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NewsBeginning with Gin: Three Winning Wintry Cocktails to Make Ahead of World Gin Day
If you begin with gin and add a few simple three-step cocktail recipes, you've got the makings of a standout lineup of sips this World Gin Day.
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NewsKrispy Kreme Is Giving Away 100,000 Free Doughnuts for National Doughnut Day 2023
What's better than sweet glazed doughnuts? Free sweet glazed doughnuts.
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NewsTippler's Tap Is Moving Its South Bank Beer Bar to Bigger Digs and Introducing Self-Serve Taps
The Grey Street venue's "pour your own" system will span 14 self-serve beers and four self-serve cocktails.
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NewsComing Soon: The Lex Is the NYC-Inspired Restaurant Taking Over From Three Blue Ducks at W Brisbane
Expect New York City-style dishes using southeast Queensland produce, including oyster brine martinis and dry-aged beef on the grill.
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NewsFour Pillars Is Doing Bloody Shiraz and Bloody Pinot Noir Gins for 2023 — and Hosting a Midwinter Gin Fest
What's better than one bloody great gin? Two, plus 15 events celebrating Four Pillars' cult-favourite tipples across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
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NewsComing Soon: Viva La Cali Is Fortitude Valley's New Laneway Bar and Restaurant From the 1st Edition Crew
Banh mi-inspired tacos, beef tartare with jalapeños and chilli mango coconut slushies are on the menu at this newcomer to California Lane.
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GuideBrisbane Bars with Games and Activities for When You Want to Do More Than Just Sit Around and Drink
Sip shiraz over 'Scrabble', mash buttons with a brew in your hand or pair cocktails with karaoke — or hurl hatchets.
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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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GuideBrisbane Bars and Restaurants That Are Undeniably, Unabashedly Romantic
Low lighting, jazz playlists, opulent cocktails, pastel hues, breathtaking views — this is all on offer at the best romantic bars in Brisbane.
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GuideBrisbane's Best Inner-City Bars for After-Work Drinks with Your Coworkers
These rooftop bars, cosy pubs, riverside hangouts and wine havens are suitable for both celebrating and commiserating.
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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 Brisbane Beer Gardens and Boozy Courtyards
Save cosy pub corners for gloomy days — if the sun is shining, it's time to drink a brew out in the open at these Brisbane beer gardens.
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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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GuideThe Best Rooftop Bars in and Around Brisbane
Here's where to head in and around Brisbane when you want to enjoy a cocktail skyward.
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NewsComing Soon: Patio Is the Leafy New Neighbourhood Bar Bringing Range Brewing's Beers to Rosalie
Moga Izakaya & Sushi's former home is set to become an Aussie pub-influenced watering hole with a sunny beer garden.
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NewsComing Soon: Carmen Is the New 80-Seater Mexican Restaurant and Tequileria Opening on James Street
This upcoming addition to Brisbane's inner north will pair poached lobster tacos with small-batch mezcals, plus plenty of agave and tequila cocktails.
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NewsCoffee Supreme Has Released a Range of Canned Iced Coffee So You Can Stay Caffeinated on the Run
The three new flavours are ready to be packed into gym bags, picnic baskets and eskies.
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NewsFirst Look: Have a Peek at the Revamped Riverland's New Three-Tier Waterfront Deck on Eagle Street
From Monday, May 22, this waterside spot will officially relaunch after a $3.5-million renovation.
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NewsFrankie's Food Hall Is Ann Street's New Euro-Inspired Sandwich Diner, Carvery and Deli
This 40-seater in the Heritage Lanes precinct serves up a signature Croatian breakfast, roast rolls and Greek sweets Monday–Friday.
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NewsThe World's Best Barista for 2022 Is Coming to Brisbane to Pour Top-Notch Coffees
For five days, Melbourne's Axil Coffee and barista Anthony Douglas will be slinging caffeine at Brisbane's InterSection Project on Mary Street.
