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NewsGet Stuck Into Chef Scott Pickett's Recipe for Pork Jowl with Cider and Boudin Noir
The Saint Crispin chef puts a unique spin on classic pork and apple.
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NewsBella BBQ Now Lets You Build Your Own Burgers
One of Brisbane's favourite food trucks is letting you customise things.
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NewsDeath Valley Is Now Serving Up Never-Ending Weekend Brunch
We'll say it again: never-ending brunch.
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NewsLondon Diners Have Just Sat Down to 200 Courses in 24 Hours
This is what gluttony looks like at the hands of food artists Bompas & Parr.
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NewsHeston Blumenthal's New Melbourne Restaurant Is Now Taking Reservations
But you may be waiting a while for a table.
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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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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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GuideOn the Way: Upcoming Brisbane Openings to Put in Your Diary for 2024 and Beyond
Brisbane is about to look a whole lot different — these are the newbies we're counting the days for.
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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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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most-Popular Cafes of 2024 So Far
Here's where you've been getting your breakfast, brunch, lunch and caffeine fixes during 2024.
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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most-Popular Restaurants of 2024 So Far
From stellar steak joints and Middle Eastern menus to spots with a view and Chinese feasts, these are the Brisbane eateries that you've been searching for across 2024's first half.
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NewsThe Best Places in Brisbane to Treat Your Mum on Mother's Day (or Any Day)
Try slightly harder than your favourite sticky dive bar — your mum deserves it.
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NewsJocelyn Hancock's Cake & Bake Opens in South Brisbane
One of Brisbane's legendary sweet tooths has a brand new bakery.
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NewsDamian Griffiths Is About to Fill South Bank With Delicious Kiosks
Expect doughnuts, ice cream sandwiches and milkshakes in their own little huts.
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NewsScrumptious Reads Has Opened A Tea Room
Snuggle up with a matcha inside James Street's foodie bookshop.
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NewsGramercy Coffee Is Popping Up in Queen Street Mall Today
Get your mid-morning doughnut fix, for one hour only.
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NewsGelato Messina Are Selling Ice Cream Cigars For Father's Day
Make up for your teenage years with a salted caramel and whisky cream stogie.
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CafeFrankie's Woombye
2 Blackall Street, Woombye
One of QLD's most popular cafes is hidden in the Sunny Coast hinterland.
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BarByblós Brisbane
39 Hercules Street, Hamilton
This Portside favourite has relaunched after 18 years with a revamped look and refreshed Lebanese menu.
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RestaurantMademoiselle
39 Hercules Street, Hamilton
Rise Bakery's Harry Ohayon and Maxime Bournazel have doubled their footprint at Portside with this Parisian bistro.
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RestaurantCucina Regina
33 William Street, Brisbane City
A sibling to the Gold Coast's Cucina Vivo and Sydney's Cucina Porto, Queen's Wharf's resident Italian eatery takes its cues from old-school trattorias.
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RestaurantDumbo
39 Hercules Street, Hamilton
Stacked burgers, dirty water dogs and fish sandos are on the menu at this Portside burger bar from the Red Hook crew.
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RestaurantBlack Hide Steak and Seafood
33 William Street, Brisbane City
Black Hide's Queen's Wharf restaurant is Brisbane's new go-to for steak, seafood and cocktails with a view.
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BarClaw BBQ & Grill Carindale
1151 Creek Road, Carindale
Brisbane's seafood lovers can now don bibs, crack open shellfish and watch sports at this chain's second crab shack, this time in the city's south.
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RestaurantSokyo
William Street, Brisbane City
At its first outpost outside of Sydney, this luxe Japanese fine-diner is dishing up eye-catching sushi, sashimi and more at Queen's Wharf.
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RestaurantAttimi by Dario Manca
224 Given Terrace, Paddington
This 28-seat Italian fine-diner in Paddington takes inspiration from Michelin-starred dining in Europe.
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NewsHeston Blumenthal Has Called in a Mentalist to Help Craft the New Fat Duck
Looks like mind control is the new foodie frontier.
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NewsTuck Into a Famous Death Row Criminal's Last Meal at this Conviction Dinner
Taste the last meals of Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy, if you can stomach it.
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NewsAustralian Gourmet Traveller Has Named Their Restaurants of the Year
Brisbane gets a bar gong for once.
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NewsDamian Griffiths Is Resurrecting Brisbane’s Old Bubbles Bathhouse
Featuring an in-house spa as a nod to the site's racy, illegal past.
