Yogurt Pier

Oh Yogurt Pier. You advertise you have hot soup and yet you don’t have it? That made me a bit sad. I went ahead and got yogurt with fruit. The Irish mint yogurt was pretty refreshing in terms of flavor and the fruit wasn’t half-​bad.
There’s a stellar lack of seating, though it didn’t really matter since it was winter-​time. The price was… okay. $ 5+ for my cup. To be honest, I’d rather just go to a Red Mango. Sorry Yogurt Pier.

I don’t know, I liked Yogurt Pier’s tart yogurt. And I liked the self-​serve too! I loaded my cup up with the yogurt and then proceeded to load strawberries, raspberries pineapples, kiwis, and blackberries on top of it. I thought the price was a bit steep though, but hey, it inspired me to buy my own Fro-​Yo machine on Amazon!

Hot mess. Or, should I say, cold mess? I don’t know whether I came here during a casting call for Contagion, but almost every patron was sneezing, snotting and giving me a case of the heebie jeebies.
To my credit, I came here on a frozen yogurt high. After discovering the awesomeness of Berry Moon and Forever Yogurt, I couldn’t wait to try a new frozen treat. It seems I should have waited. YP may have ‘yogurt’ in the title, but there was no yogurt to be found at the store. Scratch that. Let me be fair. They were out of three flavors. In the middle of the afternoon. With (at least when I arrived) one person (customer) in the store. As I have repeated ad nauseum, I used to work in a frozen yogurt store when I was a teen. When we ran out of a flavor, much less 3, in the middle of the day — guess what? We refilled the d@mn machine! Ugh. Seriously, YP? Why was there one guy behind the register, side-​eying pieces as they walked down the street and the other guy decided to hang out behind the wall and out of sight?
Adding to the triflingness, the music was really loud and rather obnoxious. Again, I get it. When no one’s in the store, crank it. Pop it. Drop it like it’s hot. Do you. But, when you have customers, think of them and turn it down. The store may be nearby Hydrate, but this is not a [let me be nice]. This is a frozen store at 3:45 in the afternoon (yes, I saved my receipt). Where was I? Plague. No product. Triflingness. Oh yeah. Of the flavors that remained in stock, the consistency was all over the place. Some ran like water. The others broke off in small, constipated pieces. Even trying the product was a gag-​worthy experience. There’s very little seating in the store and there’s no real atmosphere for lounging about and enjoying a frozen treat. I’m sorry to say that there just aren’t a lot of pluses about YP… especially with Forever Yogurt so close by. Skip it.

I got dragged into the froyo craze… and still find that Forever Yogurt sets the bar.
Came here because we were passing it and had 5 minutes before they closed. So maybe that’s why the froyo was runny, had muted taste and was limited in choices.
I probably won’t try it again, but that’s only because I know that Forever Yogurt is always consistently good.

Wah! I waned to likeey you berry much!
Plus for a wide variety of flavors (I likey!)
Plus for cool décor (cayoooote!)
Plus for the nice lady at the counter (shes was nicey)
Plus for cheap prices (heeeya!)
minus for not tasting so great (-.-)
minus for the combination the girl told me to get, which pardon my japanese tasted like horse $h#t (#gag)
that is all (-.-)

Cool like a yeti, but way more flavorful– Yogurt Pier is awesome. They have unique bites and the staff, oddly complimentary to the frozen yogurt, is warm and friendly. At 45 cent per ounce, you think you’re getting a great deal but that weight can really pile up.
A fully loaded cup can be about $ 6.00. Still, they didn’t lie, it was just my greedy ass being gluttonous.

I made a recent stop at Yogurt Pier, along with a friend after we had dinner in the area, and ABSOLUTELY fell in love with this place!!! From the welcoming dream-​world-​like exterior, to the colorful interior… the décor definitely measures up to the products– Frozen Yogurt and Ice Cream!!!
There’s a wide variety of selections, both in flavors and other candies to add (gummy bears, marshmallows, cinnamon toast crunch, etc.) at your liesure. The place was bustling with customers, all smiling and chatting about their experiences; made for a great impression!
I am now following them via Twitter (@Jermaine_Hudson) and promote their busines whenever possible… normally when I have a sweet tooth!!! But, in all seriousness, I totally recommend anyone with an imagination and a love for the delicate things of life to stop in and make yourself a special treat! They are definitely a find and an absolute Lakeview GEM!