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BarSlipstream Brewing Social House
8 The Avenue, Birtinya
This Brisbane brewery has expanded to the Sunshine Coast with a 40-tap hangout that's pairing beers and bites.
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BarPortside Social
39 Hercules Street, Hamilton
You'll find pints, parmigianas and games of pool at this Hamilton gastropub at Portside — and burgers, ribs and boozy bottomless weekend brunches, too.
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BarLittle Miss Sunshine
80 Ann Street, Brisbane City
This Brisbane brewery and bistro pours its own beers — and makes them — on Ann Street in the city's CBD.
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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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CafeRiva 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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NewsA Melbourne Barista Has Just Been Named Australia's Coffee-Making Champion for 2023
For the second year in a row, Melbourne's Axil Coffee has been crowned home to the country's best barista.
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NewsThe Pig 'N' Whistle and Milano's in the Queen Street Mall Look Set to Be Torn Down
Instead of bricks-and-mortar bars and restaurants, the mall might welcome pop-up gin bars, brewery tastings and food trucks.
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NewsDonut King Is Celebrating National Doughnut Day 2023 with Free Hot Cinnamon Doughnuts
Is this the most delicious day of the year? This doughnut chain certainly thinks so, with freebies available all day at all stores Australia-wide.
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NewsNow Open: Oasis Is the New $10-Million Floating Bar That's Hosting Parties on the Brisbane River
The three-level party boat can accommodate 500 guests, and has a stacked roster of weekend shindigs locked in until the end of June.
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NewsHoward Smith Wharves Is Hosting Its First-Ever Italian Food Market with Guest Chef Orazio D'Elia
At FESTA ITALIANA, you'll hang out by the river eating vodka rigatoni, drinking peach bellinis and listening to live music across two weekends.
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NewsThere's a New Gin in Town Which All Started Because of a Film Set Friendship
Papa Salt Coastal Gin is a new addition to the premium Australian gin category with a very recognisable Australian among the group of founders.
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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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NewsSydney Fine-Diner NEL Is Plating Up Another 11-Course Disney-Inspired Degustation This Winter
An alfredo linguini that nods to 'Ratatouille'? A honey-soaked sponge that Winnie-the-Pooh would covet? Yes, this is a magical meal.
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NewsRange Brewing Has Added a Pizzeria and Barrel Room to Its Growing Newstead Base
Meet Jacopo's Pizza and The Bethnal, Range's new go-tos for Roman-style slices and hosting events.
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NewsMonth-Long Food and Drink Festival Dine BNE City Will Fill the Brisbane CBD with Culinary Events in June
Cheap lunches, five-course seafood feasts, cocktails in igloos and opera while you eat — this returning food program has it all.
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NewsRiverland Is Relaunching with a Three-Tier Waterfront Deck and New Food Options After a $3.5-Million Revamp
As well as 800 square metres of new waterside space, there's two new kitchens and a fresh cocktail menu.
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NewsSorelle Eatery Is St Lucia's New Italian-Inspired Cafe and Homewares Shop From the Tognini's Team
Start your day with tiramisu cruffins and Sicilian chilli scrambled eggs, or grab a mortadella toastie and mini cannoli for lunch — all on Hawken Drive.
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NewsThe Krondorf Wines 2023 Collection Will Have You Sipping the Luxury and Tradition of the Barossa
Experience the bold, beautiful red wines that are a true expression of the Barossa.
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GuideFive NSW Events to Hit Up If You're Hungry for a Full-On Foodie Experience
All-things oysters, flame-grilled feeds, decadent degustations and more await.
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NewsRevel Brewing Co Has Launched a Pop-Up Bar Outside Powerhouse Just for Brisbane Comedy Festival
Until the end of May, this Brisbane brewery is pouring its brews at a third location — which is where you'll find its limited-edition Laughing Lager.
