Tag: Iowa City

Yotopia Frozen Yogurt is a local business located in the heart of downtown Iowa City, Iowa. Its owner, Veronica Tessler, started the business in the late summer months of 2011 as students were returning to the campus of the University of Iowa for the upcoming fall semester. After experiencing the growing pains of starting and building the business, Tessler gained the admiration and support of the local community to continue her passion with the store. She also blossomed a valuable relationship with Country View Dairy, a dairy farm in Hawkeye, Iowa, at this time. Country View Dairy has been in operation since 2002, supplying Tessler’s frozen yogurt product since 2013. Together as partners, the business began to flourish, even enduring the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. It was through the pandemic where Tessler’s froyo “mash-ups” (12 premixed and ready to eat flavors of frozen yogurt) originated since her buffet-style business could not operate safely in that period of public health crisis. After the pandemic, Tessler’s decision to start growing her family at home with her husband Ryan has created the newest hurdle to jump through. Tessler has still managed to carve out time for Yotopia and the duties that come with being a business owner, such as responding to emails and peeking into the shop for periods of time every week to check in with her upbeat, friendly staff. With her business still as recognizable as it was in 2011, Tessler is now targeting taking her product statewide in stores throughout Iowa.