"You don't need a silver fork to eat good food."--Paul Prudhomme
OM NOM NOM! Those are just a few words that come to mind when someone mentions Loreta’s frozen yogurt in my presence. I consider myself an ice cream aficionado and Loreta’s is grade A 100% delicious.
A quick trip to their website took me down their memory lane and made me like them even more for reasons I’ll get to in a minute and in a few paragraphs as I randomly remember them. That’s just how my brain works. Okay back to the story. Loreta’s was named after the owner’s mother who had no idea her daughter was even opening a store much less naming it in her honor. The daughter had always loved mom and pop locally owned businesses and decided to open her own. She values her high quality food products and great service which are absolutely great descriptors of this unique and fun loving frozen yogurt establishment. They even visit stores every where they go in order to get new ideas they can incorporate to their business. I love it when overachievers go in to great businesses!
Toppings abound in Loreta’s. If you can think of it, it is most likely there. There are lots of ice cream flavors that change frequently as well so it never, ever, ever gets boring. They even make their own cookies and stick a giant scoop of fro-yo in the middle and sell them as deliciously decadent sandwiches. They also have really unique trashcans you can fill with ice cream! They usually end up looking like tiny monsters and it’s really cute. 
Guess what they also have? Doggy ice cream, outside seating for dogs and their owners, and Halloween dog/owner costume contests. They even have the “Dog Days of Summer” where if your dog brings its human they (the dog) gets free ice cream. Clearly our dog has his priorities in order and brought us frequently. It didn’t take much persuasion on his part.
This was the first year we participated in the Halloween Costume Contest. Guess what? We won most creative. BOOYAH! We dressed up as a family and I was beyond excited. I spent over 8 hours making the entire costume from scratch. My dog went as the house from Disney’s “Up!”; I was Russel (the little boy) and my boyfriend went as Carl (the old man). I made Atlas’s costume from lots of cardboard and tape. I hand painted everything and got balloons for it! It turned out way better than I thought it would. I made the Russel costume as well and did old age makeup on my boyfriend. In short, we went all out.
One thing I LOVE is that Loreta’s gives back to the local animal shelter in the area. Every event they have, including the Halloween costume contest, they bring out the adoptable dogs for the festivities so they can get more social time as well as parade their cuteness around for more potential adopters! It really shows how much they care by the effort they put in to giving back to animal shelters. At the costume contest, they adoptable dogs were dressed up as well. We got to parade around the pavilion and show off the costumes as they called off our names. Some of my favorites were Wiggle Weight Champion with trainers, doggy avengers, bride to be chocolate lab, and a super cute piñata.
All in all we had an insane amount of fun and LOVED winning our first ever Halloween Costume Contest. Loreta’s does a really cool thing that I’ve never seen before. They have an iPad that is connected to their website that shows a live stream of everyone enjoying the festivities and ice cream!
"The only thing I like better than talking about food is eating."--John Walters
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