If I had been in prison for maybe 12 – 15 years, and had been eating prison cafeteria frozen yogurt during that time, I probably would have thought Yogurt Pier was pretty good. But unfortunately really watery, bland frozen yogurt doesn’t do it for me. I tried every single one of the flavors, which would have been a real plus for the place if any of them didn’t taste like Vitamin Water flavors.
Who knows? Maybe the machines were all kind of broken that day. Maybe the heat was making the place not work that well. Or maybe this is just a shitty frozen yogurt place that seems to get great Unilocal reviews just because there are a lot of people out there who like shitty frozen yogurt. I guess that’s what’s trendy nowadays.
To their credit, of all the toppings, the nasty frozen-​fruit and Fruity Pebbles knock-​off brand topping, the cookie dough was pretty good. Then again it’s pretty tough to find bad cookie dough. You’d probably have to head to the Tsing Tsing prison cafeteria. Although I heard their frozen yogurt is better than Yogurt Pier.

All of these yogurt places are basically the same, but I love this one the most. I’m biased because Yogurt Pier is only a few blocks from home, but I promise that’s not the only reason I give 5 stars. Flavors, flavors & more flavors. Pistachio is my favorite, followed by Angel Food Cake, followed by a tie between Cookies & Cream and the Red Velvet. (Solution to all these favorites? Fill up the cup with a little bit of everything!)
The toppings bar here always seems more clean than other serve-​yourself yogurt joints and there’s typically no wait.
I’ve given up my Southport Dairy Queen trips for the slightly healthier alternative at Yogurt Pier. (I just wish YP had cones like DQ, then I’d be golden!)

Serve yourself TUBs of frozen Yogurt with a serve yourself toppings buffet, YUP!!!
put on your fat pants and waddle on over tubby, but save me some mochi because I like to get my snack on too. SOooooo good.

The self-​service part of this frozen yogurt joint pushed me over from fourstars to five… I love that when I want a treat without feeling (too) guilty I can take a little pull of yogurt, some light toppings, and have my sugar fix.
I generally make a bee-​line for the Dutch Chocolate (yum) but realized that the calorie count wasn’t as forgiving (all calories, fat etc are listed above the yogurts) so I tried the pistachio. It’s a little on the sweet side, but overall tasty. Another perk is the super-​friendly staff is happy to let you try samples. As a known indecisive, this was such a welcome bonus. They even let us try a sample of one of the less familiar toppings (a japanese rice milk gummy).
Overall I was impressed by the décor, the variety and the service. I’m not sure how it compares to other yogurt stands price wise, but for a plenty filling treat my total came to $ 2.33. Not bad!

DIY tasty yogurt makes this the perfect stop when you are craving sweets and don’t want to talk to anyone.
I wish they used this concept at Starbucks in the morning… «I SAID GRANDE!»

Had the cake batter which was thick and yummy. Happy to see they had mochi bits which I paired with crushed butterfinger for a frosty filling treat.
Three stars for the fro yo, two stars for the uncomfortable cartoon-​like stools. Maybe they don’t want you to linger. Guess my next round will be to go.

Yogurt pier is a self serve pay by the ounce place. You start out with a giant tub and visit different flavored self serve machines lined up on the wall and fill up as much as you want. I was actually planning on getting just a little bit but the machines shoot out super fast. Might have accidentally had about 8 servings. Whoops
Banana, tart, and strawberry were my choices. They were all fine. Not great. Since it’s frozen yogurt from a machine, the presentation isn’t the greatest. Looks like different colored coiled up snakes laying on the bottom of your tub. My fro yo tasting companion offered up a bathroom themed image to describe it. but either way it not a beautiful looking dessert.
Btw, no idea why yogurt pier is a «pier». There’s nothing related to the water there. Maybe the yogurt machines and supposed to be like different boats docked at a pier and you are like fishing for yogurt. I dunno. Seems weird
Yogurt pier used to be a cold stone creamery a year or two ago. Low-​cal is the trend now. I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess that it’ll be something else in two years.

I scream, you scream, we all scream, for.. . LIMA BEANS!
*record scratch*
I mean ICE CREAM (or it’s more refined siblings Frozen Yogurt or Gelato).
If you search ice cream, fro-​yo, or gelato businesses on Unilocal you’ll see they all have four or five stars review rating averages. After all who doesn’t love a cold, sweet, refreshing dessert that makes you feel like a kid again? I guess the Mayor of Crazy Town, a resident of Dum Dum City, or a lima bean afficianado.
So after a sensible dinner of giant hamburgers we decided to go to Yogurt Pier since we don’t have crazy syndrome or a case of the duh brains.
The moniker «Yogurt Pier“s theme begins and ends with a huge decal of a palm tree on the south wall of the establishment while the décor is solidly Jetsons chic. I don’t know why virtually all fro-​yo shops now have futuristic décor. Clearly, a marketing research group published a report naming fro-​yo as «The food of the future» and all shops took that a little too much too heart. They must have sent out a subsequent report that in the future it should all be self serve since most new frozen yogurt shops are going that route.
The self serve concept is shrewd as it allows people portion control and the opportunity to be as imaginative as they want with flavors and toppings. Additionally, it eliminates service error and culpabilty and cuts staffing costs.
There’s several interesting flavors of the soft serve fro-​yo and about infinity toppings. I made a red velvet, original tart, and cookies and cream. My companion created a original tart, berry flavor, and banana flavor with ground coconut toppings. The shining stars were the tart and the banana with coconut. I think the original tart or vanilla would be delicious with some fresh fruit toppings.
The prices were a scounch high but it’s ok for an occasional treat, especially when you want to indulge your kiddish side. They’re open pretty late too.
What’s that tummy rumbling I hear?
I want some more Yogurt Pier!

