A new dining and coffee venue in Hobart has harnessed its light-filled Battery Point location to bring light and positivity through nourishing food and specialty coffee.

Ten minutes out of Hobart's CBD, an unlikely mini-metropolis is making its mark as a coffee mecca.

Local institution, tourist’s delight, and champion of small producers, nipulana/Hobart’s Sunbear is a warm hug dressed up as an inner-city café.