Pinkberry: 32nd Street
URL: http://pinkberry.com/
Description: The Pinkberry Experience
by Laura Brose
©2006
Pinkberry
7 W. 32nd Street
New York, NY 10001
(212)695-9631
Visiting the Pinkberry location on 32nd street in Manhattan is an experience worth the trip for the “mod” décor if not for the fro-yo with the Japanese-style topping options, among them, cut-up kiwi fruit.
The frozen yogurt itself is a little more tart and piquant than that served up by most US frozen yogurt chains. I didn’t dare to try the dusky olive drab green tea flavored frozen yogurt, so I have to limit my assessment to the plain vanilla version. It was good, but a bit sour and biting for the tastes of those accustomed to blander stuff. Also, it didn’t seem to hold together nearly as well as most frozen yogurt encountered in Middle America (which is probably mostly artificial colors and flavors, and little, if any, actual yogurt culture material, dead or alive).
One of the toppings you can get for your serving of frozen yogurt goodness at Pinkberry is not on the toppings menu for individual servings, but is listed as a component of some of their more elaborate confections: miniature rice cakes that are lighter in flavor and less challenging to chew than the traditional hard rice paste rice cakes that are commonly available in Japan. They have a slightly sweet flavor, a light coating of rice flour, and the consistency of a gumdrop. When I visited, I found that Pinkberry’s employees would bring up a container from below the counter, and put the rice cakes on your dessert if you specifically asked for them. The charge for this “off-menu item” came out to $0.95 on the receipt.
Even if frozen yogurt isn’t your favorite treat, the ambiance at Pinkberry might be. I liked the clear plastic high-legged chairs and decorative elements in candy colors. The flooring, which consists of a multitude of tiny, charcoal gray river stones embedded in some kind of acrylic or epoxy matrix, takes a bit of getting used to, but is both an aesthetic and tolerable walking surface, and hopefully isn’t too bad for those with crutches, canes, wheelchairs, and other mobility issues. I don’t know if New York will play host to more Pinkberry shops or just the one, but that one is worth seeing.
Submitted: 09/29/06 (Edited 06/01/07)
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Description: The Pinkberry Experience
by Laura Brose
©2006
Pinkberry
7 W. 32nd Street
New York, NY 10001
(212)695-9631
Visiting the Pinkberry location on 32nd street in Manhattan is an experience worth the trip for the “mod” décor if not for the fro-yo with the Japanese-style topping options, among them, cut-up kiwi fruit.
The frozen yogurt itself is a little more tart and piquant than that served up by most US frozen yogurt chains. I didn’t dare to try the dusky olive drab green tea flavored frozen yogurt, so I have to limit my assessment to the plain vanilla version. It was good, but a bit sour and biting for the tastes of those accustomed to blander stuff. Also, it didn’t seem to hold together nearly as well as most frozen yogurt encountered in Middle America (which is probably mostly artificial colors and flavors, and little, if any, actual yogurt culture material, dead or alive).
One of the toppings you can get for your serving of frozen yogurt goodness at Pinkberry is not on the toppings menu for individual servings, but is listed as a component of some of their more elaborate confections: miniature rice cakes that are lighter in flavor and less challenging to chew than the traditional hard rice paste rice cakes that are commonly available in Japan. They have a slightly sweet flavor, a light coating of rice flour, and the consistency of a gumdrop. When I visited, I found that Pinkberry’s employees would bring up a container from below the counter, and put the rice cakes on your dessert if you specifically asked for them. The charge for this “off-menu item” came out to $0.95 on the receipt.
Even if frozen yogurt isn’t your favorite treat, the ambiance at Pinkberry might be. I liked the clear plastic high-legged chairs and decorative elements in candy colors. The flooring, which consists of a multitude of tiny, charcoal gray river stones embedded in some kind of acrylic or epoxy matrix, takes a bit of getting used to, but is both an aesthetic and tolerable walking surface, and hopefully isn’t too bad for those with crutches, canes, wheelchairs, and other mobility issues. I don’t know if New York will play host to more Pinkberry shops or just the one, but that one is worth seeing.
Submitted: 09/29/06 (Edited 06/01/07)
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