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I live in Midtown, so I pass the MYKA on 6th Ave all the time. And when I say there is always a line, I mean ALWAYS. Sometimes the line is so long that my husband and I literally joke about people spending 30+ minutes waiting for frozen yogurt that probably won’t even fill them up.
But of course, seeing that line every single day started getting into my head. Like… what am I missing? Is it actually that good? Or is the line itself part of the marketing?
Today I finally gave in. I had just come from the sauna at the gym, I was hot, and frozen yogurt suddenly sounded amazing. The line was long but not completely insane, so I thought: fine. Today is the day I finally decode the MYKA phenomenon.
First impression: they absolutely nailed the branding. I’ll give them that.
If you’re not very familiar with Greece, the whole menu and presentation can definitely make you feel like you’re getting this super authentic, Greek-sourced, natural experience. The tiny shop is also really well designed. Despite the size, the interior gives you that clean Greek-island-house vibe.
My husband is Greek, so I’m pretty familiar with Greek food and culture. And I’m also a huge yogurt person. Greek yogurt and kefir are basically part of my everyday diet, so maybe my expectations were higher than average.
Then I looked at the menu and honestly… nothing really jumped out at me as revolutionary. But I still thought, there must be something about the actual yogurt.
I ordered it with Greek olive oil +MIKAtaifi+toasted coconut.
Then I took the first bite.
WTF.
That was the moment I realized I had just spent around $15 and 30 minutes of my life on… yogurt.
Not bad yogurt. Not disgusting yogurt.
Just… yogurt.
And the olive oil? A few little drops on top. 😭
I kept eating it waiting for some magical moment where I would suddenly understand why people line up down 6th Ave for this, and it just never happened.
Maybe I’m completely missing something, but to me the biggest accomplishment here is the marketing. The line creates curiosity, the branding makes it feel exclusive/authentic, and eventually people like me join the line because we need to know what everyone else knows.
Apparently the answer is: nothing. 😂
And NYC has plenty of things that are absolutely worth waiting in line for. If I’m standing in line at Adel’s, for example, I understand the sacrifice because at least I’m walking away with an actual meal thats soo worth it.
But 30 minutes and ~$15 for frozen yogurt?
Please.
My $3 kefir at home gives me several servings and I genuinely enjoy it more.
Maybe MYKA fans can explain this to me because I really wanted to understand the hype. Is there a specific topping/order that completely changes the experience?
Because based on what I had today, I’m still convinced the line is more impressive than the yogurt.

I genuinely don’t understand how we got to this point.
Doctors spend 4 years in medical school, then 3–7+ years in residency/fellowship, working insane hours and managing thousands of patients under supervision before being allowed to practice independently.
Then somehow we have NPs with a fraction of that training being hired to diagnose, prescribe, manage complicated patients, and in some places practice independently.
I’m not saying NPs are useless. They absolutely have a role and I’ve worked with some great ones. But why are we pretending the training is even remotely equivalent?
If you can do a much shorter and less standardized training pathway and end up with basically the same scope of practice, then what exactly are physicians spending all these years training for?
And this isn’t about ego or wanting to be called “doctor.” It’s about patients. There are reasons residency is brutal. You see the same presentation over and over, learn what you can safely ignore, what you absolutely cannot miss, and get corrected when you’re wrong. That experience matters.
What bothers me is that hospitals seem happy to acknowledge the difference in training when it comes to salary, but suddenly the difference becomes irrelevant when they need someone to do physician-level work.
NPs and physicians can both be valuable. But they’re not interchangeable.
So why does the system keep acting like they are?

I finally watched Troy (the Brad Pitt version), and honestly, I enjoyed it far more than The Odyssey. Even though Troy is over 20 years old, it still holds up incredibly well. The action, characters, and emotional weight felt much stronger to me.
Maybe it’s an unpopular opinion, but I found The Odyssey pretty overrated. It looks great visually, but I never felt as invested in the story or the characters as I did with Troy.