Bakery Lane to Become Fortitude Valley's New Food and Fashion Precinct

If you've ever walked along Ann Street in Fortitude Valley, you've probably walked right past Bakery Lane more than once — and barely glanced in its direction. It used to just be a small space between buildings, barely even half a block down from the Brunswick Street mall near Laruche, the Bowery and Fabrik Hair. Now, it's much, much more than that.

After being slated for development in 2012, Bakery Lane has transformed to become a food, retail and residential precinct, as well as the Valley's most hyped-up new hangout spot. The space features boutique design incubator studio apartments, and a mixture of all the things that already make the area so great — we're talking new restaurants, cafes and bars.

Lost Boys Organic Cafe moved in late last year, and others are slowly but surely starting to follow suit. Skull It Juice Bar is one of the new residents, alongside, I Heart Brownies' soon-to-open permanent home (from April 11), plus new organic vegetarian tapas place The Tree House. Morphing from an Asian-influenced cafe by day to a bar by night, Kiosk will pop up mid-month, with another new eatery, The Apo, joining them not long after. Fashion-wise, prepare to welcome Stock and Supply. Of course, this list is only the beginning.

If you need another excuse to wander by, you can also check out the Bakery Lane Providore Markets on May 2. Not only can you peruse the new additions to the laneway, but you can stock up on local produce while listening to live music. And in even better news, it'll keep happening on the first Saturday of every month afterwards.

Find Bakery Lane at 694 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley, and keep up to date with their latest news via their Facebook page.