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
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
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
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
After almost a decade of fine dining, Brent’s Restaurant officially closed its doors on Christmas Eve last year, relaunching this month as a casual, contemporary diner. more
Carnevale di Venezia kicks off in Italy next weekend and although we can’t be there to don a mysterious mask and consort with the charming locals, we can have a delicious Italian adventure right here on Little Stanley Street. more
They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but this local cafe is squashing that notion under an ice-cold tinny of Brooklyn Lager. more
The humble mussel is taking the spotlight at the first Madame Moules Supper Club event at Southside Team Room next Monday February 3. more
A well-executed burger can be the cure for many ills, from a particularly brutal hangover to a serious case of the hangries. A new pop-up burger joint in Brisbane City will even make your workdays bearable. more
Head off on a summer-long global culinary adventure at any of Little Stanley Street’s 27 food hotspots, and you could win an even more delicious reward. more
Mobile food truck That BBQ Joint brings the slow-smoked flavours of the American barbecue to Brisbane. more
While the end of the year has us craving long days by the ocean and adventures hiking through foreign mountain ranges, sometimes we have to live out our wanderlust through our palates instead. Throughout summer, the 27 restaurants and cafes of Little Stanley Street at South Bank have pulled together their culinary vastness to let your tastebuds travel through the different cultures of the world. more