The storefront at 1355 Old Northern Boulevard in Roslyn Village went dark earlier this year when Yolo Yogurt and Desserts, the froyo and crepe shop that had held the corner for more than a decade, closed its doors. It did not stay dark long. Ilios Froyo has finished its soft opening and is now officially open in the same spot, and the thing it is serving is not quite the froyo the village lost.

What Ilios is pouring

Ilios, spelled the Greek way as ήλιος on the sign and in the shop's branding, is the Greek word for sun, and the menu is built the Greek way too: traditional frozen yogurt made from organic Greek yogurt rather than the powder-mix soft serve most froyo chains run on. The difference shows up in the tang. Real strained yogurt carries an acidity and a density that the sweeter mall-counter version smooths away, and pairing it with fruit, honey and pastry toppings is how yogurt is actually eaten in Greece.

The early crowd has already found its order. The combination doing numbers in local food videos is the frozen yogurt under pistachio kataifi, the shredded phyllo pastry that shows up on Greek dessert tables, and the shop's take on it has been racking up tens of thousands of views on TikTok since the soft opening began in August.

A corner Roslyn already had feelings about

This is not a neutral storefront. Yolo Yogurt and Desserts spent over a decade at 1355 Old Northern Boulevard serving frozen yogurt, gelato, crepes and acai bowls to the after-dinner crowd walking the village, and its closing this year left Roslyn Village without the dessert stop that anchored the evening stroll. A corner like that either sits empty and drags the block down, or it gets picked up fast. This one got picked up fast, by a shop selling a better version of the same thing the corner was already known for.

The building itself is worth a look while you wait for your cup. The Roslyn Landmark Society identifies 1355 Old Northern Boulevard as the Frederick C. Hicks Store, built around the turn of the last century, roughly 1895 to 1905. Roslyn Village has one of the best-preserved historic main streets on Long Island, and this is what keeping a district like that alive actually looks like: a 120-year-old shopfront moving from one dessert counter to the next without ever becoming a bank branch.

The village found it before the press did

Ilios built an audience before it officially opened anything. The shop's Instagram passed 3,400 followers during the soft opening, and the account announced that the trial run had ended and the official opening was on, thanking the neighborhood for the reception. Food creators from across Long Island have been making the drive, and the reviews have a consistent shape: the yogurt is the point, not the topping bar.

Before you go

The hours are the one thing to know in advance. Ilios runs evenings only for now, 5 to 9:30 p.m., and it is closed on Mondays. That makes it an after-dinner stop rather than an afternoon one, which suits the corner: Old Northern Boulevard is at its best after sunset anyway, when the village clock tower is lit and parking finally exists. Go on a weeknight, get the kataifi, and see whether the Greek version ruins the regular kind for you. The early consensus in the comment sections says it does.