Monday, July 03, 2006

Kiwiberri Coming Soon


Hmm. Does this place remind you of something?

Back when I first posted about Pinkberry, a reader commented on a new yogurt shop opening soon - Kiwiberri. Then that commenter left another comment, and another. And another. It got a little weird. One day, all the comments disappeared, removed by the author and by the blog administrator. And I was left wondering, is Kiwiberri some type of mafia storefront? A side shop set up by a disgruntled Pinkberry defector?

No matter how you slice it, the similarities are striking, the timing, interesting. The signs don't say when Kiwiberri is opening, but they do offer a few pictures. Here's a look at the yogurt (compare to Pinkberry):


As well as the menu:


And their future store plans:


I don't know when exactly they're opening, but you can be assured that I'll do a side-by-side taste test when they do: Pinkberry vs. Kiwiberri, a fight to the death!

Kiwiberri (opening soon)
3rd St at La Cienega, next door to Sushi Mon
Los Angeles, CA

15 comments:

KT said...

It's a death match!

This same thing happened a long time ago when I was growing up. There was a store called "Blazing Blenders" that served smoothies made with fruit and various additions of protein powders, etc. and they also sold things like wheat grass.

Two MBA students took all of their smoothies and gave them different names, and the wheat grass juice idea and the added protein powders idea and opened up a place called Juice Club. Pretty soon, there were Juice Clubs all over California, and then they changed their name to Jamba Juice and now seem set to take over the world.

Blazing Blenders finally threw in the towel last year. I was proud of them for sticking around for so long even though every day they had to think about how someone else made a fortune off of their idea.

e d b m said...

Hi Colleen, I'd give this place a shot. Pinkberry is pretty good.

Hey we have to meet up sometime and eat (and drink with Brian haha). Hope you had a nice long weekend of doing nothing but eating.

Oishii Eats said...

Yuuuuuum! I have been craving Pinkberry almost every night girl. I can't wait til something pops up more on the eastside. When we gonna hang out???

Danielle's Daughter said...

"Blazing Blenders" begat "Juice Club" begat "Jamba Juice" begat "Robeks".

DAMN!

Its like The BIBLE. Lmao!


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i won't lie, i'ma try Kiwiberri too. Gotta do the taste test, y'know? :P The new Pinkberry near Melrose and LaBrea is gonna be great though. Hopefully the parking won't be as atrocious as the hollywood location.

Brian Gage Los Angeles said...

I'm there for the PB/KB grudge match...

Two yogurts enter. One yogurt leaves.

KT said...

I'm just going to chime in again and say that sadly, the parking will be atrocious. There is a small parking lot outside that is almost always full and if not, is a fright to navigate.

Luckily, I can walk there!

Colleen Cuisine said...

oooohhhh! the controversy! the challenge! the INTRIGUE!
this is gonna be good...

collleen cuisine said...

!!!!!!!!!!!!NEWS FLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I heard that Pinkberry bribed the franchisee's of the kiwiberri @ 3rd & La Cienega into purposly running the business into the ground then sell the business to Pinkberry for a large amount.. I didnt beleive it so I went by today and it looked a mess and get this the owner even told me quote " Were closed go to Pinkberry down the street it's better" I was shocked , could the rumors be true , I came to enjoy a kiwiberri yogurt because I like the distinct tangy and clean flavor of it , why would the owner of the establishment pursuade me to go to their competitor, this is confusing and if Pinkberry does business in this manner I for one woould never step inside their store.

Colleen Cuisine said...

I know none of my readers are this stupid, but I just want to point out that the person posting as collleen cuisine with three l's is not me. Yes, I have the ability to delete these posts, but I choose not to because they amuse me.

Tony said...

Anyone reading this blog knows how to contact Kiwiberri about franchising? I tried their website, but it is just an image of what their website is most likely going to look like when they get around to setting up a live site. Thanks in advance.

And I envy you SoCal peeps, I tried Pinkberry for the first time a few days ago and wished I knew about Kiwiberri sooner, so I too can do the taste test.

jojo said...

While shopping in Beverly Hills my girlfriends and I stopped by the kiwiberri in Beverly Hills and we saw Jessica Alba along with her entourage there, We were a few customers behind her in line, so we were able to spy on her order, she asked for the Original with Mochi,strawberry and banannas, I decided to copy her and try the same combo, All I have to say is the girl has good taste,

Cocopoco said...

Dear Colleen,
I am from New York and I finally had a chance to try what Pinkberry was all about. I have to say that Pinkberry is also a copycat of a korean yogurt place called 'Redmango'. My impression of pinkberry was soooo similar to Redmango that I thought pinkberry was an american version of Redmango. I mean, the founder of pinkberry must have known about Redmango because she is also a Korean and Redmango opend three years prior to her firt pinkberry. I sort of understand why she might want to copy Redmango, but claiming that she had invented it? Come-on! The whole Korean community knows pinkberry is too similar to Redmango for it too be an original!

Unknown said...

Blazing blenders closed for a short while they're now located in Avila Beach. Thank god no throwing in the towel they have the best smoothies in the world (at least any part of it where I've been)

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