Sometimes habits lead you in new directions in life. That's what happened to the Tompkins family. Kaye Tompkins, her daughters Maggie and Katie and parents Kirby and Kathy Harrell fell in love with acai and fruit smoothie bowls and found themselves driving from their homes in Bessemer and Hoover to the City Bowls in Vestavia Hills up to three times a week. Finally, Kaye and her husband, Brad, decided to open their own City Bowls franchise in Stadium Trace Village in Hoover in June of last year. But when the Tompkinses wanted to alter and expand their menu, including offering smoothie drinks, City Bowls wouldn't allow it, Brad said.

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