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NewsCinnabon Is Opening Its Third Sticky Scroll-Slinging Brisbane Store in Indooroopilly
After setting up shop at the Toombul and Garden City shopping centres, the US bakery chain is heading to Brisbane's west.
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NewsEssa Is the New Locally Focused Fortitude Valley Fine Diner From Ex-Gauge Chef Phil Marchant
Nestling into a striking split-level space just off James Street, Brisbane's latest culinary addition takes a harvest-driven approach and focuses on raw, pickled, smoked and wood-fired dishes.
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NewsDisneyland's Famed Dole Whip Soft Serve Is Coming to Brisbane for the First Time
The coveted dairy-free dessert is making its debut appearance at the Redcliffe Markets.
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NewsTop Local Chefs Ask Aussies to "Put a Jab on the Menu" in This New Hospitality Ad Campaign
Matt Moran, Neil Perry, Danielle Alvarez and Shannon Martinez all feature, stressing how tough the pandemic has been for the hospitality industry.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Turning Three of Its Favourite Desserts Into Chocolate Bars for Father's Day
Treat your dad to a three-pack of cone-ception, Messinatella hazelnut and neapolitan chocolate blocks and bars.
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NewsTenya Is the CBD's Soon-to-Open New Japanese Restaurant Serving Up Sushi, Sake and River Views
Brisbane Quarter's newest addition seats 240, boasts an eye-catching curved bar, and has more than 85 types of sake and Japanese whisky on its menu.
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NewsThe Best Places in Brisbane to Treat Your Mum on Mother's Day (or Any Day)
Try harder than your favourite sticky dive bar — your mum deserves it, whether she's keen on a riverside Japanese feast, a gin brunch or a sky-high Spanish spread.
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NewsSix Grown-Up Easter Treats to Hunt Down Around Brisbane
You're never too old for this Easter hunt, especially when there's chocolate hot cross cruffins, chocolate eggs melting into fondue and banoffee cocktails to track down and devour.
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NewsWhere to Find the Best Ice Cream and Gelato in Brisbane
The temperature is rising and the gelato is freezing — cool down with Brisbane's top tier of iced confections this spring and summer.
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GuideOn the Way: Upcoming Brisbane Openings (and Around Queensland) to Put in Your Diary for 2025 and Beyond
The Sunshine State's drinking and dining scene is about to look a whole lot different — these are the newbies we're counting the days for.
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GuideThe Best Things to Eat, See and Do to Celebrate Lunar New Year in Brisbane
Rooftop parties, riverside feasts, laneway celebrations and citywide festivals — now that's how you welcome in the Year of the Snake in Brisbane.
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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most-Popular Restaurants of 2024
Throughout 2024, you've been scoping out famous culinary names making the move to Brisbane, luxe steakhouses and woodfired Moroccan-inspired dishes.
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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most-Popular Cafes of 2024
French bakeries, world-renowned croissanteries, beloved Brisbane coffee spots — they've been keeping you fed and caffeinated in 2024.
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GuideAll of the New Brisbane Openings That You Need to Add to Your Must-Visit List in 2024
Discover your next favourite dish or drink at one of these fresh Brisbane haunts.
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GuideThe Best Food and Drink Festivals to Look Forward to in and Around Brisbane in 2024
Add beer, pinot, rosé, whisky, Japanese, vegan, gluten-free and chilli festivals to your culinary plans for the rest of this year.
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GuideThe Best Places in Brisbane to Take the Dad in Your Life This Father's Day (or Any Day)
Whether your father figure loves hearty breakfasts, cold ones by the river, rooftop brews, top-notch steaks or flinging darts, Brisbane isn't short on places to go.
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NewsSeven Miles Is Opening Its Queensland Flagship Coffee Roastery at Albion's New Craft'd Grounds
The specialty roastery will base its Queensland flagship at the inner north dining precinct, in a space decked out with ceiling-high glass walls so caffeine fiends can watch the roasting in action.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Pairing Super-Sticky Bake-at-Home Caramel Scrolls with Cheesecake Gelato Tubs
This time, the gelato chain is pairing two sweet treats into a lockdown snack pack.
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NewsAn Ekka Drive-Thru Will Be Serving Up Dagwood Dogs, Bertie Beetle Showbags and Strawberry Sundaes
Drive into Brisbane Showgrounds to get your Ekka food fix, or hit up an Ekka pop-up on King Street.
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NewsMelbourne's Lune Croissanterie Is Now Serving Its World-Famous Pastries in South Brisbane
The bakery's croissants have been named some of the world's best, and they're now available in Brisbane.
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NewsYou Can Now Get the Ekka's Much-Loved Strawberry Sundaes Delivered to Your Door
The cult dessert will be delivered around town via DIY 20-packs to help raise money for medical research charity The Common Good.
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GuideFourteen Highly Indulgent Food Festivals and Events to Look Forward to In and Around Brisbane
Drink all the G&Ts, celebrate Halloween at a chilli fest and eat your way through the Night Noodle Markets.
