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Just off the Corso, a short walk from the Manly ferry, this plant-based salad bar keeps the northern beaches supplied with fast, entirely vegan lunches. The format is build-your-own or choose from set bowls — the 'Not-Caesar', a raw pad thai, laksa and warm grain salads among them — finished with house dressings, smoothies and raw-treat slices. It is daytime trade, bright and quick, geared to beachgoers and office workers rather than long sit-downs, and one of three independent Sydney locations alongside Barangaroo and Surry Hills. The cooking leans wholefood and vegetable-forward, with sustainability threaded through the sourcing and packaging. For an area thinner on dedicated vegan kitchens than the inner west, it fills a real gap: a reliable, fully plant-based option within sight of the water. Family-run, it trades on freshness rather than mimicry.