Eating out
Storied Brisbane club reborn as a sun-kissed beer garden and eatery
There are 16 beer taps, stacks of cocktails, and a food menu much better than it perhaps has any right to be. Take a look inside.
- Matt Shea
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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
‘Nerve-racking’: Brisbane’s riverside restaurants stare down Alfred
Owners of some of the Queensland capital’s most popular restaurants are hoping for the best and preparing for the worst in the face of another natural disaster.
- Matt Shea
The ‘Reuben’ that’s not a Reuben, but you need to eat ASAP anyway
This Tarragindi cafe does away with the rye to make one of Brisbane’s best variations on the classic sanger. Plus, it does a killer vegetarian sandwich.
- Matt Shea
Top operator to open wine bar in heritage-listed Valley spot
Expect plenty of Portuguese and Spanish wine alongside snacks and MYO deli boards. Plus, two of Brisbane’s best barkeeps are along for the ride.
- Matt Shea
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