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NewsThese 18 Beers, Wines and Spirits Have Just Been Voted Australia's Favourite Local Drops
BWS asked Aussies to pick their top homegrown sips as part of its nationwide Local Luvvas initiative.
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NewsMessina Is Releasing a Gelato Rocky Road Trifle to Take Your Christmas Lunch to the Next Level
Tell your nan she doesn't need to make a trifle this year.
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NewsThese Three Sydney Venues Have Been Named in the World's 50 Best Bars for 2020
They are the only Australian bars to make the cut in this year's competition.
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NewsWarehouse 25 Is Milton's New Gin and Vodka Distillery with Its Own Pizzeria
It plans to host live music, art exhibitions and vintage garage sales, too, plus both block and private parties.
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NewsKFC Is Offering Free Delivery on Its Fried Chicken for the Next Three Wednesdays
Fill the middle of your week with 11 secret herbs and spices.
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NewsFour Melbourne Venues Have Ranked in the World's 100 Best Bars for 2020
The Victorian spots all made the World's 50 Best Bars 51–100 list.
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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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NewsFive Ways to Flex Your Hosting Skills for Your Next Backyard Barbecue
Bring your mates together in the best possible way.
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NewsThe Prince Consort Is Fortitude Valley's New Eight-in-One Venue in The Elephant's Old Digs
It's serving up woodfired pizzas, tapas and tacos — and 89 beers on tap.
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NewsThis Melbourne Bar Wants You to Shout a Victorian a Drink to Celebrate the End of Lockdown
Donate $10 online and a random Melburnian will get a free cold one.
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NewsMessina's New Gelato Tub Flavour Is Basically a Giant Scoopable Ferrero Rocher
The one-litre tubs feature layers of choc-hazelnut gelato, fudge and mousse, covered with a crunchy chocolate topping.
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NewsBrisbane Good Food Month Has Announced Its Tasty Menu of 2020 Events
Including yum cha paired with Gelato Messina's desserts, an acclaimed Noosa pop-up making a Brisbane appearance, and a weekly oyster and martini night.
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NewsBrewDog Has Given Its Cans a Makeover to Profile Cute Pooches Currently Up for Adoption
The Scottish brewery is teaming up with Animal Welfare League Queensland to bring its Street Dog initiative to Australia.
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RestaurantBirria Boy Taqueria
617 Stanley Street, Woolloongabba
Don't delay in getting a taste of these tacos, as this pop-up is only sticking around for a few months.
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RestaurantMeltemi Mediterrania
17 Albert Ave, Broachbeach, Gold Coast
This new diner brings the bold and diverse flavours of countries from Spain to Morocco and Sardinia to Lebanon all the way to the Gold Coast.
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RestaurantTABOO
20 Constance Street, Fortitude Valley
The monochrome pale-green, oasis, is set to become an all-day drinking and dining destination.
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RestaurantGrand View Hotel
49 North Street, Cleveland
The Grand View Hotel, overlooking North Stradbroke Island, enters a new era following a major refresh and upgrade.
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RestaurantMarlowe Restaurant
105 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane
This elegant Modern Australian bistro by the crew behind Central and Southside is set across nine rooms of a heritage-listed apartment building on Fish Lane.
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RestaurantBar Monte
17 Longland Street, Newstead
The Gold Coast fave has made the move to Newstead, bringing with it punchy Italian flavours and a wine list curated by one of the world's best sommeliers.
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RestaurantMamasan
3 Oracle Boulevard, Broadbeach
The extensive menu includes the likes of wagyu sandos, crab tortellini, kimchi fried rice and mango spring rolls.
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RestaurantMarguerite
18 Marina Gardens Drive, Singapore
Chef Patron Michael Wilson dismantles fine-dining stiffness with an open kitchen, playful “creative cuisine” and a smart temperance pairing — all set inside Singapore's Gardens by the Bay's lush ...
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RestaurantGolden Avenue
67 Edward Street, Brisbane
The Anyday group's seventh restaurant — and its first in the CBD — brings fire-kissed Levantine fare to a brutalist, light-filled Edward Street space.
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NewsWill & Flow Is Treasury Brisbane's Soon-to-Open New Overwater Bar Near the Goodwill Bridge
It's the Treasury's first venue outside of its two heritage-listed buildings on George Street — and it opens in November.
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NewsThis New Messina and Incu Collaboration Will Serve Up Gelato Flavours Inspired by Fashion Brands
There's a Patagonia-inspired dark chocolate and honey sorbet, and a Café Kitsuné-influenced matcha gelato layered with coffee-soaked biscuits.
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NewsOvolo Has Gone Completely Vegetarian Across All of Its Hotels for the Next Year
The chain is calling the move its 'year of the veg' — and it applies across sites in Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra.
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NewsMelbourne's Dedicated Cannoli Factory Is Now Delivering Its DIY Dessert Kits Nationwide
Fans of crunchy pastry tubes piped full of fresh ricotta, rejoice.
