We finally had the chance to check out Yofé Fresh Fruit & Yogurt Cafe, freshly opened in the ground floor of one of the buildings of the West 7th mixed-use development.

One of the complaints about the Cultural District’s mixed-use developments is that their ground-floor tenants are almost all national chains or Dallas-based outfits.  There’s a lot of that, sure (we argue that the most important step is to first get the form of the buildings correct in a walkable style, and that the tenant mix shakes out over time), but it’s not all big names.

Yofé is, in fact, a Fort Worth-born-and-raised business.  Yofé aims to offer a fresh, healthy alternative to the typical ice cream, gelato, or Pinkberry knock-off by serving up real yogurt, fresh fruit, and more.  The main attraction is their live, active probiotic yogurt, available in three varieties – vanilla, fat-free vanilla, and plain.  The stars of the yogurt menu are undoubtedly the parfaits, available in three size with a wide variety of ingredients like mixed seasonal berries, blueberries, bananas, strawberries, vanilla wafers, honeydew and cantaloupe, and more.  Order up a pre-sorted style or create your own.  We tried the “banana pudding” parfait, with fat-free vanilla, bananas, and vanilla wafers, and we topped it off with granola.  The granola is in fact a Fort Worth-produced brand.  It was very flavorful and fresh-tasting, and a refreshingly unique change from the six million Pinkberry frozen yogurt knock-offs that crowd for attention these days.

If you do want frozen yogurt, they’ve got that as well.  Beyond the yogurts, there are breakfast options like cold cereal and oatmeal with fruit toppings, specialty smoothies ranging from chocolate & peanut butter to banana, orange, and pineapple, fresh soups & salads, sandwiches (though, disappointingly, none of the sandwiches are vegetarian), fruit & veggie cups, coffee, and a wide assortment of other drinks such as various teas and coconut water.

Yofé is located at 817 Currie, just around the corner from Movie Tavern in the West 7th development.  They’re open Monday through Thursday from 6:30 AM to 9:30 PM, on Fridays from 6:30 AM to 11:00 PM, on Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM, and on Sundays from 11:00 AM to 9:30 PM.