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Where To Take Your Lover This Valentine’s Day
If you’re stuck for ideas to make Valentine’s Day in Brisbane extra special, here is a helpful list of TUL favourites that are only too happy to take the hard work out of your Valentines Day prep’.
Brisbane Market Calendar | February
Can you believe it’s already February! This month’s Brisbane Market Calendar is loaded with the last of the seasonal summer fruits (fare thee well, beloved mangoes), cool pop-up bars and indulgent food stalls that will knock you clear off that health kick you’ve been on since January.
6 Cult Hair Products Stylists Can’t Live Without
Before we hit the shops in another Argan-oil induced spending frenzy, we thought we’d ask the experts which products are really worth the hype. These are the cult hair products Brisbane’s best hairdressers use to get hot hair.
What to Pack for the Perfect Picnic
Not sure what to pack for the perfect picnic? We’ve got you covered with our ultimate list of picnic must-haves…ready for you to click and shop today!
Uber’s Delivering Kittens in Brisbane Today!
Today, feline fancying residents of Brisbane, Perth, Geelong, Melbourne, and the Gold Coast are able to order kitten deliveries on demand as part of the UberKITTENS project, in support of local cat shelters in each city.
Brisbane’s Best Salted Caramel Everything
It’s salty (no surprises) and sweet (another non surprise), but when the two tastes combine with a bit of fat for good measure there’s some serious food alchemy going on. The salty cuts the sweet, and the sweet cuts the salty, so the notion of ‘having enough’ of one is kicked the curb. Salt + caramel = addiction. Making it not too dissimilar to crack. Here’s where to feed your salted caramel addiction in Brisbane.
The Artsy & Foodie Festival Worth Road Trippin’ For
The life skills of yore have disappeared pretty dramatically in the last 50 years, and we think it’s a damn shame.
5 Ways to Get HAPPY
To help you put a smile on your dial, we’ve asked our favourite Happiness Guru, Jessica Groom, to let us in on five little happy hacks you can try today.
23 Breakfasts You Should Have Eaten If You Live In Brisbane
We're calling it: Brisbane's breakfast culture is one of the most vibrant and delicious in the world. Frankly, we rock at breakfast. But despite the range and options available to us in the schmorgasboard of a brekky town, there are some Brisbane cafes that have us coming back again and again for their start-of-the-day fare.
What’s New in Brisbane | February
In this month’s edition of What’s New in Brisbane we’re playing catch up with all the awesome new Brisbane restaurants, bars, and cafes that have set up shop since the new year.
Keep Your Cool At Brisbane’s Air-Conditioned Sweet Spots
Baby, it's hot outside. We may only have one month of summer left to sweat through, but it feels like a marathon, not a sprint, until we can finally get our beauty sleep on a night below 20 degrees. We're seeking reprieve at Brisbane's coolest cafes. And we mean that literally.
WIN The Ultimate Luxe Girl’s Day Out Races Package For You + 5 Friends!
Ladies day is coming up at Brisbane Racing Club and we've got the ultimate 'Girl's Day Out Luxe Package' to giveaway!
Win 100 Wings!
Oh, hot damn! We've teamed up with Buffalo Bar to give you (valued Urban List readers), the opportunity to win 100 of their delicious wings!
The Luxe Brisbane Beauty Secret That Won’t Blow Your Budget
Imagine, if you will, a glowing beauty utopia, where a mani-pedi costs less than your weekly coffee hit, a daily Swedish massage is a reality, and you’ll have change from $20 for an acupuncture session.
Watch This Year’s Superbowl, Aussie-Style!
Nothing screams ‘quintessential Australia’ quite like getting a group of your best pals together, settling at one of Brisbane’s best bars, cracking open a few craft brews and watching…the NFL Superbowl. Huh?
Where To Watch The Superbowl In Brisbane
Rally some chums and head down to any one of these choice joints to kick off your week with some high-octane faux patriotism. Because in Brisbane nothing stops us from getting into the rowdy, sport-fuelled spirit…even if that requires cheering for a team you don’t know in a game you don’t understand.
Who Tony Abbott Should Knight Next
We have compiled a shortlist of nominees for Tony to pick from when selecting Knights and Dames next year. Let’s keep this wonderful tradition going strong by making the right choices, Mr Abbott.
Desk-spiration | Our Pick Of Desk Essentials
Sick of staring at a blank wall? We’ve sourced high and low for some awesome desk accessories to make going to work that much more fun!
We’ve Found The Best Yoga Studio in The CBD
Over the last few years, we’ve stretched, contorted and downward-dogged our way through a plethora of yoga studios to test and report back on the best yoga Brisbane has to offer.
The Best New Italian Restaurants in Brisbane
Luciano Pavarotti (large bearded Italian man with a stellar voice) once said, “One of the very best things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” And good lord was he bang on the Euro there.
We Visit New Northside Cafe My Mistress
Sandgate Road doesn’t immediately conjure up images of peaceful relaxation and delicious breakfasts, but that’s exactly what the team at cheeky new cafe My Mistress are achieving. Branching out from the usual crowded breakfast hotspots, Natalie and Rihannon have set up a warm, inviting oasis of great coffee and fresh, simple food.
Brisbane’s Best Cheat Meals
By this point in January, chances are you’re well and truly getting over your clean eating obsession and are on the hunt for somewhere worthwhile to blow out at. While we’d never tell you to ditch your diet (cough) surely it can’t hurt to get your indulge-on at one of Brisbane’s best restaurants just this once, to see you through to Feb without cracking and making out with a bag of Doritos.
Did We Just Find The Best Sunday Session in Brisbane?
Here at TUL we don’t let a looming Monday morning spoil our fun, and on a scorcher of a Brisbane weekend, with the sun shining and some cracker company, you really can’t go past a cheeky weekend sesh at your favourite watering hole.
10 Places We’d Rather Be Right Now
Sure, you may have just come back from a holiday, but we wont hold it against you if you happen to already be dreaming about your next escape.
6 Totally Aussie Foods You Must Eat This Australia Day
While the majority of cooking may be done on the barbie, that doesn’t mean you can’t chow down on some patriotic sweet treats and here are some to buy in or make at home.
