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NewsOktoberfest in the Gardens Is Bringing Its Big Bavarian Celebration to Brisbane for the First Time
Already a hit around the rest of Australia, this one-day German party features food stalls, roving performers, rides, sideshows and a silent disco.
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NewsPizza Hut Is Giving Away 200 Free Pizzas for Every Single Goal Scored During the Women's World Cup
For each goal that the Matildas kick, there'll be 600 free pizzas on offer.
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NewsNine Culinary Experiences to Book on Your European Summer Holiday
Eat and drink your way through Europe this summer with help from the local experts.
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NewsThe Top 50 Bars in Asia for 2023 Were Just Unveiled So Add These to Your Wish List
From Taipei to Tokyo, here are the continent's best boozers to bookmark for your next getaway.
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NewsNow Open: French-Inspired Pastry Haven Rise Bakery Has Launched Its First Brisbane Outpost
This Gold Coast favourite has expanded north, launching at Portside Wharf with a limited menu and takeaways before its official opening in August.
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NewsNow Open: GPO Is Finally Back with Three Venues in One After a Massive $9-Million Makeover
Whether you're after cocktails and 'Gatsby'-style vibes, a luxe dinner or post-work drinks, the 136-year-old Fortitude Valley building has the spot.
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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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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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NewsMcDonald's Is Opening the World's First Fry-Thru in Australia — and It's Even Shaped Like Giant Fries
Would you like fries from that? A pop-up Macca's shaped like a five-metre-tall packet of fries is hitting Sydney for the Women's World Cup.
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GuideGroup Dining: The Best International Restaurants for Celebrating the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™
Get the gang together to fully embrace this footy season with a culinary journey throughout Sydney.
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NewsThe Culture Vulture's Guide to Getting the Most Out of Your Sydney Stay for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™
Make the most out of your Sydney trip with a healthy dose of culture alongside your football fever.
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NewsThree Australian Wineries Were Just Named in the World's Best 50 Vineyards for 2023
South Australia's d'Arenberg, Henschke and Penfolds Magill Estate have all been recognised as top wine destinations — but New Zealand's Rippon was named the best in Australasia.
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NewsNow Open: Three Blue Ducks' New Regional Restaurant Celebrates Fresh Produce and Big Flavours
Three Blue Ducks Bellingen has arrived within 16 acres of picturesque gardens surrounded by Dorrigo National Park.
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NewsRed Wine Fans, Rejoice: Pinot Palooza Will Showcase 50-Plus Wineries When It Tours Australia in 2023
Australia's huge pinot party is turning 11 with top-notch tipples from Australia, New Zealand and beyond — and a new stop in Perth.
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RestaurantSeoul Garden Korean BBQ and Hotpot
341 Mains Road, Sunnybank
This Melbourne-born chain has launched its first Brisbane Korean BBQ and hotpot buffet restaurant in Sunnybank.
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RestaurantAloria
33 William Street, Brisbane City
A visit here means pairing Brisbane vistas with European-influenced steak and seafood dishes atop Queen's Wharf Sky Deck.
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RestaurantLuc Lac
33 William Street, Brisbane City
Vietnamese and Thai flavours are on the menu at Ghanem Group's Queen's Wharf restaurant and bar.
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RestaurantCentral
340 Queen Street, Brisbane City
Sat beneath Queen Street, Southside's sibling dumpling bar is your moody CBD spot for a Hong Kong-inspired bite.
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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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NewsThe Calile's Lobby Bar Is Now Serving Rooftop-to-Table Dishes Thanks to Its Own Sky-High Garden
Organic greenery now sits atop the Fortitude Valley hotel, which Head Chef Andy Gunn is using in a new French-themed menu.
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NewsBrisbane's Own Mt Ommaney Is Now Home to Australia's First-Ever Drive-Thru Grill'd
To celebrate, the burger chain is doing $5 burger deals for one day — including for drive-thru customers, of course.
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NewsSydney's La Salut Has Just Won Gold at 2023's International Star Wine List of the Year Awards
Melbourne's Embla, Sydney's Bentley Restaurant + Bar, Margaret River's Settler's Tavern and Perth's Rockpool Bar & Grill also received nominations.
