Our Café started with a Crock Pot of vegetarian chili back in 1986, and now boasts a staff of 40 and serves hundreds each day. We’ve become famous for our eclectic mix of ethnic foods, vegetarian and vegan options, as well as lots of local meat dishes, a super bakery, custom-built sandwiches and panini, our famous Sunday brunch, and now catering! Everything is freshly-made in our beautiful kitchen seven days a week by some super-talented people who love what they do.

What's New

Enjoy Our Scrumptious Weekend Brunch!

Join us each  Saturday and Sunday from9:30-1:30  for our mouth-watering and eclectic brunch!  Our ever-evolving menu includes standard fare such as scrambled eggs, fritattas, and the best homefries you’ve ever had, along with grown-up takes 0n classic dishes (kale and chevre macaroni & cheese, anyone?).  Try our Bakeshop’s buttery biscuits with Zach’s famous sausage gravy or some house-made strawberry jam!  We have freshly prepared delicious and healthy juices and fruit smoothies, and talented baristas to prepare the coffee drinks of your desires!

Featuring performances by some of the area’s best musicians each Sunday from 11 ’til 1, our family-friendly brunch is the perfect way to relax and enjoy yourself this weekend.

It’s Juice & Smoothie Season at Healthy Living!

Spring is officially here, and summer is right around the corner—it’s time to pack away the sweaters, gloves, and parkas and get yourself in the warm-weather mindset! Nothing gets you there like a smoothie from the Healthy Living Café. Our array of delicious recipes includes vegan and gluten-free options to suit anyone’s tastes. Grab one for the road, as a quick meal, or just as a treat for a job well-done! Customize your smoothie with extras like whey protein, spirulina, flax seed, spinach, and kale to pack some serious nutrition into one tasty, sippable package! For a truly transformative experience, try one of our fresh, organic juices. Order one of our own special blends of delicious and nutritious fruits and veggies, or create your own from our available ingredients! Additionally, we offer juices and smoothies made with Aqua Vitea kombucha for a healthful, fizzy, probiotic experience. Do your mind and body a favor and swing by our café for the best smoothie around—they’re good, and good for you too!

Sumatra Mandheling by Woodchuck Coffee Roasters

Healthy Living’s café is psyched to deepen our coffee selection by adding a rich, full-bodied Sumatra Mandheling from Woodchuck Coffee Roasters in South Burlington to our lineup. This coffee is one of the world’s most-loved: smooth enough for casual coffee drinkers, yet complex enough for those with experienced palettes to appreciate. Stop by our café and try one of the most delicious locally-roasted coffees available!

“Wakey Wakey, Eggs and Bakey!”

Q: What’s better than a hot, fresh breakfast sandwich made to order?

A: A breakfast sandwich from Healthy Living, made from local ingredients and fresh eggs from Rockville Market Farm!

We’re very excited to begin offering breakfast sandwiches made with products from some of our favorite local farms and businesses, like Rockville Market Farm, On The Rise Bakery, and Champlain Valley Creamery. In addition, we’ll be supplying our own house-made turkey sausage, tempeh “bacon”, and house-smoked seitan.

Stop by Healthy Living’s Cafe weekday mornings between 8 and 11 o’clock (weekends from 8 am until 1 pm) for the best breakfast sandwich in the Burlington area!

Smokin’ at Healthy Living!

One of our favorite parts of summer is the abundance of barbecue: the aroma of smoldering hardwood, the careful selection of meats and veggies, and the time and experience required are apparent in every mouth-watering bite of a properly-executed ‘cue. With the warm months fleeting in our corner of Vermont, why wouldn’t we want to extend the smoky succulence for as long as possible?

At Healthy Living’s café, our passion for food runs deep. So we threw our seasonal sensibilities to the wind and set up a smoker on our  patio to supply our community with some truly spectacular smoked dishes—to help us through short, chilly days, and long, chillier nights. Kitchen Manager Chris Conn and Food and Beverage Manager Faeryl Ray, both accomplished chefs,  have been hard at work developing recipes to highlight this fantastic new addition to our café. The results speak for themselves: Smoked Seafood Chowder, Pulled Pork with House-Made BBQ Sauce, and (coming soon!) Smoked Seitan Breakfast Sandwiches.

Look for dishes featuring house-smoked meats, seafood, vegetables, and meat substitutes on our hot bar, in our soups, and in our grab-and-go cases all winter long!

Aqua Vitea Probiotic Elixers

Healthy Living is proud to have teamed up with local kombucha micro-brewers Aqua Vitea to produce some fantastically delicious concoctions! We’re calling ‘em Probiotic Elixers, and we’re sure you’ll enjoy drinking them as much as you’ll enjoy the health benefits of kombucha. Our Tropical Probiotical smoothie is a tangy twist on one of our already-popular smoothies,  while the “new classic” Autumn Revival features our amazing house-mulled, local cider and ginger juice. Our +5 Health juice combines the benefits of fresh juice and kombucha to give your immune system a boost, and the Ocean Potion smoothie packs a potent 1-2 punch of kombucha and spirulina that will bring you closer to invincibility than you’ve ever been!

Next time you’re in South Burlington, drop by and see one of our talented Baristas for a completely unique pick-me-up. Aqua Vitea Probiotic Elixers are available exclusively at Healthy Living!

Now Serving Ethiopian Harrar by Capitol Grounds!

Healthy Living is pleased to add Capitol Grounds’ Ethiopian Harrar to our lineup of locally-roasted coffees! This Fair-Trade, shade-grown, organic coffee is notable for its wine-like acidity, strong body, and chocolatey finish. Notes of berries abound in this complex, delicious brew, so drop by and treat yourself to a cup of one of the most favored coffees in the world!

Healthy Living serves coffee from the finest micro-roasters in Vermont: Capitol Grounds of Montpelier, Vermont Artisan of Waterbury, Vermont Coffee Company of Middlebury, and Uncommon Grounds of Burlington.