Twelve New Food Hotspots to Try in Brisbane Right Now

Here's what's trending with Concrete Playground's hungriest readers.

Tom Clift
Published on July 27, 2015

Feeling peckish? We’ve got you sorted for your latest feast. From Cajun home cooking to Japanese street food, mouthwatering burgers to a mango meringue cake sandwich, here are twelve culinary destinations trending with Concrete Playground’s hungriest readers. Tuck in.

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Bar
Barcadia - CLOSED

136 Oxford Street, Bulimba

Find make-your-own tortilla boards and doughnut lollipop platters at Bulimba's new go-to hangout.

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Cafe
Cafe Groovy Dessert Bar - CLOSED

405 Logan Road, Greenslopes

Enjoy divine after-dinner deliciousness all day, every day.

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Restaurant
California Native

420 Cavendish Road, Coorparoo

A Cali-Mex hangout that will make you want to go on holiday.

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Restaurant
Delfina's Bistro - CLOSED

959 Ann St, Fortitude Valley

Homestyle modern Australian that'll fill hungry stomachs.

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Restaurant
Gaslight Bistro - CLOSED

726 Brunswick Street, New Farm

Meet Gaslight Bistro, from the team behind South Brisbane's Hoo Ha Bar.

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Bar
Heya Bar - CLOSED

367 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

Where else can you get a cheeseburger spring roll?

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Bar
Izakaya Goku

68 Boundary Street, West End

The perfect, authentic bar bites to go with your choice Japanese whisky.

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Restaurant
Lucky Egg Fried Chicken - CLOSED

322 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

All the buttermilk fried chicken and blue cheese sauce wings you can guzzle.

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Cafe
Miss Bliss Whole Foods Kitchen - CLOSED

85 Vulture Street, West End

The signature Bliss Balls have spun off into a whole kitchen's worth of good health.

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Restaurant
NOLA Portside - CLOSED

39 Hercules Street, Hamilton

Move over New York-style burger joints — a taste of Louisiana is here.

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Restaurant
Nom Nom Natural Gelato

139 Oxford Street, Bulimba

Treat your sweet tooth in Bulimba with gingerbread, cheesecake and apple pie gelato.

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Bar
Pig's Ear Wine and Grill - CLOSED

Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, Station Road, Indooroopilly

Where beef is actually the star.

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