Brisbane Lately
Brisbane Lately
Worth knowing,
worth going.
A weekly editorial on what to eat, drink, and do in Brisbane, written by someone who actually lives here, with opinions stronger than the coffee.
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Nine sandwiches, plotted on two axes: bread integrity vs ambition. The definitive answer to "where should we go for lunch."
Read the issueNine sandwiches plotted by bread integrity and ambition. The lunch debate, settled.
Twelve pubs taking the kip, ranked by crowd, cover, and pour.
A 5×5 card of pastries to chase across the city before winter sets in.
Eleven floors up, no signage, an honest martini. The bar everyone keeps quiet.
Six rooms that just opened, sorted by how hard they are to get into.
Skip the tourist circuit. Five markets where the produce moves before noon.
Eight things sweet enough to justify a forty-minute wait, and two that aren't.
Tonkotsu, shio, tsukemen. The four bowls keeping us indoors all winter.
Twenty-two brunches, ranked S to F. Yes, the smashed avo had to defend itself.
A short list. We checked the calendar so you didn't have to scroll the council site.
Brisbane Lately is a weekly note about a city that keeps surprising the people who live in it.
Written by a curator who grew up here, left, and came back. Covering the small details that don't make the council's "Top 10" lists. The pub with the better schnitzel. The bakery that opens at 5:43, not 6. The rooftop with the door no one ever opens. New picks land every Sunday evening, in time for the week ahead.
One short email every Sunday. Where to eat, what to drink, what's worth the trip across the river. Free, and you can leave any time.