Menchie's Attracts Sweet Tooths of All Ages

If you walk into Highland Park's new frozen yogurt place more than once a day, you're bound to see a different crowd of people each time.

After reading the city's newest sweet spot, I decided I needed to check the place out myself. In addition to getting samples of Chocolate Banana frozen yogurt, I got the rundown on when you'll see who at Highland Park's newest hangout, according to Menchie's employee and Highland Park resident Christina Gilbert.

"In the afternoons you get the moms coming in with their girlfriends," Gilbert said. "Anywhere between 2:30 p.m. until four you get bumrushed by the younger kids."

The place fills up, Gilbert explained, and the neatly organized toppings take a beating.

"There are so many of them!" Gilbert said. "That's when it gets trashed in here."

After 5 p.m., people stop by on their way home from work. Families show up after dinner, and then after 9 p.m. it's just adults.

That's when things get really messy.

"The little kids after school are bad," Gilbert said, "But the adults that come at night are terrible! There's frozen yogurt everywhere, toppings everywhere."

Corrie Pollak, a Highland Park mother, was in Menchie's with her two three-year-olds when I stopped in on Monday. It was not their first time there.

"We've been coming multiple times a week since it opened," Pollak said. "Both my kids love it."

At this point, repeat customers are no surprise to owner Kim Hardy. Though she was nervous opening a frozen yogurt store in the middle of winter, she's been pleased with the response.

"People seem to like to hang out here," she said. "We've been busy."

Winter hours at Menchie's are noon till 10 p.m. on weeknights and 11 p.m. on weekends.

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