DELISH MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020
MARVELOUS
NEW RESTAURANT
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BY RIKKI CASON
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ow would you like to try a juice delight
called “Sunset Boulevard?”
Movie and music fans will have field day
at Scripts Juice.
A new year marks the season for start-
ing fresh, living healthy, and taking positive
steps forward. Helping to get you there is
a new Lockport business designed with
healthy eating in mind.
Scripts Juice, which opened at 12 East
Avenue this past fall, features a variety of
cold pressed juices, smoothies, and smoothie
bowls, many with very clever names. In ad-
dition to “Sunset Boulevard, how about “The
Beet Goes On,” “Green-eyed Lady,” “Usual
Suspects,” “Oh Happy Day,” Buffalo Beet,”
“Green Day,” or “A Clockwork Orange?”
This new juicing concept was brought
to Lockport by owners Johnny and Nicole
Kong, who are both into juicing, as well
as eating as healthfully as they can. The
couple visits Buffalo all the time to enjoy
smoothies and smoothie bowls and wanted
to bring that to Lockport.
“We think it’s great and we thought our
cafe customers would, too,” Nicole said.
“We get a lot of requests for smoothies
next door and felt this was the direction we
should go.”
The Kongs are also the owners of the
popular Script’s Café, located at 2 East Ave.,
which first opened its doors 9 years ago this
summer. It got its name because it’s located
next to the Palace Theatre. Scripts equals
movie scripts.
When the restaurant first opened, it
was located where the juice bar is now.
Three years ago they decided to expand,
creating the corner café it is today.
“We’re just very much foodies,” Nicole
said. “We enjoy going out to eat. We just
enjoy food in general. We wanted to do
something that wasn’t in Lockport yet, but
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Fresh fruit waiting to be juiced at Scripts Juice in Lockport.
that we knew people would like.”
She said Scripts is a “healthy” place to
eat that is “warm and welcoming.”
“We wanted to create an environment
so that people wanted to come and bring
their friends and family and feel comfort-
able,” she said. “I feel we’ve accomplished
this.”
The same success is what the Kongs
hope to replicate with the juice bar. Cus-
tomers can enjoy a variety of fruit and vege-
table smoothies. They also offer a variety of
seasonal smoothie flavors. For the holidays,
the smoothie selection featured flavors
such as ginger and cranberry. Nicole said
in the spring and summer, they will offer
several new options with summer fruits
and vegetables such as watermelon.
Specialty bowls are also a popular op-
tion on the menu. Patrons can choose fruit
toppings, nuts, and butters to go on top of
the smoothie base.
Those on-the-go can stop in to get a
pre-packaged, cold-pressed juice in a variety
of flavors. Nicole said the 8:15 Juice is a
good to drink to perk up a person in the
morning.
To help start off the New Year right, Ni-
cole said Scripts Juice will be offering a juice
cleanse. Customers stop in and select six
juices. They go home and only drink these
juices over a 24-hour period, consuming no
food or other drink during that time period.
Nicole said a juice cleanse is “great” for
folks who feel bloated or sluggish. Those do-
ing a juice cleanse can vary how many days
during which they want to participate. Ni-
cole recommends starting with the one-day
cleanse. “It’s an efficient and great way to
detox and hit the restart button,” she said.
Scripts Juice is open from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday and 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Sunday. For
more information about Scripts Juice, visit its
Facebook page.