Froyo Shop Plans February Opening in Former Chinese Restaurant

A small chain of self-serve frozen yogurt shops plans its first North Shore location in Beverly.

Frozurt does not plan to open its Beverly shop until February, but work could begin as soon as this month of the exterior of the building, which most recently was a Chinese food restaurant at 407 Cabot St.

“We have to do a lot of renovation to both the outside and inside,” said owner Nee Lam.

Lam said he spotted the vacant restaurant building in the Cabot Crossing plaza in the Gloucester Crossing neighborhood this summer when he was headed to the waterfront with his daughter to launch his boat.

The chain has two locations in Lowell, where it was founded, plus a location in an outlet mall in Merrimack, N.H. Lam said he will own the franchised location in Beverly. Lam said he was introduced to the business because he knows the founder, who is also from Lowell.

He plans to hire one new employee for the Beverly location.

He chose Beverly because there are no other self-serve frozen yogurt shops in the city.

The location was mostly recently Yummy Asia House and was originally built as a Kentucky Fried Chicken.