{"id":4121,"date":"2016-11-11T18:33:27","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T02:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre-production.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/?p=4121"},"modified":"2016-11-11T18:33:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T02:33:27","slug":"yogolicious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/blog\/2016\/11\/11\/yogolicious\/","title":{"rendered":"Yogolicious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Bailey Vega<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Taft local Sara Bravo opened Yogolicious, a brand new self-serve frozen yogurt shop in town.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/yogolicious-sign-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4118 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/yogolicious-sign-1-e1478908972438-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"yogolicious-sign-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4108\" style=\"width: 301px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/employees-e1478908894301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4108\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4108\" src=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/employees-e1478908894301-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of owner Sara Bravo (right) and her sister-in-law.\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Owner Sara Bravo (right) and her sister-in-law.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Located at 428 Center Street, the store offers fifteen different flavors of yogurt and a plethora of toppings. Customers may choose from different container sizes, dispense their choices of yogurt flavors, and then proceed to the topping bar to add their favorite syrups, fruits, nuts, and\/or candies. The cost for each treat is determined by the weight in ounces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/serving-instructions.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4112\" src=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/serving-instructions-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of serving instructions sign\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4109\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/inside-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4109\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4109\" src=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/inside-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of yogurt dispensers\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yogurt Dispensers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yogolicious also circulates special limited time flavors such as pumpkin pie frozen yogurt. Additionally, they offer stamp cards that allow you to collect a stamp for every $5 spent. Once 10 stamps are earned, customers are offered a free \u201cFroyo Loco.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/toppings-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4115\" src=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/toppings-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of toppings\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/toppings-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4116\" src=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/toppings-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of toppings\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Proud to have Taft roots, Bravo has lived here for the past eleven years and is a Taft High graduate from the class of 2003.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive years ago, I first went into a self-serve frozen yogurt shop and thought, \u2018This is it!\u2019\u201d Bravo, who has always wanted to start a business, said of her inspiration to open Yogolicious. She also explained that upon realizing that \u201cTaft doesn\u2019t have something like this,\u201d frozen yogurt further seemed like an opportune venture for her to pursue. Since she was previously a corrections officer, she was also attracted to the concept of setting her own hours, which she says will allow for\u00a0more flexibility in her schedule so she can care for her three children. The shop is run solely by Bravo, her husband, her brother, and her sister-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>The business, including the name and all of the equipment and signs, was purchased in its entirety from a former owner in Los Angeles. Bravo bought the building in Taft over a year ago, and it has undergone numerous months of construction and design preparation in order to be transformed into what it looks like today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tables.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4114\" src=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tables-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of shop's interior\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/inside.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4111\" src=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/inside-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of yogurt dispensers\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis community is so warm and welcoming,\u201d Bravo said, expressing her appreciation\u00a0for the great number of customers and positive reviews Yogolicious has\u00a0already attracted\u00a0in the few weeks it has been in business.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/yogurt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4119\" src=\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/yogurt-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"yogurt\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The November\/December hours for the shop are 10:00 am to 9:00 pm, and it is open every day except for Wednesdays and Sundays. For more information and updates, visit the Yogolicious Facebook page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YogoliciousTaft\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YogoliciousTaft\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bailey Vega  Last month, Taft local Sara Bravo opened Yogolicious, a brand new self-serve frozen yogurt shop in town.     Owner Sara Bravo (right) and her sister-in-law.  &nbsp;  Located at 428 Center Street, the store offers fifteen different flavors of yogurt and a plethora of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}