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NewsThe Ten Best French Eateries in Brisbane
The result of our quest to stuff ourselves with croissants and cheese.
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NewsThe Five Best Outdoor Restaurants in Brisbane
In the Queensland summer, there’s nothing better than enjoying a meal and good company in the great outdoors.
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NewsLondon to See World’s First Edible Firework Display This NYE
Could this inspire Australia's first ever case of firework envy?
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NewsThe Seven Best Restaurants with a View in Brisbane
From mountaintop views to waterside hotspots, these special locations flaunt Brisbane's diverse beauty.
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NewsUbiquitous Sriracha Sauce Now Has Its Own Documentary Film
Your favourite condiment is now a movie star.
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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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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most-Viewed Cafes of 2024 So Far
Here's where you've been getting your breakfast, brunch, lunch and caffeine fixes during 2024's first half.
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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most-Viewed 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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GuideThe Best Food and Drink Festivals to Look Forward to Around Brisbane in 2024
Add beer, wine, gin, whisky, bacon, beer, Japanese and French festivals to your culinary plans for this year.
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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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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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GuideA Day and Night Guide to Paddington
From fine art and fancy dinners to sublime pub feeds and twilight bevvies, Paddington's still got it going on.
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NewsEight Grown-Up Easter Treats to Hunt Down Around Brisbane
You're never too old for this Easter hunt, especially when there's cocktails in chocolate bunnies and hot cross cruffins to track down and devour.
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GuideThe Best Things to Eat, See and Do to Celebrate Lunar New Year in Brisbane
From riverside feasts and rooftop parties to tea festivals and citywide celebrations, here's how to welcome in the Year of the Dragon in Brisbane.
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GuideThe 20 Best Restaurants in Brisbane
These are Brisbane's must-visit restaurants for any discerning food aficionado.
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NewsYourfork Wants to Let You Order Home-Cooked Food from Your Neighbours
Hooking up the home cooks and the take-out fiends.
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NewsStock Up on Sriracha Sauce as Factory Goes Into Shutdown
Fans of the spicy sauce might want to stalk up, or risk battling it out in the aisles.
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NewsThe Hunger Games Luxury Chocolates Are the Most Delicious Movie Tie-In
Because you certainly want to know what District 12 tastes like.
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NewsThe Eight Best Banh Mi in Brisbane
There is not a lot that can beat a truly great sandwich and banh mi is up there with the best.
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NewsJellyfish Protein Gives Us Creepy, Glowing Ice-Cream
Calcium-activated luminescent protein takes dessert to a whole new level.
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BarBar Miette
443 Queen Street, Brisbane City
Andrew McConnell's hospitality empire has arrived in Brisbane with this Euro-leaning terrace cafe and wine bar.
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RestaurantRiva Kitchen & Events
285 MacArthur Avenue, Hamilton
If you're after cruisy breakfasts, brunches and lunches with a view, you'll find them at Northshore Brisbane's airy riverside eatery.
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BarBrighton Hotel
196 Brighton Terrace, Brighton
Located 20 minutes from Brisbane, this northside pub has undergone a revamp, adding a new beer garden and bistro.
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BarThe Rose & Crown
275 Grey Street, South Brisbane
South Bank's new London-inspired pub has taken over Little Big House's old digs on Grey Street.
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BarManiax Brisbane CBD
Burnett Lane, Brisbane City
This second Brisbane site for the axe-throwing chain comes with a Viking-themed bar — and will get you hurling hatchets on Adelaide Street.
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BarThe Belvedere
Oxley Avenue, Woody Point
Woody Point's 122-year-old pub has relaunched after a $10-million-plus redevelopment.
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BarKirra Beach Hotel
2 Marine Parade, Coolangatta
This Gold Coast favourite returned in late 2023 after a three-year absence — and now sprawls across 1300 square metres.
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BarBli Bli Hotel
310 David Low Way, Bli Bli
The three-level pub's Mediterranean-inspired rooftop terrace is your new Sunshine Coast drinks spot.
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BarRoyal Hotel
1259 Sandgate Road, Nundah
This 135-year-old Nundah pub has relaunched with a new music venue after a $1.1-million makeover.
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NewsEat Street Markets Ship a Taste of Asia to Brisbane
All the tastes of hawker Asian street food, with the cool quirk of shipping containers and arts programming.
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NewsThe Five Best Vegetarian Cafes in Brisbane
Natalie Portman doesn’t. Neither does Pamela Anderson, Bill Clinton or Ellen Degeneres.
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NewsSouth Side Diner Brings Americana to Brisbane
South Bank gets a new, retro addition in South Side Diner.
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NewsThe Complete Guide to Eating in Sunnybank
Hunting down these future favourites can be a laborious and occasionally disheartening process so we at Concrete Playground have tried to take some of the guesswork out of things. Here’s our list of some of the best meals the 4109 postcode has to offer.
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EventThe Art Boat
Fri, 30 Aug - Sat, 21 Sep 2024
South Bank Pontoon B, South Brisbane
Get the BRIEFS FACTORY experience while cruising down the Brisbane River on vessel decked out with patterned tentacles.
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EventSip Happens Festival
Sat, 3 Aug, 2024
The Triffid, Newstead
Clink vino glasses to a live music soundtrack at this wine-tasting festival dedicated to up-and-coming small producers at The Triffid.
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EventCaxton Street Comedy Festival
Sat, 19 Oct, 2024
Caxton Street, Paddington
This brand-new event on Caxton Street is taking over four venues with 20-plus comedy shows across one side-splitting day.
