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title: "Tropical Smoothie Cafe® Expands Chicago Footprint With Four Grand Openings In August"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/0a5a2493-a198-4b54-b6db-c7b23932371e
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20210729_tropical_smoothie_cafe_expands_chicago_footprint_with_four_grand_openings_i.html
category: "Beverage & juice"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Beverage & juice"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2021-07-29T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:59:46.310Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/brands/social/tropicalsmoothie.jpg
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# Tropical Smoothie Cafe® Expands Chicago Footprint With Four Grand Openings In August

**TL;DR:** Tropical Smoothie Cafe is expanding its Chicago footprint with four grand openings in August, bringing the total number of franchised locations in the area to 21. The new cafes are owned by existing franchisees, including Hani Halloun and Edward Joubran, Gina Delmonico-Williams and Dan Beaulieu, Roma and Chris Patel, and Serve Hospitality Group.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2021-07-29. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20210729_tropical_smoothie_cafe_expands_chicago_footprint_with_four_grand_openings_i.html).*

## Story

The grand opening celebrations will be held simultaneously on Saturday, August 7, beginning at 8 a.m. in Melrose Park, Lake in the Hills, Oak Lawn and Lake Bluff, bringing the number of Chicago Tropical Smoothie Cafe franchised locations to 21.

All four of the new cafes are owned by existing Tropical Smoothie Cafe franchisees who continue to invest in the brand, including:

- Hani Halloun and Edward Joubran (Melrose Park): Opening their seventh Chicago location and have several more in development. Hani operates seven additional cafes in Michigan.

- Gina Delmonico-Williams and Dan Beaulieu (Lake in the Hills): Opening their second Chicago-area cafe in less than a year, with Dan also operating six cafes in Florida.

- Roma and Chris Patel (Oak Lawn): Opening their first Tropical Smoothie Cafe in Chicago. This cafe will be Roma’s 14th location since becoming a franchisee of the brand in Ohio eight years ago.

- Serve Hospitality Group (Lake Bluff): Salem Najjar and George Trakas are opening their third cafe in the Chicago area, with Salem operating seven other locations in Michigan and Wisconsin, with more planned.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Chicago (location)
- franchisees (topic)
- Tropical Smoothie Cafe (company)
- grand openings (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20210729_tropical_smoothie_cafe_expands_chicago_footprint_with_four_grand_openings_i.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/0a5a2493-a198-4b54-b6db-c7b23932371e).