Mid City residents will soon be able to access healthier and fresher food.
Terrez Collins, registered nurse and owner of Cold Press Juice Company. Caked, Juice Co. and a wellness bar Trap HouseIt opened its storefront on May 17th at the corner of South 13th Avenue with the government.
After treating sick patients for many years and switching to a vegan lifestyle, Collins wanted to share the benefits and joys of healthy eating with her community.
“It’s all about showing what food is,” Collins says. Daily Report. “Food is more than just food, but we just generalized it, fast, fast, and added it. We want to educate and show visitors that this can really change your life.”
Located at 1300 Government Street, Trap Haus sells cold-pressed juices, additive-free smoothie bowls, plant-based dishes and fresh produce. Half of the store builds your own smoothie bar. Here, customers can choose an in-house made base and fresh toppings to create custom smoothie bowls. They also sell spinning vegan-friendly dishes such as New Orleans-style po-boys with mushrooms, vegan gambo, red beans and rice.
The other half of the storefront includes a small produce grocery store selling fresh fruits and vegetables. Collins plans to accept snap benefits as a form of payment to expand healthy food access for locals in the Food Desert.
“If you look at the definition of a trap house, it means a home selling drugs,” Collins says. “Everything we consume is essentially a drug, whether it’s a drug that takes over the counter or a drug store. It’s a play on words, and it’s also about turning the negative into a positive.
Trap Haus was founded in 2022 on New Road. We have opened our second wellness bar at Southern University’s Recreation Center. The brick and mortar store on government streets will be Louisiana’s third location. Collins intentionally chose her store location based on limited access to fresh produce in the area. Soon, she plans to convert her van into Caked Juice Co. mobile juice and smoothie bars, pop up in Baton Rouge and surrounding cities, selling health-conscious foods.
