What was once a mighty tsunami of frozen yogurt stands has receded, and a lot of those entrants who hoped to the enjoy the surge of success the likes of what Yogurtland and Pinkberry enjoyed, have been pulled back to the depths from whence it came. The latest is Red Mango in Irvine, which closed up shop last week.
It joins the others that have already left us last year, including Ce Fiore in Diamond Jamboree and Bliss in Orange. Surely more will follow. If you've seen any shutter in your neighborhood, chime in and pay your last respects here.
Before becoming an award-winning restaurant critic for OC Weekly in 2007, Edwin Goei went by the alias “elmomonster” on his blog Monster Munching, in which he once wrote a whole review in haiku.