Who has the best Froyo in all the land?

After a week or so of Pinkberry being open, we decided to give it a shot.  I will have to say, we were pretty excited from hearing all the buzz about Pinkberry (click the link at your own risk, loud music to ensue!).  Being so green in the "froyo" department, we were eager to try a different spot than our local Yoforia. 

We drove (we probably could have walked, but we had just ran the half-marathon) to the tired shopping center on Peachtree and Roxboro that's anchored by a Border's (aren't they out of business yet?) and a Joseph A. Bank.  Not a great location, to say the least, but it is in the high traffic area just north of Lenox mall, so I guess it could possibly work.  Anyway, we came in and were greeted by some very eager, young yougurtistas who were very helpful in explaining how their process worked: you choose your size and your flavor, then you pick your toppings from the bar (some were included in the price, some were extra, above) and it was all prepared by your energetic yogurt bartender.

Malory chose the chocolate and I went with the Lychee (which sounded like some disease from Thailand, but in fact, was refreshing).  The yogurt was ok, but a little pricey - for a small and a medium size we paid a little over $11, which is much more that we ever spend at Yoforia.

Overall, pink or no pink, you can color us unimpressed.  We just really like the idea of dishing out our own yogurt and choosing our own toppings (and amount of them).  At Yoforia, you can mix and match any amount of yogurt and then go all crazy with your toppings as well.  I felt like I had to be safe with my toppings as my yogurtista stared at the concotion I was dictating to her.  I didn't want her to judge my would be addition of Cap'n Crunch to an already dangerous blend of white and dark chocolate chips, carmel sauce and raspberries (you gotta keep it healthy somehow!).  Plus, she was so conservative with the scoops.  Doesn't she know that I really could care less about the yogurt and I'm really trying to make a coma-inducing sugar trailmix?  These kind of blends are stictly prohibited at Pinkberry, and I'd rather let my inner 10 year old choose my yogurt treat than my responsible (somewhat) mid-20s self, who ended up going with "yogurt chips", granola, and raspberries (I hate myself for those choices, believe me).

Either way, go try it and see what you think for yourself.  Essentially, the toppings and yogurt are the same as Yoforia with tweaks in the process and a hike in price.  We still have a couple more places to try to decide our official "fave".  More spots to come...