Category: Brisbane Bars

  • FICK Brewing Company

    FICK Brewing Company

    First I thought of another F word I know in the English language, but FUDGE it. I’ll pretend to forget, cuz Fick Brewing is a family-owned business! making great Belgian-style beers and FOOD. Found in Northgate, (across the road from Australia Post) is the Fick! little lollipop sign out front, of the cutest little house-turned-into-a-brewery.…

  • TOP TEN Beers of 2023

    TOP TEN Beers of 2023

    In case you missed it! I took a look back at my favourite beers of 2023 and sampled them all AGAIN, in a blind taste test of sorts. Then ranked them on flavour and personal preference – here’s how it went down: FIRST: to re-collect my favourite cans, which meant a bit of Beer Shopping…

  • All Inn Brewing Co.

    All Inn Brewing Co.

    As my mate Nicko described it “A tin shed in Banyo” is where you’ll find our beloved All Inn Brewing Co. I had to consult the archives to check my FIRST visit: Wednesday 12 August 2015, because it was the EKKA public holiday and our mates from The Bent Elbow bar had organised a bus…

  • Illusion bar

    Illusion bar

    I heard there was a cool new bar in town – all painted to look like a drawing and I thought: I go to bars.. I should check this out. Illusion bar. With no official website – I found random directions online, from an article stating it was “tucked away off Winn Lane in Ann…

  • Sasquatch

    Sasquatch

    Sooo ever been driving through Chermside and wondered what Sasquatch Bar is all about? Yeaa, I got u. Straight up: walk into this bar and they’re gonna treat you like fam. It was SUPER vibing one Friday afternoon when Matt and I walked in – unannounced and unbooked. Saw most tables were reserved, so happy…

  • One Fish Two Fish

    One Fish Two Fish

    OK just checking: Anyone else had to write an article on fish that wasn’t FISH? Just me? OK, here goes.. One day, I wanted to see inside One Fish Two Fish so I made that ONE day, THIS day. Mum was also keen for a catch up, so we made it a lunch thing. Parking…

  • Firefly Espresso Pizza Bar

    Firefly Espresso Pizza Bar

    First, I didn’t mean to get a free pizza, it just kind of happened. Second, here’s how we got a free pizza at Firefly. It’s a bit of a story vomit but if you’re down for a read, here’s our bar adventure: I was late to meet Rach in the city, but she’d grabbed a…

  • The Village Social

    The Village Social

    The VIEW on a Sunday afternoon from The Village IN the Village (Nundah Village) – ain’t cliché at all. The Village Social bar is a front row seat to this cool suburb in Brisbane. It’s a chill VIBE in Nundah – leafy and green and let’s face it: when guitary sounds are coming from the…

  • QUIVR Bar

    QUIVR Bar

    Quick, cocktails at the QUIVR bar! Cuz I had to visit the new cool bar in town.. Down the lane that is Winn Lane, is a DJ booth that streams LIVE to TWITCH. (I discovered the live-streaming channel during covid lockdowns) – and SUPER excited when I found out IT LIVES in my favourite stomping…

  • The Raven Hotel

    The Raven Hotel

    This was a little adventure all on it’s own: it was a Wednesday and a lunch time, and I caught the CityCat ferry to West End – THEN walked up Hoogley Street to Raven Street and realised OH that’s why they call it The Raven Hotel.  It was a HOT January day, and summer in…