ext_5001 ([identity profile] mamajoan.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2016-09-30 09:44 am
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Orange Leaf closing for good after today

Orange Leaf posted on Facebook that today will be their last day of operation because their lease is up. (And everything is 50% off today.) This was news to me! Am I the only one surprised? (Edit: seems like this must have been sudden, because as recently as Sept 8 they posted on Facebook that they were looking to hire two new people.)

With the recent closing of iYo, this leaves quite a froyo gap in the square all of a sudden!? Has froyo had its moment and now become uncool? :(
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[identity profile] trowa-barton.livejournal.com 2016-09-30 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I believe there was a case of supersaturation as there were, at one point, four places in Davis Square to acquire Froyo. (JP Lick's IYO, Orange leaf, and Pinkberry).
Having said that, I just had frozen yogurt with my son on Wednesday. It was a great place to take your kids after their booster shots at the Davis Square Family Practice.

[identity profile] mamajoan.livejournal.com 2016-09-30 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes! Its proximity to DSFP was one of my favorite things about it. :)
And I agree about the saturation, but now we've gone from four to only one, which is kind of a bummer.

[identity profile] trowa-barton.livejournal.com 2016-09-30 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Though, I have to admit, the one that remains is still pretty good. Think of it has standard capitalism, survival of the fittest, etc.

[identity profile] mamajoan.livejournal.com 2016-09-30 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but JP Licks doesn't have the choose-your-toppings bar thing, which was always fun. Oh well.

[identity profile] nomacmac.livejournal.com 2016-09-30 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
and JP Licks is an allergen-contamination nightmare. My nut allergic son won't be eating anything frozen in Davis Sq

[identity profile] jimmyfergus.livejournal.com 2016-10-01 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Well plus a lot of the point of froyo was to get some of the pleasure of ice-cream without evil death-fat. Now it's fairly widely accepted that high-sugar, low-fat diets are near the pinnacle of unhealthy, it's not such an easy sell.

They were always doing decent business when I went in, but I only went in because it was a favored treat for the children, because it was basically an excuse to eat a tub of bad candy. My son is very upset they're gone; I'm quite happy to see the back of them. I'd rather see a decent ice-cream place without JP's eye-watering prices.

[identity profile] mamajoan.livejournal.com 2016-10-01 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not really convinced that changing attitudes toward fat had that much to do with the decline of froyo. It may have been a factor, but not a huge one, I think. There are still those who just like froyo better than ice cream - or who liked the make-your-own aspect of it. Or those of us, like me, who have actual medical reasons for needing to watch our fat intake. JP Licks has lowfat or fat-free options, which are pretty good, but not the same.
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