Thursday, June 11, 2009
Restaurant openings Sweet CeCe's Brings Tart Treat to Belle Meade
Posted by Carrington Fox on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 6:31 AM
If your kids start feigning sick and needing to go the doctor, it could be a case of FroYoitis, a rare condition that arises when a cute-as-pie serve-yourself frozen yogurt store opens at the foot of a pediatrician's office. In a real estate move so cunning it's sure to replace lollipops as the universal get-well-soon treat, CeCe Moore plonked her candy-colored store in the ground floor of the building that will soon house The Children's Clinic of Nashville, in the new Publix shopping center in Belle Meade.
A California native, Moore has brought a sunny taste of FroYo to the gleaming new Hill Center, with a bank of soft-serve machines spitting out non-fat creamy flavors and tart sorbet-style treats. Fill a cup with froyo, then head to the toppings dispensers, where you pile on everything from Froot Loops to fresh blackberries. Then weigh it. At 55 cents per ounce, the average serving comes out to about $5.
On opening day yesterday, we sampled a silky smooth cookies & cream, a frosty mango and the Original Tart, whose refreshing yogurty tang blended beautifully with the sweet mango.
Sitting at the sidewalk tables on a sunny day, it felt a little bit like being on vacation. After a tetanus shot upstairs, it just might be enough to make the ouch feel better.
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Memo to casting agents: If you are looking for textbook cases of adorableness, ages 4-10, this is your place. I don't know how, but cute kids can apparently smell this place from miles away.
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Oh, man am I excited to hear this news! There was a similar place near my house in California and I have missed it greatly since moving here. Tip for newbies: get a smaller size than you think you might want, because your eyes will totally do the "bigger than your stomach" game once you hit the toppings bar.
Apparently a little dose of sugar before getting a shot makes it hurt less, so you might want to hit the froyo BEFORE the tetanus shot. Or before AND after. Just a suggestion.
Wow, what a great addition for Nashville! You know Fro Yo is not just for snacks it can be a great meal. This shop is very well thought out and has a wonderful layout and style. Well done!
This place earns my thumbs up! Hubby and I went Friday night,and they were very gracious and let us in after closing time, because they were still there! We had the original tart, mango sorbet, chocolate, and strawberry. All yummy, but the original tart is what I'll go back for. Very creamy, even while being fat free. Goes really well with the berries. If you have not been here, you need to go!
Finally made it all the way across the street to CeCe's. Two thumbs up. The original tart took me back to my freshman year in college in California eating Fro Yo and pretending to be intellectual for freshman girls.
Now there are more toppings for the yogurt and less for my head.
Woo Hoo! Its about time the froyo world made it to Nashville! Krave is ok, but not quite up to my Socal standards... and don't even mention Yogurt Oasis! Sorry, but yuck!
Can't wait to try out Cece's.
Also saw they are opening one in historic Franklin.
I wanted to open a froyo shop in Nashville over a year ago- there were none here, and it's still exploding in CA & NY.
Although Cece beat me to it, I'm just happy to have a good froyo place to go, and satisfy my addiction!
