Author: James Frostick
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From sunrise coffee to sunset spritz – Chermside newcomer Coda is set to bridge day and night
In early December, weeks before Santa is due to make his pilgrimage from the North Pole to Down Under, Chermside locals will awake to find an early Christmas present on the doorstep. Brand-new 40-seat cafe and wine bar Coda will soon open at the base of Gardner Vaughn Group’s Estilo on the Park apartment building…
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Get the first look inside Shaman – a glowing basement bar where rum, tequila and rhythm converge
When Peter Hollands makes a bar, he builds it to last. The hospitality veteran, who co-owns and operates a number of Brisbane’s best watering holes – including inner-city haunts Frog’s Hollow Saloon and Alice, plus Spring Hill icon The Alliance Hotel – is a seemingly never-ending fount of ideas. But the concepts that spill forth…
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New look, same spirit – the Breakfast Creek Hotel gears up to reveal a $2.75-million transformation
Cherished Brisbane landmark, the Breakfast Creek Hotel, is set to enter an exciting new phase this month with the unveiling of phase one of a multi-stage $2.75-million revitalisation project. The Brekkie Creek team will soon lift the cloche on its new-look Spanish Garden Steakhouse, boasting a refreshed interior design scheme, brand-new pizza kitchen, expanded capacity…
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Pavement Whispers: Volume 532 November 4
Sauce Bistro This year is shaping up to be a big one for fans of neighbourhood bistros. Later this month, a pair of hospitality veterans will open Sauce Bistro on Frasers Road in Ashgrove, giving locals a community go-to for quality food, wine and easygoing hospitality. Owned and operated by chef Stuart and sommelier Misa,…
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From Snug to spacious – Coorparoo’s favourite duo to expand with Bar Cooper’s and Jane’s Deli
Think big, start small. If there’s one way to describe Leaham Claydon and Jianne Jeoung’s operational ethos, that phrase would sum it up perfectly. When the young-gun chefs-turned-business-owners struck out on their own last year, they kept things compact. Snug – their Korean-inspired cafe and wine-bar hybrid tucked just off Chatsworth Road in Coorparoo –…
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Zac Callaghan on turning life’s highs and lows into empowering theatre for Queer as Flux
To start, we’d love to delve into the origins of your creative practice! Were there any formative experiences or influences that propelled you into a career in the arts? I remember going to the circus when I was about 8 years old and being completely mesmerised by the flying trapeze because the performers seemed like…
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Room for everyone – Vacancy Coffee brews up something special in Woolloongabba
The best cafes are typically ones that are an extension of those that own them. From the decor to the service style, coffee spots that look to offer more than just a strong cuppa tend to form the most loyal fanbases, evolving more into cherished community hubs than a simple amenity. Vacancy Coffee is, perhaps,…
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The recap: the best new Brisbane restaurants, bars and cafes of October
Birria Boy, Woolloongabba: Injecting a fiery new energy into Woolloongabba’s Clarence Corner, Birria Boy is the latest (and boldest) move from chef Andy Ashby and the AW Hospitality crew, transforming the former Clarence site into a terracotta-toned taqueria brimming with west-coast Mexican flavour. Swapping C’est Bon’s French finesse for woodfire flair, Andy has delivered a…
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Ovolo The Valley unveils its luxe new Mediterranean-inspired escape, Above Rooftop
Rooftop spaces don’t just magically appear – at least, not typically. Ovolo The Valley’s new sky-high venue, Above Rooftop, is one of those rare exceptions. The hotel’s crown-jewel addition, which officially opened to the public on Friday October 17, is a venue that no one expected. When the Ovolo team closed its long-running ground-floor restaurant,…
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Pavement Whispers: Volume 531 October 28
Dopo Eatery A long-running culinary institution is receiving an exciting refresh, with Tognini’s DeliCafe undergoing a metamorphosis after many years of operation. The Milton mainstay will be officially reborn next week as Dopo Eatery, a cafe concept the Tognini’s team describes as a “welcoming space for everyday pauses”. Dopo, which means ‘after’ in Italian, is…