Straya Day Lamington Cake
‘Straya Day. A cause for celebration. Long weekends, long hot days endured with cold beers and the opportunity to wheel out all the cliché ‘aussie’ elements from the bbq to the lamington.
Brisbane’s Best Raw Cafes #cleaneating
If you’ve had an indulgent Summer break and embarked on a cleaner way of eating in an effort to a) get back into the clothes you wore pre-silly season and/or b) regain some of your dignity, then chances are you’re feeling apprehensive at the prospect of going out to eat with friends/family.
What’s Open This Australia Day Public Holiday in Brisbane
What’s more Aussie than a sanga' and a cold beer. Nothing, that’s what, so we’re letting you know what’s open in Brisbane this Australia Day public holiday, and the best Aus Day events to check out.
We Check Out Bar and Brewery The All Inn Brewing Co.
If you’re looking to escape the hustle and bustle of Brisbane’s CBD, and keen to uncover something pretty fantastic that exists outside of the hotspots of the Valley or South Bank, you’ll be pleased to discover the Brisbane bar and brewery, All Inn Brewing Co, located in North Brisbane suburb, Banyo.
Clean Eating Café and Organic Juice Bar Sets Up Shop in Newstead
Now, we’re all for eating healthy and doing right by our livers, but staring into a bowl of boring salad everyday isn’t exactly our idea of eating well. If you hadn’t noticed, healthy cafes and juice bars have been popping up around Brisbane for a while now; every café in town has tried their hand at a protein ball and a detox juice!
10 Apps To Get Your 2015 Goals Sorted
There’s something magical about a new app. The little button holds so much promise for a new, better you. Your body, your financial situation, your constant lateness, could all be fixed with a simple double tap.
We Check Out Tom and John’s Wings
Tom and John are just two lads who really love wings. They are dudes with a dream—a dream to bring All-American wingage to the good people of Brisbane—and we fully support their noble cause.
Your New Year Detox Plan, Sorted
New Year’s detox resolutions are like a shining, glimmering oasis when you are lost in the desert of Christmas gluttony; easy to make, but keeping to them is hard work.
We Visit New American Restaurant Blue Raven
It’s a pretty brave step opening a Brisbane restaurant specialising in American cuisine these days, given the amount of competition around town, but new Brisbane restaurant Blue Raven opened its doors two weeks ago with understated confidence.
How To Get The Right Haircut For Your Face Shape
Anyone who’s ever pondered an Emma Watson-inspired crop knows that there’s more to a good haircut than just hair. Your face can make or break even the best haircut.
Paleo Schmaleo: Check Out The Nordic Diet
As sure as it is that Taylor Swift will pen another hit song post break up this year, another diet craze is going to hit. And this is it. We’re all going to be Vikings! Raping, pillaging and overall violence NOT included.
We Check Out New Organic CBD Eatery, Pando Cafe
I’m not one for venturing into the city. It’s a little too ‘busy’, and them city slickers walk ever so quickly. That said, I’m now making one tiny nook of the city a place I’ll willingly venture to. It’s 215 Adelaide Street to be precise, in the form of the brand spanking new eatery, Pando Café.
Win a Coffee Machine Plus a Year’s Worth of Coffee!
We hear you, Brisbane. You’re a week or so back into the new working year, and though some of you may have considered giving up coffee for 2015, right about now you’re probably thinking, who am I kidding? The reality is you need coffee just to be able to get your sorry self out of bed.
50 Things to Do in Brisbane Before Summer is Over
Just because your hols are over, doesn't mean the summer fun has to end. We're making the most of these last, precious, heady days of sweat mo's and sunscreen and brining you our definitive list of things to do in Brisbane before summer's really, truly over.
The Dugout on Ernest Opens in South Brisbane
New Brisbane café The Dugout on Ernest has opened shop in a cute-as, hole-in-the-wall space in South Brisbane.
Kiss The Berry Open Their Second Store In Southbank!
My body’s a temple. My body’s a temple. My body’s a… Oh, who am I kidding!? It’s only two weeks into the New Year and sticking to my new ‘get fit and eat well’ mantra is already proving harder than making eye-contact with a pack of Tim Tams and not eating the lot (in other words, the hardest thing ever).
Brisbane’s Best Budget Friendly Nights Out
Despite the foreboding death of the affordable night out in Brisbane, there are still deals to be found, so please don’t give up yet. You can still get happy on a mere fist full of coin.
The Hottest Fitness Trends of 2015
If, like us, you failed to hit your fitness peak in 2014, fear not. 2015 has plenty of new fitness trends to keep you amused and sweaty all year long.
The Best Eaters In Pop Culture
Today we’re counting down the best eaters on our screens. Because we’re hungry and because… it’s the holidays, alright?
The Best Nude Beaches Across the World
The idea of a nude beach may cause you to giggle at first, but if you can think of a better example of freedom than standing naked on a white sandy beach and diving into crystal clear water then we’ll eat our hat. Best of all, no pesky tan lines from convoluted swimming costumes!
Top 10 Beach Beauty Buys for Summer
While we’d love to go to the beach in all our bare-faced glory, sometimes a gal needs a little sumthin’ sumthin’ in order to feel completely beach ready - that’s where our beach beauty guide comes in handy! Shop it all online now.
The Ultimate Australian Bucket List
We’ve rounded up 50 of the best things do in Australia to add to your bucket list.
This Summer’s Best Holiday Reads
The year is ending, the holidays are approaching, that sun drenched deck chair is calling and distant Aunt Mildred has sweetly given you a book voucher for Christmas. So which page-turner will you choose?
Our Top 10 Travel Essentials
Whether you’re globetrotting or road tripping, heading to the tropics, the slopes or simply up the coast, we’ve taken the stress and guess work out of packing and done it for you!
What You’ll Be Eating in 2015
Move over quinoa, step down kale, and lest we forget our dear friend, the cronut: Here are our predictions of the food trends that will be on your plate, and in your belly, in 2015.
Your Unreliable Horoscope For 2015
We’re not only good at telling you where to eat and drink, we’re also really good at providing you astrology tips. Who’da thought?!
