Healthy, clean-eating options taking over at Glenelg, long a bastion of fish and chips and ice cream
IT’S not just fish and chips, yiros and ice cream at Adelaide’s most popular beach any more, with a range of healthier food venues now taking pride of place at the Bay.
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LONG a bastion of fish and chips, yiros and ice cream, healthier food venues are now moving in to Glenelg.
Dale Brewster opened Bomdia Bowls in Moseley St after a surfing holiday in Hawaii, where he tried desserts made from the acai berry, which is native to Brazil.
“I knew instantly it could be a hit,” Mr Brewster says.
The blended acai berries are served in bowls with fruit, nuts and coconut as an alternative to breakfast cereal or ice cream.
Mr Brewster says Glenelg beach was his first choice for the business.
“The first place they had it was at the beach (in Brazil),” he says.
Raw dessert bar Raw Conscious Eatery also recently moved to the Bay.
“It’s a growing craze, the raw foods and healthy lifestyle,” owner Kendall Trigg says.
“There is a little bit of it in Glenelg with Bomdia Bowls and Annex Cafe, but we’re more raw desserts, coffee and tea, nut milks and cold pressed juices.”
Tina Williams bought The Annex Cafe in Waterloo St three years ago and turned it into a cafe focusing on raw and gluten-free food.
She makes her own almond milk and recently added a new 20-smoothie menu.
“People are looking for options,” Mrs Williams says.
“We get a lot of fit, healthy people.
“There’s a lot of gyms and yoga places so that’s the sort of people we attract.”
Living Well Bulk Foods opened last year on Jetty Rd.
Owner Rachel Murphy said “junk food is not what people want anymore.
“it’s definitely changing,” Ms Murphy says.
Mexican restaurant Zambrero opened in Moseley Square in November.
The company boasts that its menu is “healthy, modern Mexican with burritos, tacos, nachos and quesadillas all made with the freshest ingredients and fresh ideas”.
Even Glenelg Surf Club is getting in on the trend, changing its menu last month to add spaghetti marinara, Atlantic salmon and Vietnamese banh mi rolls to the menu.
Chips can be exchanged for roast vegetables on any item that comes with them, and the kids’ menu has been changed to include pasta and chicken wraps.