Lola Berry Opens Health Haven, Happy Place

Nestled within the bustling South Melbourne Market, Stall 56 has become a designer slice of healthy paradise.

Happy Place, a slick new juice bar and cafe, is the crystallisation of popular nutritionist and bestselling author Lola Berry’s holistic wellness philosophy, which promotes common-sense healthy eating and exercise.

A collaboration between Berry and friend Salvatore Malatesta of St ALi , the Happy Place menu is centred on wholesome ingredients and is impressively accommodating to special dietary requirements.

Offerings include 12 seasonally rotating smoothies customisable with four milk (or mylk) alternatives; cold-pressed juices; and a cabinet brimming with raw paleo treats. There’s also a bone broth – not a bad idea mid-winter.

There’s no coffee at all, although you can order from a rainbow of alternatives; including beetroot or turmeric lattes.

Plenty of portable salad options, including umami-nirvana The Emmami, which combines purple kale, cured salmon, tangy green apple and bonito flakes with a drizzle of miso dressing and tendrils of radish sprouts, give people a convenient, healthy takeaway option to make sad desk lunch a little happier.

Happy Place
Stall 56 at South Melbourne Market

Corner of Cecil and Coventry Streets, South Melbourne

Hours
Mon to Sun 7am–5pm

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