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NewsMessina Is Turning Andy Bowdy's Peanut Butter Banana Split Into a Decadent Cookie Pie
The Sydney pastry chef's peanut butter and banana sundaes are the stuff of legend — and now they're being reinvented.
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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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NewsDarrell Lea Is Now Doing Liquorice Beer If You Can't Decide Whether to Get Dad Brews or Sweets
The confectionery company has teamed up with Nomad Brewing Co on a dark chocolate liquorice stout made with Darrell Lea’s Batch 37 liquorice.
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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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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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NewsYou Can Now Get Super-Nostalgic DIY Wizz Fizz Margarita Kits Delivered to Your Door
Mix yourself up a batch of Cocktail Porter's sherbet margaritas — and get everything you need to make them delivered to your door.
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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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NewsSix Interesting Gifts You Can Send to Your Dad This Father's Day
Attain favourite child status without leaving the house.
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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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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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RestaurantBirria Boy Taqueria
617 Stanley Street, Woolloongabba
A pop up so popular that it decided to stick around for good.
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RestaurantAgnes Restaurant
22 Agnes Street, Fortitude Valley
One of Brisbane’s most acclaimed restaurants, powered by flame.
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RestaurantAugust West End
19 Dornoch Terrace, West End
A refined tasting-menu restaurant set inside a heritage West End church.
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RestaurantJoy Restaurant
690 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley
An intimate Fortitude Valley tasting-menu experience with national acclaim.
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RestaurantOTTO Ristorante Brisbane
Sidon Street, South Brisbane
Riverfront Italian dining with polish and presence.
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RestaurantOpa Bar & Mezze
123 Eagle Street, Brisbane City
A lively riverfront Greek restaurant built for sharing.
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RestaurantNorths Leagues Club
1347 Anzac Avenue, Kallangur
Head to Brisbane’s north side for a taste of community spirit and modern Australian meals.
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RestaurantAunty
11 Wandoo Street , Fortitude Valley
The menu showcases modern Asian cuisine that is rooted in traditional techniques, with a wood-fire grill at the heart of the kitchen.
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RestaurantThe French Exit
169 Mary Street, Brisbane City
A dimly lit, romantic and inviting space, classic French dishes and a standout wine list go a long way to making you forget you just strolled off the street in Brissy.
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RestaurantCibaria Noosa
Elysium Resort Noosa, 14-16 Hastings St, Noosa Heads
Handmade pasta and coastal Italian flavours take centre stage at this relaxed all-day trattoria and bar on Hastings Street.
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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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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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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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EventArchie Moore: kith and kin
Sat, 27 Sep 2025 - Sun, 18 Oct 2026
GOMA, South Brisbane
This artwork won the 2024 Venice Biennale's Golden Lion — and Australians can see it at home in Brisbane.
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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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NewsCity Winery Is Now Selling DIY Mulled Wine Kits So You Can Drink Steamy Vino at Home
The packs come with a bottle of Grenache Mataro, all the herbs and spices you need, and a mulled wine recipe.
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NewsStone and Wood Is Launching a Lockdown Drive-Thru with Ekka-Inspired Strawberry Sundae Beers
Pick up fresh brews without leaving your car — including a strawberries and cream-flavoured brew.
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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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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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NewsTaka Gin Is the New Indigenous-Owned Label That's Making Spirits with Native Plants
The Melbourne-produced tipple is made with lemon-scented gum leaf and native lemongrass.
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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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NewsGordon's Has Released Its Own Alcohol-Free Gin So You Can Sip G&Ts Without the Next-Day Headache
It still heroes the usual juniper flavour, but pairs it with zero booze.
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FeatureThree Top Aussie Bartenders' Twists on the Classic Highball
These fresh takes on the sessionable classic will elevate your cocktail hour, whether you’re wanting to shake up savoury, sweet or spicy tipples.
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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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NewsSix Olympic Events You Should Watch Based on Your Favourite Cocktail
Watch our Australian athletes take on the world — with a drink in hand.
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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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NewsArchie Rose and St Ali Have Whipped Up a New Coffee Whisky to Add to Your Whisky Shrine
The Sydney distillery and Melbourne coffee roasters have teamed up on a new boozy caffeinated spirit that combines the former's single malt whisky with two of the latter's coffees.
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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.