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RestaurantBirria Boy Taqueria
617 Stanley Street, Woolloongabba
Don't delay in getting a taste of these tacos, as this pop-up is only sticking around for a few months.
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RestaurantMeltemi Mediterrania
17 Albert Ave, Broachbeach, Gold Coast
This new diner brings the bold and diverse flavours of countries from Spain to Morocco and Sardinia to Lebanon all the way to the Gold Coast.
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RestaurantTABOO
20 Constance Street, Fortitude Valley
The monochrome pale-green, oasis, is set to become an all-day drinking and dining destination.
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RestaurantGrand View Hotel
49 North Street, Cleveland
The Grand View Hotel, overlooking North Stradbroke Island, enters a new era following a major refresh and upgrade.
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RestaurantMarlowe Restaurant
105 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane
This elegant Modern Australian bistro by the crew behind Central and Southside is set across nine rooms of a heritage-listed apartment building on Fish Lane.
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RestaurantBar Monte
17 Longland Street, Newstead
The Gold Coast fave has made the move to Newstead, bringing with it punchy Italian flavours and a wine list curated by one of the world's best sommeliers.
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RestaurantMamasan
3 Oracle Boulevard, Broadbeach
The extensive menu includes the likes of wagyu sandos, crab tortellini, kimchi fried rice and mango spring rolls.
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RestaurantMarguerite
18 Marina Gardens Drive, Singapore
Chef Patron Michael Wilson dismantles fine-dining stiffness with an open kitchen, playful “creative cuisine” and a smart temperance pairing — all set inside Singapore's Gardens by the Bay's lush ...
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RestaurantGolden Avenue
67 Edward Street, Brisbane
The Anyday group's seventh restaurant — and its first in the CBD — brings fire-kissed Levantine fare to a brutalist, light-filled Edward Street space.
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NewsKrispy Kreme Has Just Released a Limited-Edition Range of Doughnut-Inspired Dog Biscuits
Dubbed 'doggie doughnuts' and available in the lead up to International Dog Day, they come in six flavours — including original glazed and choc sprinkles.
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GuideFamous Brisbane Takeaway Dishes You Should Have Tried at Least Once
Check these legendary bites off your culinary bucket list — without even leaving the house.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Filling Its Next Indulgent Choc Chip Cookie Pie with Waffle Cone Spread
For its next OTT dessert, the gelato chain is combining milk and dark choc chips, caramel custard and waffle cone spread in one cookie pie.
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NewsRosmarino Is Fortitude Valley's New Sicilian-Inspired Restaurant Inside a Former Warehouse
The Italian eatery has opened a 60-seat dining room and courtyard inside the newly revamped Marshall Street building.
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NewsAgnes Has Brought Back Its Super-Popular Pop-Up Bakery for Brisbane's Current Lockdown
The Agnes Street restaurant is serving up pastries each morning during the current lockdown, and will permanently set up shop in its own James Street location in the near future.
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NewsItalian Street Kitchen Is Opening a Second Brisbane Eatery in West End's West Village
The pasta- and pizza-slinging chain first set up shop in Newstead back in 2017.
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EventSouthwave: Summer Electronic Series
Fri, 2 Jan - Sat, 21 Feb 2026
Rainforest Green, Brisbane
Brisbane is getting a huge new summer experience with Southwave, a free two-month electronic music series bringing Maribou State, Folamour, Rose Gray and more to South Bank.
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EventArmand Van Helden at The Tivoli
Fri, 10 Apr, 2026
The Tivoli, Fortitude Valley
Groove to house music all night long, as one of the genre's pioneering stars makes a long-awaited return to Brisbane.
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EventNick Cave and The Bad Seeds: The 'Wild God' Tour
Tue, 27 Jan, 2026
Victoria Park / Barrambin, Herston
This iconic Australian band is bringing its latest tour Down Under to kick off 2026, playing two-and-a-half-hour shows.
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EventGood Things
Sun, 7 Dec, 2025
Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills
Tool headlining their first Australian festival in over a decade, Weezer, Garbage: they're all on the Good Things 2025 lineup.
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EventOprah in Conversation
Mon, 8 Dec, 2025
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
Oprah Winfrey is getting chatting in Brisbane on her first Down Under tour in a decade.
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EventKesha: The Tits Out Tour
Thu, 19 Feb, 2026
Riverstage, Brisbane
Kesha is playing Brisbane in 2026 as part of the biggest headline tour of her career so far.
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EventG Flip: 'Dream Ride' Tour
Fri, 27 Feb, 2026
Riverstage, Brisbane
More than good enough: G Flip is playing Brisbane in February 2026 with The Beaches and Ayesha Madon in support.
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EventLorde: 'Ultrasound' World Tour
Mon, 16 Feb, 2026
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
Green light: Lorde is bringing her latest world tour to Brisbane, with the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter playing at the Entertainment Centre.
