Overall rating: 5/5
It is a truth universally acknowledged: a stressed out collegiette™ blessed with good weather needs frozen yogurt. Sure, Fraîche is the easy way out on this one, but why settle for decent-and-super-convenient, when you could head less than a mile into town to find fantastic-and-still-pretty-damn-convenient? One hot day a few quarters ago, I had a meeting in town, and when I got out of it the weather was perfect. All I wanted to do was wander around beautiful Palo Alto for a little while, but when I passed L’Amour, already a favorite of mine, and saw that they had pumpkin spice fro-yo, I had to make a stop. Had to. You know how it is.
Food – 5/5
What sets this place apart from typically adored frozen yogurt joints like Fraîche and Pinkberry, where one is limited to three or four flavors, is the sheer variety of (mostly non- or low-fat) yogurts and toppings available. These combos are some of my past favorites:
· Mint frozen yogurt with brownie pieces and white chocolate chips
· Peanut butter frozen yogurt with banana slices and honey (it’s like those sandwiches I adored as a kid, but in chic, frozen form)
· Pumpkin spice frozen yogurt with graham cracker crumbs, sliced almonds, and vanilla yogurt chips (same idea as the P.B. & banana, where I’m trying to recreate solid desserts with fro-yo)
Service – 5/5
I mean, it’s self-serve, so I guess this one is fairly self-fulfilling, depending on how happy you are with your decisions as a froyo designer.
Price – 5/5
It’s not super cheap, but it is sold by weight (47 cents/oz last time I checked), which means you can have as much or as little as you want/can afford to eat. I had a totally delicious, high-quality, satisfying dessert yesterday for about $2.50.
Location and Setting – 5/5
Such a fan of University Avenue, especially on warm nights! L’Amour is only three-ish blocks down the street from El Camino, so it’s a nice walk to get there but not inordinately far. It’s also very close to Borders, a few drug stores, the Stanford Theater, etc.
Good for… Girl Talk or First Date
I don’t even want to count how many times I’ve sat at their adorable little tables out front to people-watch and girl-talk with: my best friend from high school, my mom, my sorority sisters, my… self… Either way, this place is simultaneously decadent and low-key, at prices that vary on your terms and plenty of places to sit (or, if you’d rather keep walking, total portability).
And so concludes my first season at Her Campus. Thanks to Taylor Nguyen and Lauren Wilson for their fantastic editing and organizations, thanks to whatever wonderful readers I may or may not have and have an awesome summer vacation! Can’t wait to get back to culinary adventures and Her Campus next quarter, but until then, keep nomming.
Fro-Yo Love,
Elizabeth
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Stanford chapter.