First Pinkberry to close

April 20, 2010|Andrea Chang





"It's definitely a nostalgic store for us and we appreciate the history of it, which is why we're not shutting it down completely," she said.

Pinkberry launched a Los Angeles food craze when it opened in 2005.

Hundreds of hungry customers would line up outside the small shop every day -- often illegally parking their cars in the residential neighborhood -- for a taste of the tangy frozen yogurt topped with fresh fruit and other goodies.

Dozens of copycat chains have since cropped up.


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