Good self-​serve froyo place with a wide variety of toppings.
Yogurt is tasty with about 10 flavors available and 40 – 50 toppings.
Décor is clean. Lots of window seats to watch the action (and the people) go by on Halsted

I’m not sure what is going on in East Lakeview. First we just had Yogen Fruz, now there are two more froyo places on Belmont and this one. If we start opening pickle joints, then I know there is a pregnant hipster running amuck!
All kidding aside, this place is great. The yogurt flavors they have are delicious. If you don’t like frozen yogurt normally I would wager you’d probably like at least one of the 10 or so flavors always available.
It’s self serve so if you feel like a half a pound of cookie dough? Pile it on. Maybe it’s a lighter fare? Try the unending options of fresh fruit. The décor is cute and the other sundries are just well thought out. I don’t know many places that offer Italian sparkling water to help wash down your little frozen treat.
You know it’s good if Miss Foozie put her picture up here.

My boyfriend and I were so excited when we saw they were putting in a new, fun-​looking fro-​yo place near us, we wandered in before they even opened (Woops!)
When we went the second time, we were delighted to finally try the froyo. I am a huge fan of peanut butter yogurt, and theirs is rather yummy. The chocolate I feel is a hit or miss — perhaps a bit too ‘dark chocolate’ for my liking. The cookies and cream has a nice taste to it. The main complaint I have for this place — they need to keep the frozen yogurts at a much colder temp. Many times you pull the handle only to have a very mushy yogurt pour, not curl, into your cup.
I am sure this will be corrected soon.
The toppings are also fun — they have almost everything you could want. Fruit, gummies, tons of types of chocolate (yum!)
We have already been twice, and I am sure we will hit this place up more and more as the weather warms up. Yay for fun, self-​serve froyo:)

I am a yogurt lover, what else can I really say… I have consumed this wonderful dairy delight all over creation and evolution…
Yogurt Pier is based on a concept that seemingly existed everywhere but Chicago… Thank god the Yogurt Pier-​ians decided to import this wonderful approach to our little town! Not only did they bring it here, they brought it in a better way then I have ever had it before!
More flavors! More toppings! and even though they have not started yet, even on cupcakes and in smoothies, I mean seriously, this is a Yogur-​crazy-​strava-​insane-​taculous place! I tried every flavor they had, oh yes! This is some of the creamiest most honest flavored yogurt I have ever socialized with!
I will be going back again and again!
I have found my new favorite yogurt spot, they said that this is just the first of many they hope! I say open one up by me! The Historic Bryn Mawr district is calling for a Yogurt Pier please!

Self-​serve yogurt has become one of my favorite guilty pleasures in the past year. I have many yogurt franchises to thank for this… or not thank, depending how you see it.
While walking in the miraculous 80 degree weather we had on a Sunday in early April, I found myself spotting Yogurt Pier across the street, and knew I had to have it. Being a fan of Berry Moon, just a mile and a half down the street in LP, I quickly realized this place is a no-​so-​distant cousin.
Pistachio, Peanut Butter, Red Velvet, Irish Mint, Regular, French vanilla, Chocolate, and Cake Batter were among the variety. Their COOKIES and CREAM, which I had never seen before looked amazing. BUT, it was a hot day and for some reason, this flavor was super runny. Of course… damn.
Anyways, the rest of the consistency of the yogurts was great. The toppings were plentiful and fresh, just how I like them. They pistachio ice cream was my favorite and I added a little chocolate pieces on top, just cuz I couldn’t resist.
We told the cashier at the time about the runny C&C and he made his way over to fix it, or atleast see what all the hub-​bub was about.
They weigh by the ounce, you can’t miss it. Just load up on the yogurt and minimally on the toppings. They display the contents and calories of each flavor, just like Berry Moon.