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NewsAustralian Venue Co Wants to Pay You to Eat and Drink at Its Bars and Pubs Once a Month
The hospitality company is looking for 100 'secret sippers' to visit its venues, have a meal and provide monthly feedback.
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NewsComing Soon: Ardo's Is Opening Its Second Neighbourhood Wine Bar and Bottle Shop in Graceville
Just months after launching in Newstead, this vino-slinging joint from the City Winery crew is expanding to Brisbane's west.
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NewsComing Soon: Claw Is the New 1000-Person Crab Shack Bringing Bibs, Games and a Sports Bar to King Street
This California-inspired joint will get cracking with shellfish, brisket and craft beers, plus an arcade, DJs and live tunes.
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NewsMt Coot-tha's The Summit Is Set to Score a Two-Level Pavilion with a Gin Distillery and Rooftop Garden
The sky-high tourist destination's current cafe will be demolished, and the heritage-listed restaurant will score a new deck with killer views.
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NewsFive Fun Facts to Carry You Through Trivia This World Whisky Day
We've answered your whisky questions so you can bluff your way through World Whisky Day — and get straight to the sipping.
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NewsWoolloongabba Might Score a New $1.2-Billion Precinct Across a One-Hectare Stretch of Stanley Street
Called Station Square, this proposed plan includes a five-star hotel, shops, apartments, housing, green space and reopening the Chalk Hotel.
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News'Chef's Table' Alum Ana Roš From Two Michelin-Starred Hiša Franko Headlines Dark Mofo's 2023 Winter Feast
The Slovenian chef will be joined by The Agrarian Kitchen's Stephen Peak and Rodney Dunn, cooking up fare inspired by her homeland but made with Tasmania's top seasonal produce.
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NewsNundah's 135-Year-Old The Royal Is the Latest Historic Brisbane Pub That's Getting a Hefty Revamp
The heritage-listed Sandgate Road venue dates back to 1888, and will relaunch in mid-July after a $1.1-million refurbishment.
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FeatureCitrus Stans to Sweet Tooths: Four Creative Martini Recipes That Will Satisfy All Tastes
Liberating the art of the martini one sip at a time.
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NewsThe Opa, Yamas and Massimo Crew Is Opening Two Dining Spots on Kangaroo Point's New Green Bridge
Come 2024, you'll be able to hit up restaurant and bar Bombora for a bite and drinks over the water, and grab a coffee at the Mulga Bill’s cafe.
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NewsNow Open: Isla Cantina Is the New Waterfront SoCal-Meets-Mexican Bar and Eatery on the Isle of Capri
This 100-seater boasts a cocktail bar, breezy deck, and a menu featuring spanner crab tostadas, fried red snapper tacos and margaritas.
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NewsBrisbane Burger Fest Is Bringing Its Burgs, Beers and Live Tunes Back to The Triffid This Winter
Of course this burger-loving city has a festival dedicated to fillings sandwiched in crusty buns — and it'll feature fest-exclusive burgs, too.
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NewsScenic Rim Eat Local's First-Ever Month-Long Program Is Here with 139 Food and Drink Events
The 2023 festival includes cocktails in Elderflower Farm's flower field, a fermented food fest, a whole day dedicated to carrots and more.
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NewsBring Your A-Game to Circus-Themed Arcade and Bowling Joint Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq
This venue promises an electrifying and immersive experience that will transport you back to the golden age of the circus.
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NewsAustralia's Seafood King Josh Niland Will Release His Third Cookbook 'Fish Butchery' This Winter
Make some room on your kitchen shelves next to the Sydney chef's 'The Whole Fish Cookbook' and 'Take One Fish'.
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NewsFortitude Valley's SuperFly Has Ditched Disco to Turn Into Brisbane's Newest Live Music Venue
Alhambra Lounge's old digs on McLachlan Street is now home to a 400-person haven for gigs — and now called SuperFly Studios.
