Golden Spoon near Lake Murray in La Mesa pours frozen yogurt made from real California milk, continuing a formula the Southern California chain has refined since its 1983 launch in Tustin. The production process minimizes water and added sugar in favor of milk-fat richness, yielding a denser, more ice-cream-like texture than standard soft-serve — a whole-ingredient dessert approach that parallels the scratch-kitchen ethos at Farmer's Table La Mesa in La Mesa Village. This Lake Murray Boulevard location rotates through flavors like guava pear, toasted coconut, devil's food cake, and salted southern butter pecan, alongside acai bowls and milkshakes. The dairy-forward menu also stocks edible cookie dough and baked goods, extending the creamery concept beyond the self-serve bar with the same artisan-ingredient sensibility found at Bougie's Cheese Shop elsewhere in La Mesa. The self-serve dispensing wall rotates more than a dozen proprietary flavors through temperature-controlled machines calibrated to maintain consistent product density across nonfat, sugar-free, and plant-based alternatives formulated with almond-milk and cashew-milk bases.