5 of the Weirdest Hangover Cures
Whether you call it the season silly or just downright party-time, it’s fair to say there's a lot of celebrating going on. So for the brave and courageous, or simply those desperate enough to do anything to get rid of that banging headache, here’s some ideas on how to cure a hangover.
3 of the Best Cocktail Recipes for New Year’s Eve
What do you serve if you’re playing barman this New Year's Eve? We headed straight to the drink experts, the geniuses behind some of the nation’s finest bars, and got them to spill (ba-doom-chhh) three of the best cocktail recipes! Cheers!
The Best New Restaurants of 2014
2014 was quite the year for Australia’s dining scene. The quality of new venues we saw opening their doors in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane was insane, cementing our fertile shores as one of the hottest foodie destinations in the world. We’d shed a patriotic tear if we weren’t busy stuffing our faces at these fine establishments.
The Best New Bars of 2014
As this new and intrepid age of drinking creeps nearer, we’re kicking up the glittery dust of Bar-Openings Past to remind ourselves of everything we forgot in the liquor-soaked stupor of 2014. We’ve scoured the streets of Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane to bring you our picks of the best new bars of 2014.
Beach Bag Essentials for Summer
From super cool swimmers and lightweight towels, to beach umbrellas and more, we’ve hunted down the best of the best beach bag essentials for summer.
10 Totally Delish Leftovers Recipe Ideas
While some may argue the only thing to be done with leftovers is eat them straight from the fridge with whichever sauce or condiment happens to be close at hand, there are those who prefer to get creative with their festive-season leftovers.
The Best Christmas Playlist Ever
It's Christmas Day, huzzah! And what better to go with your Christmas turkey and puddin', than some glorious, joyful Christmas tunes? Hit play, sit back, and eat the day away.
A Christmas Cake You’ll Actually Want to Eat
You simply cannot bear the brunt of the influx of relatives that Christmas brings without cake. A get-in-my-face cake. An I can’t hear you crap Uncle John, this is so amazing, I’m in a happy place kind of cake.
Carry On Only: The 10 Pieces To See You Through Summer
When it comes to packing for the holidays, it's about ‘minimum effort, maximum effect’ – creating a faaaabulous look without carting 14 t-shirts, 9 pairs of shorts, 5 dresses and more to your tropical locale. Here's how to pack smarter...and not pack everything!
What Your Christmas Present Says About You
The presents you receive on Christmas Day say a lot about who you are. A lot. The people who know you best are capable of peering deep into your soul and exposing it to the world on the morning of December 25th, whether they know it or not. Here is what your gift says about you:
Bring On The Crackling! | 4 Easy Roast Pork Recipes
To paraphrase Homer Simpson, pork is a wonderful, magical thing. So here are a collection of simple recipes for you to try during the festive period and help you channel your international gourmand.
The Rummiest Rum Balls Recipe Ever
These rum balls. They are rambunctious. And the best rum balls you can make this Christmas.
20 Things To Do In Brisbane For The Holidays
What’s that? You’re stuck in the sweltering paradise of Brisbane for the holidays and you’re on the hunt for things to do? You poor sweaty sausage. Let us help you out.
10 Food Trends Brisbane Went Nuts For in 2014
2014 was the year of the raw lunch. The year of the whiskey-and-apple-juice. The year we ate our body weight in sweet potato fries. Wasn’t it great? We’re counting down the food trends Brisbane embraced with open mouths in 2014.
New Japanese Restaurant and Bar Bincho Yakitori Opens In The Valley
Brining a touch of Tokyo-cool to the Valley is new Brisbane restaurant and bar Bincho Yakitori.
What’s In A Name? | The Funniest Restaurant Names In Australia
With the pun stakes high, your wit can take the main stage because your Facebook check-ins just got a whole lot more hilarious.
Party Like a Boss This NYE at this Luxe Poolside Party
You know what we love? A really swanky rooftop Brisbane bar. And the thing we love even more? A really swanky rooftop bar in Brisbane that puts on a luxe-as-you-like New Year’s Eve party, with no holds-barred.
New Restaurant and Bar The Bounty Opens in Rosalie
The one thing Rosalie was missing is that buzz that comes with an edgy bar, and that gap appears to have been filled by this new watering hole/restaurant, The Bounty.
DIY Christmas Gifts We Love!
These handmade Christmas gifts are quick, easy and perfect for those on a budget.
It’s The Urban List…But Better
To our dear Brisbanites, it’s not often that we’ll recommend you put down what you’re eating (even if it is a Tim Tam-flavoured cronut—yep, that’s a thing now), and stop sipping that coffee you’re drinking, but for this we require your undivided attention.
Cheap & Tasty! We’re Loving This New CBD Dumpling Restaurant
Dumplings are my kryptonite: I can never stop at just one (dozen... ahem). This is likely to do with the fact I can never choose just one type of dumpling. Should I have the pork and chive pan-fried gyoza? Or should I stick with my ol’ faithful: pork and crab xiao long bao? Ooh, look! There are noodles on the menu… And, so it continues.
Yard Bird Ale House Opens In Paddington Today
This is a happy day for Brisbane's wing fans! Fortitude Valley favourite, Yard Bird Ale House is opening a second venue in Paddington today.
Bars to Hit Up After The Cricket
Ah, a day at the cricket… there’s nothing like it. When it’s time to head to a nearby hotel or public bar for a bite to eat and perhaps some more beers and rum and cokes and Sambuca shots, there's no need to argue with your chums. We’ve compiled a list of the best spots to hit up after the cricket.
Hey Big Spender! | Our All Things Shiny & Sparkly Gift Guide
Hey, big spender. If you want to show them you really care, a sparkly something is the only way to go this Christmas. It’s go big or go home. Put a ring on it.
Brisbane’s Best New Years Eve Parties | 2014
To help you on your merry way to 2015, here are the best New Year’s Eve parties on in Brisbane.
You’ll Want In On This Caribbean Carnival NYE Party!
