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.
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
Cult Brisbane CBD cafe named one of the world’s best coffee shops
It beat out specialty coffee spots from across the globe – and a second local operator cracked the top 100.
- Matt Shea
Kangaroo Point Bridge’s crown jewel is a restaurant fit for Brisbane
It’s the second venue for the bridge this month. Expect plenty of steak, live lobster, bugs and oysters from the tank, and of course, those one-of-a-kind views.
- Matt Shea
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