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NewsBrisbane's Dedicated Lasagne Drive-Thru Has Returned for Lockdown
This time, it's also handing out free meals to hospitality workers doing it tough during the pandemic.
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NewsMac 'n' Cheese Drive-Thru Mac in the Box Is Serving Up Next-Level Pasta During Brisbane's Lockdown
Head to Fortitude Valley to pick up three cheese, truffle, smoked ocean trout, and Italian pork, fennel and tomato mac 'n' cheese — and bundles with wine.
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NewsHeston Blumenthal Has Teamed Up with Grill'd to Create Two New Vegetarian Burgers
They're made using mushroom-based meat Fable — and only 4000 of the limited-edition Heston Fable Burgers are available across Australia.
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NewsDeliveroo Is Doing Free Delivery During Greater Brisbane's Latest Three-Day Lockdown
The service won't be charging delivery fees for orders from 1700-plus restaurants while Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Cost return to lockdown.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Releasing a Golden Gaytime-Inspired Version of Its Super-Fancy Viennetta
Two beloved desserts combine in Messina's latest limited-edition special.
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NewsLutwyche Is Getting a 10,000-Square-Metre Market Precinct with a Craft Brewery and Rooftop Farm
The Lamington Markets will feature more than 100 stallholders, as well as a specialty supermarket, a boutique cinema and more than 134 apartments.
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NewsCadbury's New Caramilk Ice Creams Have Just Landed in the Freezer Aisle
You can now tuck into the cult-favourite caramelised white chocolate thanks to Cadbury and Peters' new ice creams on sticks.
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NewsHere's What You'll Be Eating at This Year's Brisbane Night Noodle Markets
This year, you'll be heading to the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens to enjoy chicken karaage noodles, deep-fried Milo gelato and tasty things on sticks.
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NewsBrisbane's Night Noodle Markets Will Now Take Over the City Botanic Gardens This Spring
The Good Food Month favourite has rescheduled its postponed dates, and will now serve up its hawker-style dishes in September and October.
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NewsSeven Highly Entertaining Stories Behind Some of Australia's Most Loved Dishes and Drinks
Explore the history of everything from the much-loved Four'n Twenty pie to the dark colonialist past of bahn mi.
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NewsPizza Hut Is Giving Away Up to 285,000 Free Pizzas During This Year's Olympics
The fast food chain is handing out 5000 pizzas for the opening and closing ceremonies, another 1000 daily during the games, and between 200–1000 more each time an Australian wins a medal.
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NewsMelbourne's World-Famous Lune Croissanterie Is Opening Its Doors in Brisbane Next Month
Some of the world's best croissants are heading to South Brisbane's Fish Lane from early August.
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NewsMessina Is Bringing Back 40 of Its Greatest Gelato Hits in Take-Home Tubs
Fingers crossed that Jon Snow, Robert Brownie Jnr and Fairy Bread all make a comeback.
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NewsYou Can Now Turn Any Piece of Bread Into Dessert Thanks to This Vegan Cinnamon Donut Spread
Made from cashews, peanuts, cinnamon and coconut, it's dairy free and gluten free, too.
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NewsSan Churro's Indulgent New Dessert Snack Packs Pair Churros with Apple Pies and S'mores
It has also launched a new range of hot chocolate bombs that come filled with marshmallows, mini Oreos and Milo.
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NewsArnott's Has Released Gluten Free Versions of Its Scotch Finger, Tiny Teddy and Choc Ripple Biscuits
The new bikkies are made with a gluten free flour blend — and they're available in supermarkets now.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Bringing Back Its Bake-at-Home Fairy Bread Cookie Pie
It's topped with more 100s and 1000s than you've probably seen since your childhood birthday parties.
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NewsBrisbane's Night Noodle Markets Have Been Postponed Due to Travel and Quarantine Restrictions
With many of the event's vendors based in New South Wales, the Good Food Month staple isn't able to go ahead at present.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Now Dishing Up Single-Serve Cookie Pies in Stores Twice a Week
If you liked the gelato chain's large bake-at-home cookie pies, you'll love its new single-serve versions.
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NewsA Harry Potter-Themed High Tea Is Coming to Town This Spring
It'll take over top-secret locations in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.
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NewsHarajuku Gyoza Is About to Start Serving Up Seaweed Beer to Go With Your Dumplings
The Scottish-style ale will be on tap at the chain's venues in Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
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NewsLord of the Fries Is Giving Away Free Fries at All of Its Stores Next Week
It's doling out free shoestring fries to celebrate National Fry Day.
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GuideThe Six Tastiest Events to Eat and Drink Your Way Through During Brisbane Good Food Month 2021
Long lunches, plant-based feasts and whisky flights await.
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NewsDeliveroo Is Giving Away 5000 Packets of Tim Tams with Its Deliveries for One Day Only
On Wednesday, July 7, if you order a meal that costs at least $25 from 100 different restaurants, you'll score a free packet of chocolate biscuits — all to celebrate World Chocolate Day.
