What's New 10/02

While grabbing a hamburger one day, Mark Avila saw other patrons pairing their burgers with smoothies from a nearby juice bar, mixing health food with a great, greasy burger. Why not combine the two concepts into a great, healthy burger?

In 1998, Avila opened his first Topz in Sherman Oaks, California, serving lean beef, turkey and vegetarian burgers. "My goal is for my business to surpass my lifetime and have Topz worldwide," Avila says. Topz began franchising this year.

Contact Source

• Topz Restaurant Group Corp.
  (800) 996-8679, www.topz.com

This article was originally published in the October 2002 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: What's New 10/02.