Long time fave of the TUL crew, Watt Restaurant + Bar, is celebrating the end of the year with a rocking Caribbean Carnival! Get ready party revellers; throw on your best sequinned two-piece and rustle up a feather boa, cos those Caribbean folk really know how to throw a party, and this event is set to be one of the best New Year’s Eve parties in Brisbane!
New Gastro Pub Hop & Pickle Opens in South Bank Tomorrow
New Brisbane bar Hop & Pickle is opening in South Bank tomorrow, bringing no-fuss fresh food and a short-and-sharp quality drinks list to Brisbane’s pub-loving hordes.
Who’s Hungry? Our Ultimate Foodie Gift Guide
For the second-helpings haver, the novice chef, and the full-time eater, we have scoured the city for the best gourmet gift providores, kitchenwares stores, and edible stocking stuffers. Here are our favourite Christmas gift ideas for The Foodie.
How to Not Stuff Up Your Christmas Turkey
Come Christmas Day, the turkey is the centre of attention. No one cares about the salads. And, when it comes to glazed ham, you’ve had that sitting there all silly season. It’s about the turkey. It’s such a novelty and once a year occurrence. And, what’s more, the other pivotal components of your feast, stuffing and gravy, are intrinsically tied to your turkey. Their perfection depends on your turkey’s perfection.
Coffee and Beer? | We Check Out Spring Hill’s Coolest New Café and Bar
The brilliance of this new Brisbane café is in the name, staring you right in the face.
Your Cheat Sheet For Looking Good This Party Season
This time of year is stressful for a whole host of reasons (the last-minute shopping rush, the turkey terrors, the imminent arrival of your in-laws), but, for us, the bulk of the worry comes from having to look your very best, basically every night of the week.
The Ultimate Brisbane Bucket List
If you are a resident of Brisbane, you’ll want to make sure you have done everything on this list. So here it is, the ultimate Brisbane bucket list, brought to you, with love, by The Urban List.
9 Ways To Avoid A Hangover This Festive Season
Yeah, we know. You’re an adult and shouldn’t need to be told how to protect your liver, and avoid that all too familiar next-day feeling.
The Best Precincts To Get Your Christmas Shopping Done
Making the most of our cosy climate, and the whimsical freedom it gives us to prance hither and thither in pursuit of the perfect presents, here is our guide to the best local Brisbane areas to have a gander this Christmas shopping season…
Food Truck Party, Food Van Jam Is Coming Back To Brisbane!
Only a few short months ago, (WTF, it’s December already?!) we almost #broketheinternet by bringing you news of the very exciting Food Van Jam, food truck bash.
We Check Out Organic, Cold-Pressed Juice Co. Liquefy
I’m feeling particularly virtuous at present. Actually I’m feeling incredibly virtuous, for I’m sipping on an organic and cold pressed juice that’s as green as it gets—heck, it’s so green and dense I can’t even see through to the other side of the bottle.
It’s Not Too Late To Get A Beach Ready Bod’!
If you’re the kind of person who embraces the festive season with open arms, egg nog and all, and is partial to the occasional pavlova face plant, the close proximity between Christmas eating, and post-Christmas beach holiday probably seems like a cruel and unusual idea.
Brisbane Market Calendar | December
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Brisbane markets get all warm and fuzzy during the festive season, full of festive cheer, twinkling fairy lights… and lots of amazing food! From gourmet Christmas puds, mince pies and cookies, honey roast hams, turkeys, plus all your pantry needs, Brisbane markets will have you fully stocked for a family invasion come the big day.
6 New Brisbane Bars to Hit This Month | December
If there was ever a time to venture to a new Brisbane bar, the silly season is it. At this time of year no one can judge you for being tipsy by midday, and eating non-stop for four weeks straight. No wonder we’ve been looking forward to it all year!
Where to Book Your Last Minute Christmas Get Together
If you’re yet to organise your Christmas party, or fancy the idea of a pre-Christmas catch up with friends but have had neither the time nor inclination to actually pick up the phone and book a table, don’t stress. You won’t be stuck at Sizzler with only your boss and the unified hatred of your colleagues for company. Some of the best restaurants in Brisbane still have space available for you Chrissy do!
Get Festive With This All-Out Christmas Beer Banquet!
Now that we’ve hit December, we can all officially get excited about Christmas! This is the only time of year where over-indulgence is not only acceptable, it’s out and out encouraged! For those of us actively participating in Christmas-y festivities (and by participating, we mean eating copious amounts of food), listen up: TUL fave, Embassy Craft Beer Bar, are putting on their annual Christmas Banquet, as part of their dinner series, and it’s a goodie.
7 Easy Exercises to Squeeze Into Your Yuletide Sched’
Beating the bulge at Christmas time is usually put in the too hard basket, and reserved for New Year’s resolutions, when the festive season haze has disappeared.
Junk Food & Wine: The Ultimate Pairing
Master sommeliers, chefs, and winemakers weigh in with their vino picks for your next soul feeding.
New Bar and Pizza Joint New York Brew Company Opens In The Valley!
Start spreadin’ the news, because a slice of the big apple has opened for business in the Fortitude Valley. New Brisbane bar New York Brew Company is the brainchild of the cool cats who brought you New York Slice, so you know we’re talking authentic New York.
We Check Out Beccofino’s Suave Little Bro, Julius Pizzeria
Open Tuesday to Sunday from lunch ‘til late, Julius Pizzeria dwells in Brisbane’s latest scrubbed-up laneway, below the schmick new Aria development in Fish Lane.
New Bar and Live Music Venue Brooklyn Standard Opens in the CBD Tomorrow
Bringing a dose of Brooklyn cool to the already burgeoning Eagle Lane, new Brisbane bar Brooklyn Standard looks set to shake up the CBD when doors open tomorrow.
Brisbane’s Best Bloody Marys
Mary, you old dog. Saviour of the hung over, nectar of the tomato-y gods, the Bloody Mary is the perfect cocktail for day-drinking (it's basically cold soup, after all), and to get you back on the horse the night after the night before (we believe its restorative properties have something to do with the high Vitamin C content. We may have just made that up). Some like it spicy, some adorned with fresh veg, but whatever your Bloody Mary style, there's one in Brisbane to tickle your fancy.