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EventTrent Dalton's Love Stories
Sun, 8 Sep - Sun, 29 Sep 2024
QPAC Playhouse, South Brisbane
After 'Boy Swallows Universe', another Trent Dalton book is coming to life on the stage at Brisbane Festival.
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EventOS Art Shop Offline Launch
Sun, 28 Jul, 2024
Fish Lane, South Brisbane
Outer Space now has an online platform selling art, jewellery, ceramics and more by local independent artists and creatives — and it's kicking it off with an IRL party.
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EventWater and Dreams High Tea
Sat, 29 Jun - Sun, 27 Oct 2024
W Brisbane, Brisbane City
W Brisbane's Living Room Bar is serving up edible bubbles and airfoam-topped cocktails at this high tea themed around GOMA's 'Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses' exhibition.
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EventDeadpool & Wolverine
Thu, 25 Jul - Wed, 14 Aug 2024
Various cinemas in Brisbane
If there’s a Marvel messiah in the MCU's 34th film — and the first to feature either Deadpool or Wolverine — it's Hugh Jackman back in the claws as Logan.
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Event2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics Live Site at South Bank
Fri, 26 Jul - Sun, 8 Sep 2024
South Bank Parklands, Brisbane
Whether you're keen to catch the Matildas, the swimming or the athletics action, South Bank is hosting a viewing site for Paris 2024.
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EventIris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses
Sat, 29 Jun - Mon, 7 Oct 2024
GOMA, South Brisbane
Beloved by Beyoncé, Björk and Cate Blanchett, this Dutch fashion designer's stunning haute couture pieces are on display at GOMA.
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NewsTry Banana Bread and Espresso Butter Beer from 4 Pines and Single Origin
It's Up & Go for beer enthusiasts.
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NewsThe Seven Best High Teas in Brisbane
High tea is a serious art and we've found the best that Brisbane has to offer.
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NewsThe Seven Best Bagels in Brisbane
You might not have to travel as far as you thought to get your fix, because Brisbane's experiencing a rather tasty bagel boom, and it's hitting taste buds hard.
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NewsPicnic-Themed Cafe to Open Just in Time for Summer
A new cafe packs the picnic basket for you in preparation for a summer of fun in the sun.
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NewsThe Bluffer’s Guide to Oysters
Everything oyster is illuminated in conversation with chef Sean Connolly.
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NewsDevastating and Beautiful Animated Ad Will Turn You Off Factory Farming
An ad for a popular fast food chain that might just make you cry.
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NewsMoreton Bay Oyster Season Launches with All-You-Can-Eat Oysters
The poshest all-you-can-eat around.
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NewsAlfred & Constance Launch New Summer Menu
Find us on the deck with a Jumbled Julep cocktail in one hand and a fork in the other. Hello summer.
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NewsBoozing Now Acceptable at Breakfast Thanks to Spreadable Beer
An Italian duo have done their bit to make the world a better place, engineering a chocolate-flavoured beer spread.
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NewsYour Guide to Eating and Drinking at Brisbane Festival
Enjoying live theatre, a gig or experimental art is never fun on an empty stomach, so with the annual Brisbane Festival kicking off this week we thought a pre-game feasting guide could help fill your tum right up. We also have a sweet giveaway to tempt you. Read on.
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NewsThe Seven Best Tapas Restaurants in Brisbane
Share plates are all the rage and there’s now a cornucopia of Brisbane restaurants with menus fashioned on the communal dining concept. Tapas has captured the heart of Brisbane dwellers, and become something of a neat catch-all term, not exclusive to Spainish cuisine, in the process.
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NewsJan Powers Farmers Markets Coming to Albion Mill
Bottled or baked, pickled or plucked, caught or dug up, you'll be able to get your hands on it at Albion Mill's Farmers' Markets.
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NewsThe Ten Best Hot Chocolates in Brisbane
Whether you're a purist who likes their fix plain and simple or are willing to mix it up - we have you covered.
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NewsPlating Up: The Bespoke Tableware Inspired by Chefs
Chefs lend a hand in creating unique tablewares, fit for their food.
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NewsThe Ten Best European Foods in Brisbane
We've picked out the best croissant, pork knuckle, gelato and more to feed your travel bug.
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NewsThe Five Best American Eats in Brisbane
Though it’s not helping us keep our waistlines in check, the US food on offer is just too good to ignore.
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NewsPaleo Before You Faileo: Brisbane’s Caveman Food Movement
It seems like ‘paleo’ is sweeping us off our feet, but are we quite literally feeding into the hype?
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NewsThe Five Best Cafes in Woolloongabba
Besides being famous for The Gabba cricket ground, Woolloongabba is offering up some great breakfast spots.
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NewsThe Five Best Dessert Spots in Brisbane
Because sometimes dessert should be the main deal, that's why.
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NewsConcrete Playground Talks Meat with Gavin Baker from Little Hunter
We learn about smoking and curing meats from a chef who earned his chops at the Fat Duck and with Justin Timberlake.
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NewsFinding the Perfect Fish on Good Friday
The best options whether you're after a fast fix or wanting to cook from scratch.
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NewsPop up fish and chips this Friday at Alfred and Constance
Head in for lunch or dinner at Alfred and Constance's Pop Up Fish and Chips
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NewsTop Five Healthy Eating Spots in Brisbane
For some of Brisbane's best healthy options, look no further.
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NewsThe Five Best Riverfront Spots in Brisbane
Brisbanites can't get enough of absolute waterfront vantage points for dinner and drinks.
