Dear Omahaians... The Froyo Revolution is starting so it would be wise to prepare!
I have seen the frozen carnage in other cities in California and it could be worse than the Asian Beetle infestation of 2004... Imagine a world, where froyo shops are at every corner, every Wal-Mart, every Red Box machine... Ok all this food talk is making me hungry so let me get to the point.
Orange Leaf is yet another froyo place to be opened in Omaha and praise jebus it's right next to wear I work on 72nd and Pacific!! I think that brings the grand total of froyo places to seven and if Omaha follows the trends of bigger cities, I imagine that number will grow exponentially to the point where they will tear down parking lots to make room for these self-serve sweetness in a cup establishments.
OL (let's start a trend here) has a whopping 16 flavors beating all other places in Omaha... but the real question is: Quantity? or Quality? Wtih Wal-mart nearby and a growing froyo population, I can safely say that quality is important! I really want to give this place 3.5 stars because although it had a lot of flavors, the topping selection was large, but nothing out of the ordinary. Five star fro-yo places need unusual toppings like sweet red mung bean, crisco lard, bambi's mom or pickled herring. This place has your standard selection of chopped fruits, weird balls with fruit juice, mochi, nuts, cookies and chopped candy bars. I DO, however, like the taste of the froyo here better than Red Mango. RM has a slightly sour taste for their sweet flavors like choco choco chocolate, but OL taste like the actual flavor. I'm sure that comes at a price of more calories and fat, but we live in America folks, so eat up fatties!
One thing I do appreciate here is their OunceBack card - I know Red Mango has a card too, but I feel like it takes approximately half my life to get points. This place gives you $1 on your card for every $10 you spend... not bad! Even my clearance-only shopoholic hoarder mom would buy into that deal!!
And of course I'm sure you're wondering what flavors I had? You'll have to refer to my Red Mango review for a froyo tutorial, but I totally sported chocolate mint/peanut butter/snickerdoodle combo topped with mochi (a MUST!) reeses PB cups, butterfinger, walnuts and cinnamon toast crunch. BOOM!! read more