• Guide

    Your Guide to Dining Out in Brisbane on Christmas Day

    The festive Brisbane restaurants doing lunch on Christmas Day.

  • News

    Market on Malvern Is Prahran's New Cafe for People with Allergies and Digestive Issues

    Dairy, gluten, fructose, nut or animal product free? This is your happy place.

  • The Summer Guide to Brisbane 2016/17

    Slap on your invisible zinc and get out there, blue skies wait for no one.

  • The Summer Guide to Melbourne 2016/17

    Slap on your invisible zinc and get out there, blue skies wait for no one.

Latest Guides
  • The Summer Guide to Sydney 2016/17

    Slap on your invisible zinc and get out there. Blue skies wait for no one.

  • News

    The Meatball and Wine Bar Just Opened In Windsor

    Goodness gracious, great balls of meat!

  • News

    Melbourne's Insane Vegan Cafe Matcha Mylkbar Is on its Way to Sydney

    Vegan eggs and crazy blue algae lattes are coming.

  • News

    Melbourne's Gingerboy Is Popping Up in Sydney This Summer

    Expect yellow curry, creme brûlée and Vietnamese coffees.

  • News

    Announcing Concrete Playground's Best of 2016 Sydney Award Winners

    The very best new Sydney bars, restaurants, cafes, pubs, events and precincts of the year.

  • News

    Announcing Concrete Playground's Best of 2016 Melbourne Award Winners

    The very best new Melbourne bars, restaurants, cafes, pubs, events and precincts of the year.

Latest Places
  • News

    Brisbane's Getting a New Japanese Restaurant With a Real Iron Chef

    What challenge ingredient will make up the menu?

  • News

    Queensland's Cult Favourite Burger Bar Betty's Burgers Has Opened in Melbourne

    Expect five types of burgers and Shake Shack-style frozen custard desserts.

  • News

    Sokyo's Chase Kojima Set to Open Rice Burger Bar Gojima

    Bun-less burgs are comin', care of one of Australia's top chefs.

  • News

    Australia's Best Locally-Made Icy Poles to Cool Down with this Summer

    Sunny Boys, move to the back. These local pops, blocks and poles do summer right.

  • News

    Former Taxi and The European Chef Tim Martin Is Opening His Own Bar and Restaurant

    Prepare your stomach for a dual-venue venture focusing on ageing meat and naturally fermented beverages.

  • News

    Soft Serve Sensations Milkcow Open Their First Permanent Australian Store

    Soft serve sundaes topped with everything from fairy floss clouds to a shot of espresso.

  • News

    The Yarra Valley Is Getting a New Wine and Food Festival

    The two-day event is the first time that the region's big and small wineries have come together to showcase their tipples.

  • News

    A Look Inside Porteno's New Surry Hills Restaurant

    Doors have shut on Cleveland Street as a new chapter for the meatmasters begins.

  • News

    Lotus Dining Open Casual Spinoff Papa Bo Min in Sydney's CBD

    Get Lotus dumplings and desserts to takeaway.

  • Guide

    Melbourne's Best New Restaurants of 2016

    Honouring the best new arrivals on Melbourne's restaurant scene this year.

  • Guide

    Melbourne's Best New Cafes of 2016

    Honouring the best new cafes on Melbourne's cafe scene this year.

  • News

    Announcing Concrete Playground's Best of 2016 Melbourne Nominees

    Honouring the very best arrivals on Melbourne's scene this year — vote for your favourite now.

  • News

    Ate One Ate Is Glenferrie Road's New 180-Seat All-Day Eatery

    Serving everything from coffee and cake to carrot hot dogs and carbonara.

  • News

    Restaurateur Luke Mangan Is Launching His Own Chicken Burger Chain

    Chicken Confidential will be a new string of burger joints that are all about the bird.

  • Guide

    Sydney's Best New Cafes of 2016

    Honouring the best new cafes on Sydney's cafe scene this year.

  • Feature

    Best of 2016 Melbourne

    These 30 outstanding Melbourne ventures have been handpicked by Concrete Playground for their combination of originality, innovation, creativity, approachability and sustainability.

  • Guide

    Sydney's Best New Restaurants of 2016

    Honouring the best new arrivals on Sydney's restaurant scene this year.

  • News

    Shuk and Salt Meats Cheese Open Popina Kitchen in Circular Quay

    It's the latest eatery to open in the new Gateway Sydney complex.

  • News

    Announcing Concrete Playground's Best of 2016 Sydney Nominees

    Honouring the very best arrivals on Sydney's scene this year — vote for your favourite now.

  • News

    Brunswick's The Snug Public House Has Launched An Irish Vegan Menu

    Hearty staples with a vegetable-focused twist.

  • News

    MissChu Is About To Be Reborn As Saigon Lane

    New name, new look and a (mostly) new menu.

  • News

    Velodrome Is Melbourne's New Four-Day Arts and Food Truck Festival

    Eat, drink — and watch outdoor cinema, aerial circus, medieval performance fighting and Mexican wrestling, too.

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