Chilled out.

First NYLA, now JJ Chill. Perhaps the Spears family should reconsider their expertise as restaurateurs before entering into such a competitive field. For the second time in recent years, they’ll be forced to shut down another venue. Star Magazine reports that JJ Chill, the smoothie store that Britney purchased back in 2004 for her recovering alcoholic father Jamie, has closed it’s doors to customers. In an interview with Star, the property’s landlord stated, "Jamie served a lot of icies — cups of flavored ice — and people don't eat icies when it's cold. So when the weather turned chilly recently, people stopped going there. The place just wasn't getting enough customers.”

Duh. Fortunately, Britney’s papa has things to fall back on. He’s (inexplicably) employed as the private chef for the Maloof family, owner of Las Vegas’s famed Palms Hotel and Casino, and, in conjunction with them, helped develop and launch the recent Palms Play Poker at Home DVD. No word on whether one of his specialties in an icie.