Salon owner’s juicy idea set to come to fruition with acai bar
IT was 10 years ago that Fallon Carberry (below) started Blow Colour Bar, adopting a bold style and turning a visit to the hair salon into a social experience. There’s three locations – Queen Street, Finnieston and Shawlands – that are inundated with bookings till the end of the year as lockdown restrictions are relaxed and we all emerge with a new appreciation for the value of a haircut.
Now, the energetic business owner is ready to introduce a fresh concept – the city’s first acai bar, located on Byres Road and offering cold-pressed juices.
Her own interest in health and wellbeing brought her to the conclusion that this was to be the next move.
“I’m so into my fitness, all I do is live and breathe it,” Fallon says. “This has been something I’ve wanted to do for a while. When I go abroad to places like London and New York I see so many of these juice bars and I think Glasgow needs this. “I’ve been studying it and building relationships with the fitness community. I think this is the right time to open, when people are thinking more about their health. Folk are looking after themselves, particularly the younger generation.
“I think the drinking culture has shifted so this is something in the West End for these customers that’s part of a healthy lifestyle.
“Don’t underestimate how many people are looking for a bit of goodness in their food and drink in Glasgow.”
Juicy UK will also be offering protein-packed lunch bowls and plant-based convenience foods to go, working with food nutritionist Natalie Blue. Fallon sees the Byres Road location as the first step on an ambitious rollout that could see other units appearing across Glasgow and other parts of Scotland.
The first Juicy UK will open at the end of the month, around the same time as bars reopen: “We have a great sense of enthusiasm, a passion for what we want to achieve. We will be ready to welcome people in and will be out on the street handing out free ginger shots on the first weekend for good, healthy fun.”