Matt Shea
Food and Culture Editor
Matt Shea is Food and Culture Editor at Brisbane Times. He is a former editor and editor-at-large at Broadsheet Brisbane, and has written for Escape, Qantas Magazine, the Guardian, Jetstar Magazine and SilverKris, among many others.
- Review
- Fortitude Valley
The low-key James Street restaurant that deserves your attention
It may not be as glamorous as its neighbours, but a chef with NYC Michelin pedigree and a master sommelier help make this heritage-listed spot a must-visit.
- Matt Shea
Comedian Matt Okine opens a cosy wine spot in Brisbane’s south
Locals are flocking to this former post office for rare – but affordably priced – bottles from Australia, France, the Czech Republic, Canada and beyond.
- Matt Shea
A Hector’s Deli founder is behind one of Brisbane’s tastiest sandwiches
Stuffed full of LP’s Quality Meats cold cuts and built on Agnes Bakery bread, this exactingly constructed creation keeps getting better.
- Matt Shea
- Exclusive
- Food
Shane Delia’s Layla wows with a new take on Middle Eastern food
In a heritage-listed West End spot it’s serving Moroccan-spiced butter chicken, Turkish dumplings with mushroom XO, along with seasonal cocktails and 150 wines.
- Matt Shea
South Brisbane’s queen of pubs finally set to reopen
One of the city’s best hospitality groups is taking charge to open a bar, bistro, late-night cocktail lounge, and rooftop bar.
- Matt Shea
Brisbane restaurant favoured by Billie Eilish closes after six years
But its operators have big plans for a funky Fortitude Valley rooftop bar, to open later this year.
- Matt Shea
Shane Delia’s Layla will be Middle Eastern, but not as you know it
The star chef’s first Brisbane eatery will be influenced by the cuisine’s trade routes and backed by 140 wines plus a “Single Bottle Club” reserve list.
- Matt Shea
Brisbane restaurants becalmed post-Alfred
One owner reckons he’s lost close to two weeks’ worth of revenue. It’s a potentially huge blow in an industry with notoriously tight margins.
- Matt Shea
Craft beer icon Newstead Brewing Co closes permanently
The hugely influential brewpub blamed the 2022 floods, but its demise reflects a once-booming industry now facing tough headwinds.
- Matt Shea
Head to a far-flung industrial park for prized European smallgoods
Join locals in the know who shop here weekly for house-made kransky, continental Frankfurts, leberkase and much more. Just arrive early to beat the crowds.
- Matt Shea
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