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NewsEl Camino Cantina Is Bringing Its Tex-Mex Dishes and Neon-Lit Decor to South Bank
The 510-seat eatery is taking over the site previously inhabited by Munich Brauhaus — and will launch with a six-week-long margarita festival.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Now Selling Chocolate-Covered Ice Cream Bars at Australian Supermarkets
You'll find them at supermarkets, convenience stories and petrol stations around the country.
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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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NewsFour Pillars Is About to Drop Its 2020 Christmas Gin So You Can Get Drunk on Pud with Nan
The annual release sees Christmas puddings distilled with spicy botanicals to create a truly festive tipple.
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NewsScotland's BrewDog Is Set to Open More Venues Across Australia Next Year
Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane will score flagship brew bars before the end of 2021.
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NewsGelatissimo Is Serving Up Gelato Made with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Hershey's Kisses
They're part of a new American-inspired range — and they're available for a limited time.
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NewsFelons Brewing Co Is Expanding Its Howard Smith Wharves Digs with a Huge New Beer Hall
It has a giant disco ball and film screenings, and will focus on one-of-a-kind barrel-aged beers made in wine barrels onsite.
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NewsEmergency Boxes Filled with Free Cake Are Popping Up Around Brisbane Thanks to The Mason Baker
Hunt them down, smash them open and score yourself a jar full of cake.
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NewsTwenty Aussie Venues Are Transforming Into International Holiday Destinations for Summer
You'll be able to sip frozen margaritas surrounded by cacti, eat dumplings under cherry blossom trees and wear flower crowns on Coachella-inspired rooftops at pubs across Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide.
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NewsWoolloongabba's Trafalgar Lane Precinct Will Soon Be Home to Two New Restaurants
La Stazione Pizzeria and Bar and Sichuan Tiger are set to open in early October.
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NewsSizzler Will Close Down All of Its Remaining Australian Eateries by Mid-November
After shutting down 19 restaurants since 2015, the all-you-can-eat chain will say goodbye to its last nine stores.
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NewsNaga Thai Is Brisbane CBD's New 60s and 70s-Inspired Long-Term Riverside Pop-Up
The latest venture from The Gresham and Libertine team is settling in for the long term while Eagle Street Pier undergoes a revamp.
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NewsThe Melbourne Mixtape Vol. 2 Is the New Cocktail Box Showcasing Eight of the City's Best Bars
Bar hop to eight different bars — and try eight different drinks — without spending a pretty penny on Ubers.
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NewsEverything You Need to Know About the Espresso Martini
Discover more about the rich, caffeine-fuelled cocktail — then learn how to make one at home.
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NewsMenulog Is Offering Free Delivery for Three Days Next Week
It's available on every order, other than KFC.
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NewsBanjo's Bakery Cafe Has Brought Back Its Double Cheeseburger Pie for a Limited Time
It layers a beef patty, cheese, onion, tomato sauce and mustard in a pastry case — and yes, it includes pickles.
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NewsQantas Is Currently Selling Its Fully Stocked Bar Carts If You Want to Get Boozed on Mini Bottles
So you can plan a night of low-altitude revelry.
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NewsThe Craft & Co Has Released Another Batch of Its Soul-Warming Gingerbread Gin
The spiced seasonal drop is back on shelves, having just landed a medal at the Australian Gin Awards.
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NewsSydney's Harris Farm Markets Is Opening Two Brisbane Stores
It's launching one shop in Clayfield this year, and its Queensland flagship store in West End in 2021.
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NewsThe Prince Consort Is the New Eight-in-One Fortitude Valley Venue Taking Over The Elephant
The revamped space opens in late October.
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NewsBen & Jerry's Has Released an OTT Hot Fudge-Topped Ice Cream Pizza
The pizza is the second in a series of crossbreed creations inspired by Australia's favourite fast foods.
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NewsHeaps Normal Is the New Brewery Making Big-Flavoured Beer with Zero Hangovers
It's out to normalise mindful drinking via a line of booze-free beers, starting with this Quiet XPA.
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NewsKoko Black Has Released a Luxe Range of Iced VoVo, Lamington and Crackle-Inspired Chocolates
These nostalgic desserts turn old-school Australian favourites into decadent new sweet treats.
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NewsIKEA Is Bringing Its New Meatless Meatballs to Australia from Next Month
They look and taste just like the meaty version — but they're made with pea protein and other vegetables.
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GuideFour Queensland Breweries and Distilleries Making Standout Local Sips
From homegrown brews to a gin named after Brisbane — and you can vote for your favourite to be stocked in more local BWS stores.
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NewsChair-Dancing, Online Vinyl Sales and Community: How Cottonmouth Records is Surviving 2020
"Our reward is people coming in and enjoying our venue."
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NewsClick for Vic Lets You Support Small Businesses by Shopping Scores of Locally Made Goodies
A new one-stop online shop for all things local.
