Negroni Week 2023 at Fish Lane

Overview

It's been more than a century since the first combination of gin, vermouth rosso and Campari was apparently mixed up in Florence, as dreamed up by Pascal-Olivier de Negroni. Cocktail lovers everywhere have been thankful ever since, and there's even an entire week — Negroni Week, obviously — to celebrate.

In South Brisbane and West End, the bars and eateries of Fish Lane Arts Precinct are marking the occasion again in 2023 — in the only appropriate way, of course. From Monday, September 18–Sunday, September 24, the precinct's establishments are devoting the entire week to creative negronis, as well as negroni-worshipping events.

Stop by on whichever day you like and you'll find classic negronis on the menu at Bar Brutus, Chu The Phat, Hello Please and Julius Pizzeria, as well as Maker Wine Bar, Maeve Wine Bar and Saccharomyces — and also Kiki Kiosk and Southside. Newcomer Midtown Bar is getting in on the drinks action, too.

Fancy a Negroni Week special instead? Options include a jaffa cake negroni, peach and mint negroni, jasmine negroni and chocolate orange negroni. Or, try the orange blossom negroni — or the cold-drip negroni. A negroni slurpee is also on the menu.

In addition to the negronis — oh-so-many negronis, as per above — three events are on the agenda throughout the week. At Midtown Bar's $89-per-person Negroni Week dinner on Thursday, September 21, lobster croissant, gildas, pork rillettes, and negroni and orange chocolates will be paired with, what else, negronis. And on the $85-a-head Fish Lane art and negroni trail on Saturday, September 23, you'll peer at public art while, yes, drinking negronis (although other cocktails will be available).

Plus, from Thursday, September 21–Saturday, September 23, Bar Brutus is setting up a pop-up bar in Fish Lane's town square from 5pm daily — where negronis will be backdropped by roving entertainment and neon hues.