Today we’d like to introduce you to Becca Lago and Miriam Tischler.
So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
We are sisters (nine years apart but try to guess who’s older – we are besties and we often find ourselves dressing, acting & talking the same). We do have another sister who is also part of our BFF club but she’s into a whole other plethora of cool stuff. We are both into being healthy (most of the time haha) and we live fast-paced lives so that is what led us to start a passion together. We wanted to create something for people who want to be healthy but don’t have a lot of time.
We looked around Miami & other areas across the country & found a void… we didn’t understand why fast food was only available for “cheat days”? Our journey began in 2008 when Miriam visited Becca in Miami shortly after she relocated here. We were hanging out on South Beach and wanted something healthy, but fast, for lunch. There were no options that fit both of those criteria, so we joked about opening a place called “Bec & Mimi’s, The Healthy Way to Eat Fast Food”. Since then, we have always wanted to pursue opening a healthy joint together, but for so long it was only a dream.
In 2016, Becca visited Miriam in Dallas where we had an outing in McKinney for a day of brunch and shopping. We were brainstorming ideas for our healthy joint and Becca asked Miriam, “What’s your favorite ingredient to put in a juice?” Miriam responded, “Ginger” and asked Becca, “What’s yours?” With excitement, she responded with ginger as well. This came as no surprise to us that we both had the same favorite ingredient because as we mentioned before we are so similar. From this, Ginger & Juice Bar came to life.
Since then, we have slowly put together a business plan and lots of ideas on what we envisioned the juice bar to be. When Becca left her 14-year career in the beer industry, we decided there was no time like the present to make this dream a reality & have our first location in the 305. Come visit us at our first location in South Miami, FL (inside of KAMPS Fitness).
We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
Luckily, it has been a pretty smooth road for us & we think some of that is attributed to the fact that we work really well together & are both super organized! We are also really excited that our first location is inside of KAMPS Fitness to allow us to build up a following before opening more locations.
We’d love to hear more about your business.
Our business is all about being healthy but tasting great & having fun! We specialize in juices, smoothies & smoothie bowls. There are a few other juice bars around town but we think one of the main things that set us apart is that we are set up like a bar but without alcohol; we like to say 0% ABV, 100% HEALTHY. You will find several delicious mocktails at our bar that are all delicious & of course healthy; with no added sugars. What are we most proud of? That we made our dream a reality!!
So, what’s next? Any big plans?
Opening Date of our FIRST location is March 2020!
Contact Info:
- Address: 5829 SW 73rd St, South Miami, FL 33143 (Inside KAMPS Fitness)
- Email: contact@gingernjuicebar.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gingernjuicebar/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gingernjuicebar/
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