Where To Buy Vegan Beauty Products In Brisbane
Beauty products like shampoo, facial cleansers and even makeup can contain animal products, or, worse, have been tested on the little critters! Naturally, some vegans are super strict when it comes to makeup ingredients, skin care products, and even what their makeup brushes are made from! So here's our list of Brisbane's best vegan beauty product options for you to go and get your hands on.
Howzat Burger Has Come To Newstead!
Fans of Phillip Johnson’s cult Brisbane burger joint, Howzat Burger, listen up. Formerly only available at the Eat Street Markets and from its weekday home in e’cco Bistro’s bar, Howzat Burger has a hip new Valley outpost, The Triffid.
What’s New in Brisbane | December
If you’re on the hunt for things to do in Brisbane of the face-stuffing variety, we may have a few suggestions for you. New Brisbane restaurants and bars have been popping up all over the joint this month, including new American wing bars, new pizzerias, new cafes, and new live music venues.
Win Tickets For You + 5 Mates To Party Like Kate Moss This New Year’s Eve!
For those of you lucky enough to be jetting off to some far away part of the world for a New Year’s Eve getaway, good for you. The rest of us will happily hold the fort and see what Brisbane has to offer. This year there’s no reason to be a sad sack at home watching the fireworks on the TV, because the best New Year’s Eve parties in Brisbane are right on your doorstep. And we’ve got 6 tickets to giveaway to one of the hottest New Year’s Eve parties in town!
Yee Haw! American Restaurant Buffalo Bar Opens In The CBD Tomorrow!
Pull on your finest ‘Texan tuxedo’ and practice your best accent a la Yankie; new American restaurant Buffalo Bar is throwing open its doors tomorrow! From the fine folk that brought us Mighty Mighty—an American restaurant so food porn-y that it’s basically Brisbane’s version of breaking the Internet—the arrival of Buffalo Bar means we’re gearing up for all things smoked, battered, barrelled and fried.
5 Cool, Lazy-Girl Hairstyles for Every Day of the Week
When it comes to hairstyling, we are all lazy girls at heart, even if some of us disguise it better than others by—shock—actually putting some effort in every morning.
Brisbane’s Best Dive Bars
Even though alcohol has been legalised and regulated to the point of , dive culture is still alive and well in Brisbane’s bar scene.
We Check Out New Cafe The Gettin’ Place
We love a café that impresses with its simplicity. New Farm café, The Gettin’ Place is a new Brisbane café getting it right.
Brisbane’s Best New Food Trucks
Ok let's be real here, what could possibly be better than a food truck? It's a restaurant that comes to you! If it involves food, and it's mobile, we're so there! And with the food truck scene becoming more and more popular, it's no surprise that so many have popped up recently.
Food Trends We Love (And Love To Hate)
From Australia’s best restaurants, here are the food trends we’ve been noticing. Some we love, some we love to hate.
Sunshine, Beers, and Awesome Food | This South Side Bar Has It All
How many times have you wandered through South Bank’s beautiful parklands thinking to yourself how well a cold beer and some cheese would go down?
The Cool-Girl Hair Trends Everyone Will Be Wearing This Summer
Summer has well and truly arrived, which means ditching darker shades in favour of sun-kissed tresses, and losing some hair-weight, so you don’t melt. We asked some of the best hairdressers in Brisbane for their picks of the hottest hair trends that will keep you cool all summer long, as seen on some of our favourite mane-inspiring celebrity heads.
Restaurants Open On Christmas Day in Brisbane | 2014
Not keen on cooking this Christmas Day? We hear you, so we’ve tracked down the best Brisbane restaurants open on Christmas Day in Brisbane for your feasting pleasure. These kind folks are ignoring their families so we can eat like kings this Christmas Day (and they’ll do the washing up!) and for that we are eternally grateful, and wish them bulk rum balls.
Beccofino’s Little Brother Venue, Julius Pizzeria To Open Tomorrow in South Brisbane
Fans of Newstead institution, Beccofino, prepare to lose your mind, because the talented team behind this Italian favourite are opening the doors to their new venue, Julius Pizzeria in South Brisbane tomorrow.
12 Must-Haves To Deck Your Halls This Christmas
Check out these seriously stylish accessories to light up your home for the festive season.
We Check Out New Brisbane Bar The Triffid Beer Garden
Where everybody knows your name and they’re always glad you came. Nobody tell Ted Danson, but The Triffid is adopting this mantra as its own. Part cavernous music hall; part classic beer garden, The Triffid packs a double wallop as a shiny new addition to both the city’s music and bar scenes.
Put Down The Party Pie | 11 Healthy Recipes To Help You Win At Christmas Eating
We are at the pointy end of the year (did someone say Christmas?!), the festive season is hot on our heels, and as usual, it’s a love/hate kinda feeling.
The Best of Everything in Brisbane: Food Edition
Here at The Urban List, we spend all day, everyday, tracking down the very best eats in Brisbane, so you can avoid the culinary riff raff and only waste your cals on the good stuff.
We Check Out Two Trees Sandwich Shop
West End has dominated the Brisbane cafe scene for quite a few years now, yet, slowly, things seem to be expanding. Great coffee, delicious food and cool bars aren’t just confined to the main drag of Boundary Street anymore, guys, things are getting loco and new cafes and bars are popping up outside these well-known areas.
How To Dress Like A New Yorker
Learning how to dress like a New Yorker is a delicate art. How does one master the knack of looking cool without trying? Attain native Manhattan status without having set foot in the place? One thing’s for sure – whether it’s the black on black on black vibe of the East Village, or the colour, print and fabulousness of the West Village, there’s no doubt that New York style has got it going on.
This CBD Terrace Restaurant Has The Best View!
Nothing gets us fired up at TUL HQ quite like good food. As you may already have guessed, we have a soft spot when it comes to filling our bellies, so writing about our picks of the best restaurants in Brisbane comes easy. Even if we do pay a premium on our gym memberships!
You Don’t Want To Miss This Epic Beer And Pig Degustation!