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NewsComing Soon: Rich & Rare Is West Village's New Manhattan-Inspired Steak and Seafood Restaurant
After running Fatcow Steak & Lobster on Eagle St Pier, the Tassis Group is bringing its expertise to West End.
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NewsDessert Alert: Messina Is Bringing Back 40 of Its Greatest Gelato Hits in Take-Home Tubs
Cinnamon Cone Crunch, Robert Blondie Jr and Fairy Bread Cookie Pie are all back — and Have a Gay Old Time and Just Like a Milkshake, too.
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NewsSnoop Dogg Is Dropping His Second Cookbook 'Goon with the Spoon' This Spring
This time, the hip hop icon is teaming up with fellow rapper E-40 on a collection of 65-plus recipes.
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EventWorld Science Festival Brisbane
Fri, 21 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
Whether you're interested in the a peek inside Queensland Herbarium, the physics of skateboarding or seafaring cinema, this fest has you covered.
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EventInnocent Bystander Tasting Bar at Babylon Garden
Thu, 27 Feb - Sun, 16 Mar 2025
Babylon Garden, Brisbane City
Come for the pop-up cellar door from this Yarra Valley winery, stay for the Harry Styles lookalike contest, free tattoos, and gin and wine masterclass.
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EventBig Gay Day
Sun, 4 May, 2025
The Wickham, Fortitude Valley
The Wickham's queer street festival is turning 25 with Peach PRC and The Presets leading the lineup.
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EventNew Order: Australian Tour 2025
Tue, 11 Mar, 2025
Riverstage, Brisbane
After their 2020 tour was cut short due to the pandemic, these music icons are returning Down Under.
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EventMargs-a-Million
Sun, 16 Mar, 2025
Southside Restaurant, South Brisbane
This returning margarita festival at Southside is pairing 'ritas, mariachi tunes, and a mezcal and tequila tasting station bites with whipped up with the Baja crew.
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EventMarch Into Margarita
Sat, 1 Mar - Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Fish Lane, South Brisbane
Fish Lane is dedicating the entire month of March to margaritas and marg-fuelled events.
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EventFeel Good Program
Sat, 1 Mar - Thu, 1 May 2025
South Bank Parklands, Brisbane
Bend, stretch, splash and dance your way through spring at South Bank's free exercise classes.
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EventCorteo — Cirque du Soleil
Thu, 18 Sep - Sun, 21 Sep 2025
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
Focusing on a clown imagining his funeral procession, this dazzling hit filled with acrobatic wonders features the Montreal-based company's first-ever central stage setup.
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NewsLune Croissanterie and Koko Black Are Joining Forces on a Decadent Chocolate Truffle Croissant
Another World Chocolate Day is here, which means another tasty collaboration between these two favourites.
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NewsComing Soon: NYC-Style Sandwich Joint Joe's Deli Is Opening an 80-Seater Diner and Bar in Albert Street
Another Gold Coast favourite is heading north, this time slinging sangas, hot dogs, beers and organic wines to 90s hip hop.
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NewsComing Soon: Portside's New Hamptons-Inspired Riverside Seafood Restaurant Fosh Will Open in August
Opa, Yamas and Massimo restaurateur Michael Tassis is bringing lobster with bottomless fries and caviar bumps to Hamilton.
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FeatureWax Golden: A Hive of Good Times from Maker's Mark and Beechworth Honey
Find out what all the buzz is about honey and bourbon cocktails — from the experts in the craft.
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NewsJames Street Is Turning Into a 300-Metre-Long Outdoor Dining Room for 2023's Food and Wine Trail
New Farm's popular precinct will host pizza parties, champagne menus, rooftop garden shindigs and 33 stalls on Market Day.
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NewsNow Open: The 1st Edition Crew's New Bar and Restaurant Viva La Cali Has Landed in California Lane
A California-inspired joint was destined for this patch of Fortitude Valley at some point — and this one does pork belly tacos, beef tartare and Peruvian doughnuts.
