Quirky little bar Quysine Tapas – Bar & Restaurant, if you’re in the Cleveland area, and tapas are calling you: go here. Unfortunately I’m one of those awful people who trust in opening hours stated, (11:30am is their OPEN time), so only a little annoyed when I rock up at 11:45am to a big CLOSED…

Reminder: your favourite bar will close one day. Right now I’m writing my Z to A of bars 2022 and reminiscing on my first and last visit to the Rumpus Room. A bar that had been around so long I thought I’d always have the chance to pop in, but after 16 years they announced their…

Saying it’s the second bar for Suburban Social, because the first is at Chapel Hill on the northside of Brisbane. It did so well that the blokes started this sister bar on the southside – and I was keen to check it out. So I made it the S bar on my 2022 list, Z…

This was how Tiff and I became friends, thanks to Janet, and our trying of new bars. The Triffid had just started doing acoustic music sessions in the beer garden, so we all popped in one hot afternoon. OK the ladies popped in, I was out front of the music hall trying to find them,…

Um, I went cuz it was the next bar on my list, I went cuz it was 2 for 1 pasta night.. OK I went to Uh-Oh’s for the Simpsons reference (what else) If you don’t get it, then we can’t be friends. It was a Wednesday night in February and not too busy at…

Very cool, very nice, very lively Fortitude Valley rooftop bar- Valley Hops Brewing got 2 (TWO) visits from me in 2022. My virginal first time there was in February, simply to cross off a “V bar” from my Z to A list.  There’s a DAZZLING sign out front, and (on this particular Saturday night) –…

Welcome back to beers, why have I been drinking rum slushies the last few reviews (oh but they’re delicious) I heard good things about White Lies Brewing, so went along one Thursday afternoon. Website and Google maps say: “Thursdays OPEN from 12pm” Great! I ran some errands, and rocked up at 1.45pm, expecting a little…

X-citing, I’d found an X bar in Brisbane and everyone was wearing all their clothes. It was a busy Friday lunchtime, perfect for this delicious spread at Xin Chào. Among these yummy dishes were sticky glazed chicken wings, soft shell crab noodles and a little Lucky Buddha bottle of beer (way cute). The lychee slurpee…

Yoko is all about the YUZU. A little citrus fruit guy that flavours many dishes and drinks. If you like yuzu, Yoko Dining is for you. Yes, you can get yuzu with your kingfish, yuzu in your miso, yuzu custard for dessert, how about yuzu with your gin.. Signature cocktail? Get the Yuzu slushie. Sorted.…

Z is for ZEALOUSLY walking into the bar. I had attempted Zero Fox last year with zero results (see Ze Pickle article) But this time would be different, this time was the beginning of a whole new challenge, and I had a whole new hair colour. BLONDE. Me. waiting for the bus. I wanted to…