The Big Chill

• Banana's Ultimate Juice Bar

  1000 South Ave.

  Staten Island, NY 10314

  (718) 494-8888

  http://www.restsys.com

  Cost: $87.7K-192.5K

  Number of Units: 76

• Frozen Fusion

  8900 E. Chaparral, #1000

  Scottsdale, AZ 85250

  (480) 367-5579

  http://www.frozenfusion.com

  Cost: $140.5K-258K

  Number of Units: 22

• Jabooka Jooce

  2371 E. Lindsay Wood Ln.

  Sandy, UT 84092

  (801) 453-0361

  Cost: $80.4K-192.7K

  Number of Units: 2

• Jazzie Smoothie

  14 Rue Royale

  Metairie, LA 70002

  (504) 780-8429

  http://www.jazziesmoothie.com

  Cost: to $1K

  Number of Units: 24

• Juice CaBana

  222 N. Sepulveda Blvd., #2000

  El Segundo, CA 90245

  (310) 364-5220

  http://www.juicecabana.com

  Cost: $97.4K-151K

  Number of Units: 3

• Juice It Up!

  1 Corporate Pk., #150

  Irvine, CA 92606

  (949) 475-0146

  http://www.juiceitup.com

  Cost: $150K-225K

  Number of Units: 31

• Juice Kitchen Inc.

  1050 17th St., #B-195

  Denver, CO 80265

  (303) 573-7060

  http://www.juicekitchen.com

  Cost: $138.6K-216K

  Number of Units: 33

• Maui Wowi Smoothies

  39 Viking Dr.

  Englewood, CO 80110

  (888) 862-8555

  http://www.mauiwowi.com

  Cost: $24.4K-54.6K

  Number of Units: 39

• Planet Smoothie

  3060 Peachtree Rd., #340

  Atlanta, GA 30305

  (404) 239-0009

  Cost: $82K-136K

  Number of Units: 92

• Smoothie King

  2400 Veterans Blvd., #110

  Kenner, LA 70062

  (800) 577-4200/(504) 467-4006

  http://www.smoothieking.com

  Cost: $150K-207K

  Number of Units: 203

  Contact Sources

• Juice Gallery, (909) 597-0791, http://www.juicegallery.com
• Juice and Smoothie Bar Consulting, (415) 331-6304, http://www.juiceconsult.com
• RSI Inc, (718) 494-8888

This article was originally published in the March 2000 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: The Big Chill.