The gang at Embassy Craft Beer Bar are nuts about good beer. As their name oh-so subtly suggests, craft beer is their lady jam. Bottle, tap, local or interstate, beer is the order of the day here, and is celebrated in a big way.
Let’s Get Quizzical At Brisbane’s Best Trivia Nights
Where are the 'Sandwich Islands'? What is Miley Cyrus' real first name? Which came first—m&m's or Smarties? If you find yourself answering questions like these when everyone around you reaches for their pocket-sized conversation killers, you've got what it takes, kid. You could go all the way!
Nikuya Japanese Opens in Fortitude Valley
New Japanese restaurant, Nikuya is the latest venue to open its doors in Fortitude Valley's M&A precinct.
Jamie’s Italian Opens in Brisbane!
Fans of carbs and bumbling British chefs, get excited. Britain's most recognisable kitchen wizard has set up shop in the Brisbane CBD, with the arrival of Jamie's Italian on Edward Street this week.
Brisbane’s Best Fried Chicken
Fried chicken is the ultimate litmus test for real Southern American cooking. (Elvis was a fan, and that's saying something, 'cause that dude knew his junk food.)
50 Reasons You’re Still Single
Wait, nobody wants to date you? And you don't know why? Let's try and get to the bottom of this together. Here are 50 possible reasons why you're still single.
10 Easy Peasy Tips For Avoiding Festive Season Blowouts
Two little words. Festive season. It's enough to fill the health-conscious with dread.
Cocktails, Street Food, and Miami Vibes | The Hottest Party Of The Year Hits The Valley
It's a truth universally acknowledged that Miami (Florida, not Gold Coast) is the center of the beach party cosmos. Amirite?
Brisbane’s Best Pastry Shops
'You can never have too much butter'. I remember watching the film Julie and Julia for the first time and nodding enthusiastically at this profound insight.
Brisbane’s Best Acai Bowls
As summer starts to ramp up and the days get hotter, the temptation to bury your face in a mountain of ice cream increases. The struggle is real, guys. Rather than giving in to your sugar-fuelled, heat-induced urges, try an acai bowl instead!
This Is My Jam! Brisbane’s Best Karaoke Bars
If you're not feeling equal parts fuzzy, nervy and frisky, maybe karaoke's not for you. If you've got a rendition of Livin' On a Prayer ready to bust out, however, here are the best Brisbane karaoke bars where you can get your jam on.
WIN Dinner for 2 At Brisbane’s Best Organic Restaurant!
Everyone loves a free feed. But it's not everyday that one of Brisbane's best restaurants hands out a freebie! Read on, hungry readers, for all the deets on how to get your mitts on the hottest organic-freebie feed in town…
What’s Open This G20 Public Holiday?
Let's thank our lucky stars that Obama and the crew are rolling into town this weekend for G20, so we get to spend this glorious G20 public holiday chillaxing, eating, and probably thinking about anything other than politics. We're just Putin in out there, there will be a lot of drinks involved.
WIN a year of FREE WINE! | The Urban List Insider Survey 2014
Another year is coming to a close, and we know exactly what you need to kick off the party season. A year's worth of FREE WINE!
What Kind of Whiskey Drinker Are You? Take Our Quiz!
Whiskey has been, up until quite recently, the drop of choice for John Hamm types and cowboys. A man's-man's beverage, if you will. But whiskey's undergone somewhat of a cultural reinvigoration of late, and now the amber liquid is the cocktail ingredient de jour at the hottest bars, with even the staunchest whiskey haters coming around to its charms (heck, even the ladies have come on board).
Suburb Spotlight | Where To Eat, Shop & Play in South Brisbane
With so many cool little suburbs full of great dining and shopping options in Brisbane, we think we're pretty lucky when it comes to looking for a great burb' to settle down in in our fair city.
Brisbane’s New Rum & Jerk Shack Puts The ‘Jahh’ in Jamaica
New Brisbane bar, Jahh Tiger is taking back the word 'jerk'. No longer will the term be exclusively reserved for people who pinch your sweet parking spot or thrust a trolley-load of groceries through the express check-out lane. Instead, put 'jerk' before chicken and you've got yourself a lip-tingling, mouth-wateringly good time.
The Best Biscuits Ever. Like Ever.
Peanut butter and caramel. In a biscuit. If Elvis Presley and the best dream we've ever had produced a love child, it would be this peanut butter caramel biscuit confection from epic bakers, Alistair Wise and Teena Kearney-Wise. Stop slobbering on your keyboard. Go forth and bake these beauties. Immediately.
Who Loves Carbs? | The Fortitude Valley Italian Joint We Can’t Get Enough Of
Italian food is my all-time favourite comfort food. There, I've said it, and I know I'm not alone. Pizza, pasta, polenta…just picturing a bowl of fresh spaghetti makes my carb-crazy heart race!
What To Do While You’re In Brisbane for G20 | An Open Letter to the World’s Leaders
Dear leaders of the world. You will no doubt have heard much about our twinkling city back in your homelands, and some of you may have even had the pleasure of visiting before. For those who are popping your (proverbial) Brisbane cherries, then let me say dobro pozhalovat' (welcome) on behalf of all the good Brisbanites (that's what we call the citizens of Brisbane [look, you're learning already!]).
Food Trucks, Live Tunes & Beers | New Summer Night Market Hits West End
When hip new Brisbane market Boundary Street Markets sauntered its way in to town this year, it instantly cemented itself as one of the coolest Brisbane markets yet. And what's not to love? Inner-city, industrial digs; awesome stalls from Brisbane's best local artisans; live gigs in big brother music venue, The Motor Room; a bangin' Friday night party every week (otherwise known as Factory Fridays); and a heap of oh-so-delish food trucks and vans dishing up scrumptious chow.
What Is Lagree Fitness and Should You Be Doing It?
I'm writing this with my leg stuck up on the wall next to me. It's kind of sitting in line with my head and at a 32 degree-ish angle. You see I'm doing this because I've just been to my first Lagree class, and owing to the amount and type of work I did, I'm certain I'll be a touch sore tomorrow — hence the leg up at an odd angle in the hope of stretching through (or missing) the pain.
