Kwench Juice Cafe launched in mid-January at Crossroads Market, the Publix-anchored center on the north side of Pine Ridge Road near the Vineyards community, east of Interstate 75 in Naples. Kwench moved into the space at 5995 Pine Ridge Road that previously was home to Starbucks and Tropical Smoothie Cafe. In addition to Naples, Boston-based Kwench has 14 franchises opened, including Florida locations in Tallahassee and Destin in the Panhandle. The cafe serves raw, fresh fruit juices and smoothies, acai and pitaya bowls, salads, soups and juice shots. Raw juices are made with fresh apples, carrots, grapefruit, pears, pineapples and oranges. Kwench’s breakfast menu includes avocado toast, lox toast, French toast, scrambled eggs, omelets and coffee selections. Kwench is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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