Nekter Juice Bar opens its doors in Westwood
Nekter Juice Bar opened on Lindbrook Avenue on July 19.
By Kristen Taketa
July 22, 2013 12:00 a.m.
Nekter Juice Bar opened in Westwood recently in hopes of attracting the business of health-conscious UCLA students.
It opened its doors on Lindbrook Avenue on July 19, a block away from a similar store – Pressed Juicery on Kinross Avenue.
“We are promoting healthy fast food,” said Lonan Leon, an employee at the Nekter Juice Bar in Westwood. “We want to discourage the (‘freshman 15’),” he said with a smile.
New Nekter locations have been slowly popping up in Southern California since its origin in 2010, with locations already in Santa Monica and West Hollywood.
Several customers who stopped by the new Nekter Juice Bar for its grand opening said the cleanses were too expensive and unrealistic for their budgets.
“I’d want to (try one), but I don’t think my mom’s credit card would be too happy with that,” said Melody Kamrani, a local high school student.
Instead, several customers took home 16-ounce blends of fruits and vegetables at a relatively lower $4.75 a pop.
The Juice Bar also offers acai bowls, smoothies and specialty drinks like wheatgrass shots.
