trivia questions like, “How many calories are in Red Mango?” That we’re not kidding about — so study up! Earlier: Cold War: Yolato Now, Red Mango in December, and MySpace Forever
Posted 11/30/07 in Grub Street : Openings
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Cold War: Yolato Now, Red Mango in December, and MySpace Forever
When we mentioned that a new Yolato store is opening today, we wondered when exactly the Red Mango would open across from Pinkberry on Bleecker Street. Now a rep tells us it probably won’t be till mid-December, with stores to follow in Chelsea (63 W. 14th St.), the theater district (723 Eighth Ave.) and Flushing (136-53 Roosevelt Ave). [Ed: Disclaimer — what follows is where we start to lose it a little bit.]
Posted 11/14/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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Cold War Continues: Bigger, Badder Yolato Opens Wednesday
On guard: On Wednesday a 50 percent larger Yolato (the first one under a partnership with Lenny’s Sandwiches) opens at 145 Park Avenue between 41st and 42nd with free fro-yo gelato for all. You might want to make note of that. And the invasion will continue! By the end of the year, freestanding stores will also come to the Empire State Building (which will serve as the flagship, opening in mid-December) and 180 Lafayette in Soho, plus there are plans for a large store in the Lenny’s at 9th Street and Sixth Avenue and nine other “express” stores in other Lenny’s locations. That's THIRTEEN Yolatos for you; hope it's enough. Meanwhile, on the Bleecker Street front, Red Mango still has not opened, giving the new Pinkberry a solid two-month head start. Ritual suicide may be in order. Related: The New Cold War: Frozen Yogurt Invades New York
Posted 11/12/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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The New Cold War: Fro-Yo Standoff in Flushing
The Frozen-Yogurt Wars have intensified in Flushing. We spotted two new stores going up a mere 85 feet from each other on Roosevelt Avenue. Does Pinkberry have the advantage, being so close to the heavily trafficked Main Street stop on the 7 train? Or will the discriminating dessert aficionado bypass the throngs (by walking about 40 steps) to Red Mango? Too soon to tell, but we fear New York’s post-apocalyptic future where the only structures standing are bank branches and frozen-yogurt stores. Oh, and the Arepa Lady. —Aileen Gallagher Earlier: Our coverage of the frozen-yogurt invasion
Posted 08/30/07 in Grub Street : User's Guide
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The New Cold War: Frozen Yogurt Invades New York
Now that Red Mango — the first big Korean fro-yo chain, and thus the progenitor of the new wave started by Pinkberry, which hails from LA — is coming to New York, it's time to take stock of the ever-growing number of frosty options. Since Pinkberry first opened its doors here last year, the dessert has descended across the city like a cold curtain. It was only in June that Rob and Robin shortlisted the new frozen-yogurt options, and since then /eks/ and, soon, Red Mango have been added. How to separate the Pinkberrys from the Yolato from the gelatos? We had to make up a chart to parse it all (full disclosure: We cheated a little by including Grom, which isn't strictly fro-yo — but it is an excellent new gelato spot). After the jump, our guide to the new yogurt culture. What’s your favorite? Email us and we'll print the results.
Posted 08/16/07 in Grub Street : User's Guide
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The Yogurt That Started It All Is on Its Way — But Where?
The frozen-yogurt battle between Pinkberry and its competitors (Yolato, Öko, /eks/, et al) is pretty much a big bore by now, but the impending arrival of the grandfather of all Korean yogurt chains, Red Mango, may stir the pot a little yet. In sheer number of living germs or “cultures” as they’re called in the yogurt business, Red Mango claims to have an almost Malthusian population advantage. “To be called yogurt, a typical refrigerated supermarket product needs to have 10 million cultures. Ours has 500,” a Red Mango representative told us. But the big mystery is where Red Mango will land. A Grub Street informant noticed a sign in Flushing announcing a new store. Given the area’s large Korean population, this makes sense. But the company has spoken only of its future Manhattan store, at 723 Eighth Avenue. Just how many Red Mangos are on the way? And why are they called Red Mango when they sell yogurt? When we find out, we’ll let you know.
Posted 08/13/07 in Grub Street : NewsFeed
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