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NewsBribie Island Hotel Has Added Greenery-Covered Pods to Its Fairy Light-Lit Beer Garden for Winter
These aren't any old igloos — they're domes decked out in greenery and florals, plus flamingos.
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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most Popular Bars of 2023 So Far
Multi-level riverside gardens, European-inspired wine havens, revamped pubs and challenge-room bars — they’ve all grabbed your attention in 2023 to-date.
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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most Popular Cafes of 2023 So Far
Leafy all-day eateries, cafes that double as homewares stores, top-notch coffee roasters — here's where you've been heading across the first six months of 2023.
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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most Popular Restaurants of 2023 So Far
These are the celebrity chef-led eateries, Japanese joints, riverside spots and trattorias you've been scoping out across 2023's first half.
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NewsGerard's Bistro Is Temporarily Closing for Two Months to Undergo a Massive Makeover
The James Street favourite will serve its last meals for now on Saturday, July 1, then start renovations on a "reimagined exciting dining space".
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NewsThree Blue Ducks' Latest Farm-to-Table Outpost Will Arrive at The Lodge in Bellingen From July
Local produce is at the heart of the spice-forward dishes on the regional restaurant's alluring new menu.
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NewsSunnybank Food Trail Is Bringing Back Its Self-Guided Culinary Feast for the First Time Since 2019
This day-long culinary adventure lets you feast your way around Brisbane's south for spare change — and it's finally returning.
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NewsBisou Bisou Has Relaunched as a Casual French Brasserie Heroing Mussels and Rotisserie Chicken
The Fortitude Valley restaurant inside Hotel X is also doing cronuts for breakfast, chicken liver parfait with toasted brioche and steak frites.
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NewsThe World's 50 Best Restaurants Have Been Named for 2023 — and There's No Aussie Eateries on the List
Australia also missed out on a spot on the awards' 51–100 countdown, too.
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NewsFarewell Fantales: The Beloved Movie Trivia-Loving Australian Chocolates Are Being Discontinued
It's the end of an era for lovers of caramel-filled chocolates wrapped in cinema stories.
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NewsComing Soon: GPO Hotel Is Finally Relaunching in July After Its Hefty $9-Million Revamp
Two of the 136-year-old Fortitude Valley favourite's new venues will open their doors on July 8: restaurant TAMA and speakeasy bar The Gatsby.
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NewsLina Is Getting a Two-Month-Long Winter Makeover with Rooftop Igloos, Snow and Firepits
Cheese and chocolate fondue, mulled wine and marshmallows will also be on offer when this sky-high South Brisbane spot embraces the frosty season.
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NewsNow Open: The Lex Is W Brisbane's NYC-Inspired Restaurant with a Bagel Bar and Cocktail Trolleys
This riverside newcomer also does octopus hot dogs and avocado cocktails that use every part of the fruit.
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NewsPlant-Based KitKats Have Returned to Australian Supermarkets So That Everyone Can Have a Break
They're made with a rice-based milk alternative, and they're available in hit Coles stores and the KitKat Chocolatory online.
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NewsFour Pillars and QT Hotels Have Teamed Up on a Limited-Edition Wild Fennel, Sage and Vetiver Gin
Just like their first collaboration in 2021, you'll only be able to drink this drop at the hotel chain's bars — or you can order a bottle for your liquor cabinet.
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NewsNow Open: Patio Is Rosalie's New Neighbourhood Bar with a Sunny Beer Garden From the Range Brewing Team
Kicking back here means pairing brews and sunshine in a space inspired by old-school Aussie pubs — and sitting around the fairy light-lit courtyard tree.
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NewsNow Open: Hawthorne Coffee Is Riding Road's New Go-To for Gourmet Toasties and a Top-Notch Caffeine Fix
Tuck into garlic thyme truffled mushroom toasted sandwiches over a Bancroft Coffee Roasters brew at the latest addition to Brisbane's inner east.
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NewsVictoria's Country Cob Bakery Just Took Out Australia's Best Pie Award for the Fourth Time
The bakery nabbed the accolade for its Cambodian fish amok pie, which was also named the best seafood pie as well.
