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Lefty's Old Time Music Hall

Tom Slater · June 17, 2013

Here is an objective description of Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall: slipping into a former strip club like a courtesan’s hand into an elbow-length glove, this n...

Tom Slater · June 10, 2013

Paleo diet (n.) – a way to eat good food that doesn’t make your body hate you, avoiding sugar, dodgy farming and artificial ingredients. Not as much of a pai...

Alfredo's Pizzeria

Sarah Werkmeister · June 6, 2013

Who is Alfredo? Nobody knows. Except for the guy who told me it was the guy in the photo adorning the back wall of Alfredo's Pizzeria. Or the guy who tol...

Sarah Werkmeister · June 5, 2013

Specialising in Western European cuisine with a fit-out like an old extravagant cabin of the same order, Depo have brought a fittingly homely restaurant to W...

Sophie Wright · May 30, 2013

Walking into Chilliwow feels a little like stepping onto bits of the set for Baz Luhrman’s Romeo and Juliet. Much like Leonardo DiCaprio, Chilliwow is aesthe...

The Odyssey Project

Chodie Foster · May 22, 2013

You may know Kenesi and Bob from such caffeine-high joints as The Grindhouse or the now defunct The Coffee Supplier. They've just started a small warehou...

Stuart Dunstan · May 21, 2013

They say good things come to those who wait, and that couldn't be more true of Moga. A few delays during construction pushed the opening back and kept hu...

Sarah Werkmeister · May 10, 2013

Shame on me for wanting to recycle this joke, but it seems very relevant to tell it in the face of G-Doggz' opening. Gourmet hot dogs - not 'gourmet&...

Tom Slater · May 6, 2013

The Southside’s heating up, and what better way to cool down than with a drink under some Shady Palms. Opening last week in Stones Corner, Shady Palms joins ...

Stuart Dunstan · May 1, 2013

Mizu has been quietly building a loyal following at its Teneriffe location for a while now, serving fresh, contemporary takes on traditional Japanese dishes ...

Sarah Werkmeister · April 29, 2013

Sit down and let Cobbler pour you a whisky. No? Cobbler have more on offer, but their range of 95 (and growing) whiskies and their ability to either leave th...

Flamingo Supper Club

Sarah Werkmeister · April 24, 2013

Going for supper club at Flamingo is like walking into a secret alley where your co-conspirators are plotting new dance moves and listening to soul music, no...

Steamed – Paddington

Stuart Dunstan · April 24, 2013

Despite an appetite for dumplings that seems comparable only to Galactus's hunger for fresh worlds to devour, Brisbane folk have never had it so good. Th...

Flamingo Supper Club

Sarah Werkmeister · April 19, 2013

Favourite Valley meeting spot, Flamingo, is opening for supper club! The menu features share plates of warm mixed olives, a charcuterie board and various che...

Pitstop Pastries and Pizza

Chodie Foster · April 18, 2013

Pastrmajlija, pronounced pas-tra-malia is a Macedonian equivalent to a pizza pie, or a Turkish Pide. Pitstop Pastries and Pizza in West End not only feature ...

Sarah Werkmeister · April 15, 2013

When Peasant opened, they were the saviours of any Don Quixote admirer in the Petrie Tce precinct. Three years on and a lot has changed and Peasant haven'...

Nowhere Espresso

Chodie Foster · April 11, 2013

As a non-Toowong resident, it's always nice to head to the foot of Mt Coot-tha for some time away from the city. It's doubly as great that we can get...

Sarah Werkmeister · April 3, 2013

For somewhere with the name Hoo Ha Bar, this place is very, well, I don't like to use the term, but down to earth (more in the Patti Smith way than the J...

Chodie Foster · March 28, 2013

Walking up Robertson St late at night, we kept noticing a skateboard ramp and people hanging about outside like there was something happening inside. Race Ca...

Tom Slater · March 28, 2013

Coffee and baked stuff, that’s the old fashioned way to do a café. Dated, you say? What about if you add in artisanal ice-cream and ingredients all sourced f...

Tacquito Taco Pop-up

· March 22, 2013

These mysterious guys. If you like the thought of eating tacos that don't stand straight in a stale husk of defeat, head to the Tacquito Taco pop-up this...

Union Street Espresso

Sarah Werkmeister · March 21, 2013

Union Street Espresso (formerly Shot) used to be the most inconspicuous cafés this city had to offer. Until they put up a giant red sign - thanks for tapping...

Celebrity Non-Chef, The Bookery Cook

Us · March 21, 2013

Yes, this may not qualify as one of the Celebrity Non-Chef, as one of the sisters involved in The Bookery Cook is a chef, but damn, these sisters (literal) m...

Tonic Espresso and Bar

Sarah Werkmeister · March 13, 2013

Tonic Espresso is hidden at the back end of the Valley (the dark end of the street), and you're unlikely to know it's there unless a) you work in the...

Sarah Werkmeister · March 11, 2013

Smart move to not use the words mini, sister, brother, scaled or down in your more modest of ventures, Brew. Little is suitable to your smaller incarnation, ...

Rogue Bar and Bistro

Sarah Werkmeister · March 6, 2013

We can't imagine when owner/chef, Dan Myers, of the newly opened Rogue Bar and Bistro sleeps. Look at their opening hours! The guy works so much with foo...

Danny Venzin · February 26, 2013

Excuse me, Mr. and Mrs. Brisbane City Council. This is not a review of The Low Road Cafe in Windsor. If you would like to read a review of The Low Road can y...

Danny Venzin · February 20, 2013

Pun probably not intended by ‘oh my’ indeed, Café O-Mai. If you’ve ever been to Vietnam you’ve probably made coffee with condensed milk and baguettes your st...