Negroni Week at Fish Lane
Fish Lane Arts Precinct's bars and eateries are embracing creative negronis for a whole week — and hosting dinners and art trails, too.
Overview
It's been more than a century since the first combination of gin, vermouth rosso and Campari was apparently mixed up in Florence, as dreamed up by Pascal-Olivier de Negroni. Cocktail lovers everywhere have been thankful ever since, and there's even an entire week — Negroni Week, obviously — to celebrate.
In South Brisbane and West End, the bars and eateries of Fish Lane Arts Precinct are marking the occasion again in 2024 — in the only appropriate way, of course. From Monday, September 16–Sunday, September 22, the precinct's establishments are devoting the entire week to creative negronis, as well as negroni-worshipping events. Gelato Messina is even getting in on the action, too, with a negroni-inspired dessert flavour.
Stop by Fish Lane on whichever day you like and you'll find classic negronis on the menu at Bar Brutus, Chu The Phat, La Lune Wine Co and Midtown. Fancy a Negroni Week special instead? At the likes of Hello Please, Julius Pizzeria, El Planta, Maeve Wine Bar, Kiki Kiosk, Southside and Next Episode, options include a strawberry negroni, smoked negroni, and martini and negroni hybrid.
Or, try the Lecho de Muerte, the chilli-, orange- and davidson plum-heavy tipple that riffs on the Deathbed negroni. There's also the Umegroni, giving the negroni a Japanese twist.
In addition to the negronis — oh-so-many negronis, as per above — three events are on the agenda throughout the week. On Wednesday, September 18 at Midtown Bar's $95-per-person Negroni Week dinner, Calabrian toast, pumpkin and parmesan arancini, a crispy prosciutto cup and a negroni tart will be paired with, what else?, negronis. And on the $85-a-head Fish Lane art and negroni trail on Saturday, September 21, you'll peer at public art while, yes, drinking negronis (although other cocktails will be available).
Plus, from Friday, September 2o–Saturday, September 21, Bar Brutus is setting up a pop-up bar in Fish Lane's town square from 5pm daily.
