The Crosstown Eating House (breakfast)
The Crosstown Eating House is now open for breakfast. Thank-you! Like we needed another reason to go back. read more...
No Name Cafe
Not quite sure with what to do with the cavernous space below his New Farm studio, Paul did what every man should. He built a door and inside that door... read more...
Bean Coffee
Disco have started up a little (rubs fingers together as if conspiring) side project. Set in a quiet alleyway off George St, Bean is the kind of place... read more...
Pho Huang Gia
A huge menu of Vietnamese delicacies and that authentic order-by-number system are on offer. Sugar cane prawns, vermicelli salads and mango bubble tea... read more...
Cabiria Oyster Bar
Cabiria Oyster Bar is the kind of place you’d want to take a romantic holiday. By holiday, we mean that you’re going to spend a good couple... read more...
Red Robin Supper Club
Rory’s inviting you over for dinner. Who’s Rory? Well he’s the young local chef behind the Red Robin Supper Club. Don’t be shy if you don’t know... read more...
Bamboo Basket
Brisbane has a couple of decent Asian eateries to its name, but there’s only enough room in my heart for one Chinese restaurant. Bamboo Basket has been... read more...
Ya Ya Bar and Eatery
Quaint. That’s the word to describe this six-month-old gem on the main street of Samford Village. Ya Ya is the kind of place you’d stumble... read more...
The Stokehouse
Perched regally at the Goodwill end of the freshly re-invigorated South Bank Parklands, The Stokehouse promises big and follows through like a champion. ... read more...
Super Whatnot
Talk about cult. Super Whatnot, the new bar that’s sprung up where the Laneways Project left off, has an air of ‘New York cool / getting lost... read more...
Happy Little Dumplings
Just when it looked like we might get through the year without mentioning more dumplings, another contender enters the battle to be Brisbane’s best.... read more...
Stockholm Syndrome
Imagine a world where the tomatoes are born of cherubs, raised by angels and roasted by the gods. No need to pinch yourself when instead you can visit... read more...
Swampdog Fish and Chips
If you’re flabbergasted by why someone would open a fish and chip shop in health conscious 2011, take a deep breath. Richard Webb’s latest venture,... read more...
Brisbane Brewhouse
This brewhouse has six on tap – including Sunset Gold, Honey Wheat Sunshine, Brisbane Pale Ale and Star Lager (I’m sensing a theme here) –... read more...
The Scratch
Opening The Scratch in the shadow of the XXXX Brewery and not serving XXXX? I give these guys two weeks before locals burn the place down. read more...
Commune
Take it as a noun or as a verb, either way Commune means one thing – sharing is caring. read more...
The Hideaway
The Hideaway is as inconspicuous as it sounds. A veritable oasis in the desert of broken dreams (by dreams, I mean glass). After spotting this abandoned... read more...
Pablo
Revamping the old ‘Liquid Delish’, a neatly tacked away inside/outside cafe with a humble attitude of doing easy-going food well, Pablo kicked things... read more...
MYO Bagels
Guys, we had a great bagel joke, but it had a hole in it (ba-boom-ch, we’ll be here all evening). On a slightly more serious note, the lack of bagels... read more...
PUK Espresso
Kangaroo Point is a suburb long in need of some curation. Scrolling back through The Thousands’ history links makes you realise just how good a job... read more...
Harajuku Gyoza
Here’s a quick welcome to SS11/12. Gyoza is Japanese perfected Chinese dumplings. Dumplings are the new sushi. Brunswick Street is the new Dumpling... read more...
Gillian's Garden Cafe
Step inside the nursery to find the usual collection of antiques but poke around the shed of seedlings, herbs and flowers to where Gillian’s Garden... read more...
7-Eleven Day
If you share my strong love of Slurpees, whatever the flavour, then prepare for a magical monday. Yes, this IS it people. The day we have all been... read more...
Hong Depot
Can’t decide whether to cook or go out? Now you can do both. That’s definitely going to be the tagline on Hong Depot’s advertising material. read more...