6 New Brisbane Bars To Get Sauced At This Month
The weekend's here, so why waste this precious time at the same old bar drinking the same old drink when there are so many new Brisbane bars for you to check out this month. Whether you're after a laid-back location for drinks and good chow or somewhere more upbeat (shots?!), there's a new Brisbane bar for you and your crew.
The One-Hatted CBD Restaurant Without The Price Tag | Check it Out!
Up until fairly recently, 'fine' dining had been a pastime for those of us not short of a bob or two. Crisp white linens, (overly) attentive wait staff, dozens of culinary tools scattered around one's dinner plate…it can all be a bit OTT, you know? Money, it seemed, could get you an awful lot of fuss and pomp, but leave something lacking in the ambience department… and don't get us started on portion sizes!
New Brisbane Music Venue The Triffid Launches This Weekend!
Brisbane music fans, brace yourselves! This weekend sees the official launch of Brisbane's newest music venue, The Triffid. Located in one of Newstead's historic WWII hangers, The Triffid offers a 800-person capacity concert space, and a new beer garden.
Where To Eat, Play And Stay In Bali
Planning a summer holiday? We’ve got the ultimate guide on where to eat, play and stay in Bali. Pristine beaches, delectable food and heart-pumping pursuits await!
We Check Out New Chinese Restaurant and Wine Bar Happy Boy
The juncture of authentic Chinese food and good wine is a rare beast. Team those uncommon bedfellows with an affordable menu and a cool fit out and you're onto a winner. New Spring Hill Chinese restaurant and wine bar, Happy Boy, is a breath of fresh air in a saturated market of celery slops and BYO-beers.
We Check Out The Hottest New CBD Restaurant & Bar
What's not to love about a swanky new restaurant, smack bang in the heart of the city, with a scrumptious menu, and awesome bar to boot? Not much, we say. Well, lookout fans of classy, modern dining, 'because there's a new Brisbane restaurant ready to woo your tastebuds. We're already swooning hard over this one.
We Visit New Organic Cafe Lost Boys | The Verdict
It would be easy to stroll right past the timber framed shop front of new Ann Street cafe, Lost Boys, and let me tell you, you'd be pretty upset if you did because this rising star in the Brisbane café scene is serving up really delicious food and great coffee!
Brisbane’s Best Burgers | 2014
We've searched high and low to find the best burgers in Brisbane. You're welcome. It's taken real gumption and commitment to chow through these suckers; our waistlines are showing it, and we've been picking teeny tiny sesame seeds out of our teeth for months. But, like true pioneers, we've done it!
Batter Up! Australian Baseball is Coming to Brisbane (& You Can Win Tickets For You and 3 Mates!)
As a nation of self-proclaimed sports fanatics, we pledge allegiance to our team colours as we take our first breath out of the oven. We love watching sports. We love betting on it, playing it, talking about it—hell—we live and breathe the sporting stuff! So many of our favourite things to do in Brisbane revolve around the outdoors, so it's no wonder we have a serious soft spot for anyone and anything in a sporting jersey.
The Best Summer Cocktail Recipes
Warm weather calls for an endless supply of summer cocktails!
How The Bachelor Ruined Dating For Men Everywhere
The cause of single men in Australia has been set back years, perhaps even decades, by the irresponsible actions of one boneheaded exotic dancer from Perth by the name of Blake Garvey. I'm going to skip the obligatory line where I explain who he is in case you haven't heard of him, because, even if you would have preferred not to, you have been hearing all about him for days.
This North Side Brisbane Café and Roastery is Next Level
Raise of hands who doesn't like coffee? Yeah, that's what we thought. Coffee is a way of life for us Aussies, ingrained into our daily routines. Breakfast just isn't breakfast without a creamy cup at one of Brisbane's best cafes, and don't even think about embarking on a morning meeting without your daily dose of caffeine coursing through your veins.
A Salad Recipe For People Who Don’t Like Salads
Katrina Meynink gives us her recipe for a salad so delicious we could swear off burgers for life (maybe).
Never Had a Massage? Here Are 7 Reasons You Need to Get on Board
We know massage is one of those touchy subjects (see what I did there?) that polarises people. You either love it or you hate it. While here at TUL HQ, we question the sanity of anyone that doesn't want all their worldly tensions eased through some expert muscle kneading, we do understand that finding the perfect massage in Brisbane can be a knot inducing task in itself!
Unreliable Melbourne Cup Betting Guide 2014
It has become an annual tradition at The Urban List to produce a comprehensive Melbourne Cup betting guide that is not only highly informative, but incredibly accurate as well.
8 Valley Hot Spots Worth Your $$
The Urban List exists to support small business. Hopefully this isn't a surprise to you! If it is, we're sorry. We obviously haven't been sharing that incredibly important raison d'etre particularly well.
Summer Fitness Ideas For Every Laziness Level
If the sudden arrival of summer has completely thrown you off, like it has us, chances are you're staring at your thighs right now and thinking that the beach escape you've planned for two weeks time was a bad idea. Before you cancel your plans and crawl inside a bag of Doritos, take a gander at our handy summer fitness guide. We've rounded up some of Brisbane's best personal trainers and gyms and sorted them by laziness level, so all you have to do is show up.
Brisbane Market Calendar | November
With summer knocking at the door, our much-loved Brisbane market scene is stocking up on the season's most delicious local produce. This month's November Market Calendar is all about the food; we're talking food trucks, artisan stalls, and pop-up stands—the Brisbane markets are a pretty damn delicious place to be right now! And now's the time to run amok at Brisbane's best markets, what with all this fantastic weather we're having! Check out this month's Brisbane Market Calendar, take your pick of the list, and get shopping!
Happy Boy Opens in Spring Hill Today
Making its home in the shell of former Brisbane Japanese institution, Little Tokyo, new Chinese restaurant and wine bar Happy Boy has opened for business today in Spring Hill.
New Thai Restaurant and Bar Longtime To Open Tomorrow!
Tucked down an alleyway in Fortitude Valley is new Brisbane restaurant Longtime. Both a late-night drinking destination and Thai eatery, Longtime sits firmly in the chilled middle ground between bar and restaurant, which is exactly where we like them.
