Timber Cabin & Coffee House opens on Logan Road
06 Mar 2014If you can hear the crackling of vinyl and the clinking of craft beer, you must be edging closer to Stones Corner’s new Timber Cabin & Coffee House. more
If you can hear the crackling of vinyl and the clinking of craft beer, you must be edging closer to Stones Corner’s new Timber Cabin & Coffee House. more
When your setting is the glittering Story Bridge and a 1920s-inspired fit-out, the only suitable accompaniment is a Prohibition-era cocktail and a sumptuous seafood feast. more
Set amongst the lush green backdrop of a sprawling edible garden and neighbouring nursery, Wild Canary offers fresh local fare in an idyllic setting. more
While most of us fret over frown lines and additional candles on the birthday cake, two old Brisbane beauties have hit 150 years and never looked better. Spring Hill’s The Alliance Hotel and West End’s The Boundary Hotel both celebrate their 150th birthdays this year – giving locals plenty of excuses for celebratory beer clinking. The Alliance Hotel will be giving away 150 gifts throughout the month of March, as well as hosting a special birthday bash on Saturday March 29, with free entry to all five bars and live music across three levels from 4:00 pm. Head along for a peek into the new underground apres-ski haunt, Chalet Bar. more
Hilton Brisbane’s executive chef Jeremy Clark and former Vogue Australia editor Kirstie Clements have paired up to create a three-course menu that reflects the quintessential tastes of Brisbane. Using local and organic produce and simple cooking techniques, the menu focuses on fresh, light, clean and uncomplicated flavours tied together by a motif of the colour pink. To start, the menu offers salmon sashimi with pink grapefruit, seaweed and ocean trout roe, followed by rib eye of lamb with zucchini flower, green peas, polenta panisse, romesco and red vein sorrel. To close, a refreshing dessert of local organic berries, yoghurt sorbet and raspberry juice is paired with a kir royale cocktail. The menu will be running at Vintaged Bar + Grill all through March, alongside an Instagram competition using the hashtag #thebrisbanetaste. The competition challenges local foodies to snap and… more
Erase old memories and clean the slate – the Elephant & Wheelbarrow has shut down the backpacker hostel and evolved into a slick offering in Fortitude Valley. more
If you forgot to pack your lunch today, local food business incubator Wandering Cooks has you covered with an innovative new food market launched in South Brisbane. more
Bar flies who are partial to sinking a few beers as the sun goes down are spoilt for choice in Brisbane, with some of the city's newest cafes evolving into bars this month. more
Renowned Brisbane chef Philip Johnson is pleasing all parties, with a five-course culinary experience planned for e’cco bistro and Howzat Burger gaining permanent status. more
Lounge back in a leather booth, order a sweet drop of wine and prepare your palate for a journey to southern Spain. Set amongst the globally influenced restaurants of the M&A precinct, Gordita is the latest establishment from local restaurateur Jamie Webb – the man behind Peasant, Cabiria and Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall. The sophisticated menu has been crafted by esteemed Spanish chef Alfonso Ales, while the interior murals were created at the hand of Brisbane artist Sofles. Check out Gordita on The Street Photographer. more
James Street has been given a health kick this week as the superfood savants behind Bulimba’s Coco Bliss Superfood Bar take the reins at Press. more
Milton institution Mrs Luu’s Vietnamese Canteen spread the love to the northside, opening a second branch in Bowen Hills in February of 2014. more
Brisbane's Bar Barossa has returned to its roots, stripping back to basics and transforming into a casual cellar door and wine bar in the heart of the city. more
South Bank standout Stokehouse Q is farewelling the final days of summer with a seafood feast to rival Robinson Crusoe’s daily nibbling. Head chef Richard Ousby has put a local spin on the traditional Californian Clam Bake, dishing up delights like chilli, lime and coriander pinwheels, prawn cocktails, clam chowder, sand crab, tua tua clams, crispy oysters and barbecued clams. The underwater spread will be complemented by Cloudy Bay’s crisp sauvignon blanc and sparkling, a live DJ and a river setting. The Cloudy Bay Clam Bake will kick off at 6:00 pm on Thursday February 27. more
After launching a successful string of bars and cafes across the southern states, rugby union legend George Gregan and his wife Erica have opened their first two venues in Queensland. more
Meat lovers, lend us your maws. A new carnivore-centric eat house has opened in Brisbane City, serving hearty feasts to famished office workers. more
Wickham Street’s Pho Hoang Gia may have closed for business, but the owners haven’t gone anywhere – instead relaunching an expanded and renovated new restaurant, VietnamHOUSE. more
We hate to alarm you, but there are only 16 days left of summer. That means two weeks of sweating, beaching and feasting at Little Stanley Street. more
The team behind Malt Dining and Aquitaine Brasserie has spared a kind thought for the thirsty folk of Brisbane, launching a new independent bottleshop packed with pre-batched cocktails, choose-your-own six packs and takeaway nosh. more
Filling the ground floor of the historic Plumridge House on Barry Parade, Monk & Grind cafe and lounge offers all-day breakfast and lunch to a previously neglected pocket of Fortitude Valley. more