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NewsThe Ten Best Hearty Roasts in Brisbane
There's nothing quite like a juicy, slow-cooked, gravy-drenched roast to round out your weekend.
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EventBrisbane Gin Festival
Fri, 4 Apr - Sun, 6 Apr 2025
Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills
This boozy festival is bringing 50 craft gin distillers from around the country to Brisbane Showgrounds for three days of masterclasses and tastings.
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EventNew Year's Eve in Brisbane
Tue, 31 Dec, 2024
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
They don’t call it Bris-vegas for nothing.
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EventLes Misérables: The Arena Spectacular
Wed, 28 May - Sun, 1 Jun 2025
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
You'll hear the people sing when this arena spectacular version of Victor Hugo's famous 1862 novel hits Brisbane.
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EventRhys Darby: The Legend Returns
Wed, 30 Apr, 2025
Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba
The New Zealand comedian is bringing his first stand-up show in almost a decade to Brisbane.
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EventLifeline Bookfest — Summer
Sat, 18 Jan - Mon, 27 Jan 2025
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane
It's time to stock up on soap opera-themed cookbooks and other treasures you didn't know you needed — again.
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EventFestive High Tea
Fri, 1 Nov - Sun, 29 Dec 2024
Living Room Bar, Brisbane City
'Tis the season to build your own gingerbread house over festive-themed cocktails at Brisbane's W Hotel's Christmas high tea.
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Event$2 Summer Dips
Sun, 1 Dec 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
You can enjoy a swim in Brisbane City Council's 22 public pools for just $2 all summer long.
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EventBrisbane Comedy Festival
Wed, 23 Apr - Sun, 25 May 2025
Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm
Get ready to laugh: Rhys Darby, Ross Noble and Boozy Shakespeare are on the lineup when Brisbane's annual comedy festival returns for 2025.
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EventChristmas in Brisbane
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 - Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane
From a festive maze to a free light and sound experience, here's how Brisbane's CBD and South Bank is celebrating Christmas in 2024.
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EventMoonlight Cinema Brisbane
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 - Sun, 16 Feb 2025
Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane
Catch 'The Fall Guy', 'Gladiator II', 'Challengers' and a heap of Christmas movies under the stars in Roma Street Parklands.
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NewsTake a Peek Inside Fried Chicken & Friends: The Hartsyard Family Cookbook
Create oyster po' boys, hushpuppies and that famous fried chicken at home.
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NewsMelbourne's Nutella Obsession Causes Australia-Wide Shortage, Chaos Ensues
Melbourne, you big ol' hazelnuts.
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NewsMeet London Fields, West End’s Newest Gastropub
Serving roasted morsels of all your favourite meats.
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NewsHeston Blumenthal's Dinner to Replace The Fat Duck in Melbourne
Farewell snail porridge, hello meat fruit.
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NewsMeet the Cats of Sydney's New Spaced-Themed Cat Cafe
We get to know the four-legged catstronauts of Catmosphere.
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NewsCafeSmart Lets You Donate $1 from Your Morning Coffee to Charity
Down your third or fourth coffee for the day, guilt-free.
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GuideTwelve New Food Hotspots to Try in Brisbane Right Now
Here's what's trending with Concrete Playground's hungriest readers.
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NewsGet Your Caffeine Fix in Frozen Form at Queen of the Pops
Barista-made coffee ice cream pops. Sounds like the perfect Brisbane treat.
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NewsDonut Boyz Has Opened A Second Brisbane Store
Their latest concoction combines roasted fig-infused cream cheese, dark chocolate and walnuts. No wonder they're popular.
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NewsFood Trucks Are Taking Over Southside Tea Room
Gorge yourself on street food to help you forget you're not at Splendour.
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NewsUber Is Delivering Gelato Messina to Your Office This Friday
This might be even better than that time they were delivering kittens.
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NewsMelbourne's Beloved Huxtaburger Is Coming to Brisbane
Find out what's making Melburnians drool.
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NewsPuerto Pops Up at South Bank
The Mexican-themed kitchen is Queensland's entrant into Seven's new reality TV program, Restaurant Revolution.
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NewsAustralia's Getting Into Healthy Vending Machines
These wholesome Australian companies are shaking up the fast food game.
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NewsHalf-Popped Corn Is the Newest American Snack Food Trend
Bottom-of-the-popcorn-bag lovers, this one's for you.
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NewsYou Can Design Your Own Bespoke Chocolate Bars with Chocolab
And they'll deliver them right to your door.
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NewsAllen's Lollies to "Delete" Spearmint Leaves and Green Frogs
The confectionery giant's Party Mix is getting a little less green.