This Local Favourite Is The North Side’s Best Kept Secret!
The best restaurants in Brisbane know how to get the atmosphere just right— that certain je ne sais quoi—usually a killer combo of so-good-it's-sinful food, in a casual yet elegant space with minimal fuss, and great service. When we stumble on a Brisbane restaurant that ticks all those boxes, and leaves us so at ease we can fly our inner greedy-pig-flag without fear of persecution, we think it's worth shouting about. When said restaurant has bacon ice cream on the menu, it's more like a scream.
Brisbane’s Best Rooftop Bars
The sultry blanket of December's sticky heat approaches, and with it two things that are more certain than the dawn: bountiful hours of sunshine, and the kind of thirst that even Tiddilick couldn't sate. Summer is coming… but don't panic Brisbane, you've got this.
This New West End Restaurant Is A Triple Threat!
We're a bunch of culinary flirts. Sometimes we'll fancy donning a natty jacket and making our wallets bleed to put a bit of razzle-dazzle on our plates, to get the old tastebuds revving again. Other times, we find immense pleasure devouring a sweaty meat pie cooked in a plastic bag, and slathered in some kind of fluorescent coloured condiment. You just can't pick what we'll crave next.
Avoid FOMO: The 5 Must-See Events at MOFO 2015
Culture vultures, it’s time to pack your rucksacks and fly south – Hobart’s MONA FOMA is back for another year, bringing a beguiling mixed-bag of music and art to January 2015. Get ready to MOFO like there's no tomorrow.
Love Cocktails? Come To Our Cocktail Making Party!
We love cocktails, no doubt about it (though ask us on Sunday morning and we might tell you otherwise). But having the skills to whip one up ourselves? Not so hot.
How To Get The Shiniest Hair Of Your Life!
We're just going to say it: Split ends are a b*tch… Yep, we swore, that's how angry they make us. A bad case of the split ends is enough to make a girl run screaming at the clippers.
The Bagel Boys’ Bagel Bar Now Open in the CBD!
Let's hear it for the boys—The Bagel Boys! Their crispy, chewy, seedy, schmeary delights have found a permanent home in Brisbane's CBD at what is perhaps the most belly-satisfying and 9-to-5-acceptable bar in town.
Cool Kid Halloween Costume Ideas
If you've got any semblance of a life, the looming prospect of having to dress up for Halloween is probably shifting from a pesky brain-gnaw to a full-blown feeling of panic right about now.
TEDx is Coming Back to Brisbane!
TED—the world-renowned talks form industry leaders, great minds, and inspirational speakers that regularly blow up the Internet—is coming back to Brisbane. 20 speakers will take the stage at the State Library of Queensland this December for Brisbane's second TEDx event.
New Brisbane Pool Bar Opens in South Bank, Just in Time For Summer!
There is nothing, NOTHING, better on a hot (read: sweltering) summer's day than taking a dip in a cool blue pool. A frosty beer in one hand, a good book (ahem, trashy mag) in the other, and we could happily waste a few hours doing a whole lot of nothing. The only thing missing is having a slave on hand to feed you endless Pina Coladas, a la Cruisey in the 1988 award-worthy movie epic Cocktail, and life would be on the up-and-up.
This West End Local Has The Best Menu Out!
Of all the suburbs in our beautiful city, none sum up the relaxed, ever-so slightly bohemian vibe and chilled lifestyle of Brisbane quite like West End.
Brisbane’s Best Hairdressers | 2014
We've put our precious strands on the line while on the hunt for the best hairdresser in Brisbane, and after much foiling, snipping, fringing and a few tress-tanties, the results are in.
7 Things to Expect at Dinner By Heston (Once The Fat Duck Heads Back to London)
For all you Heston fans worried about missing out on the ballot, here are seven things you can expect when dining at Dinner By Heston, the legacy restaurant The Fat Duck will leave behind in Melbourne.
Food Trucks, Film Festivals & Live Bands | The G20 Celebrations Kick Off This Weekend!
Brisbane, you've done it! You've reached the zenith of cool, and in less than a month, US Prez' Obama—and 20+ other leaders of the free world—will be converging on our humble (river) shores to celebrate G20.
Beauty Roadtest | We Try Eyebrow Extensions!
The thought of adding hair to something that is so regularly waxed, tweezed and preened but newsflash, eyebrow extensions are totally a thing now!
Food Trend Alert: The Biskie
So you've stuffed your face with more macarons than you can handle, dived head first into the cronut trend with unbridled enthusiasm, and pretty much have been showering in salted caramel for the past six months.
Botanica’s Doing Breakfast!
If you're a food-lover in Brisbane, there's a good chance you're a fan of Red Hill's Botanica Real Food—easily one of the best cafes in Brisbane, and one of our all-time faves for a healthy lunch or gluten-free treatie. And now Botanica's fans have a new reason to celebrate, 'cause they're now doing breakfast!
James Street’s RESORT Festival Kicks Off This Thursday!
Fans of James Street's famed Up Late events know that this good-looking street can throw a party.
Brisbane’s Ghoul-est Halloween Parties
From burgers to The Bachelor, Australians love to jump on the Americana bandwagon.
Brisbane’s Best Ragu
How good is ragu? Seriously. It's like the king of the pasta sauce jungle.
Brisbane’s Best Raw Sweets and Treats
As the days get warmer it's becoming harder and harder to stuff down the heavy, delicious cakes and desserts we were indulging in during winter.
Health Food Bar The Beach House Opens in South Bank Tomorrow
Brisbane's crusaders of clean eating have a new stomping ground, and we reckon everyone's going to dig it.
Giddy Up! 21 of Brisbane’s Hottest Melbourne Cup Parties
The Melbourne Cup is our kind of party day. When else do we have a legitimate excuse to drop pens and head to Brisbane's best bars and restaurants for an afternoon of bubbly, betting, canapés, and maybe even watch a race or two? Brisbane's best Melbourne Cup parties have all the glamour of the real thing, minus the high-heels-in-the-mud situation and the overly serious punters wearing wraparounds.
Best Aussie Cafes Around the Globe
For our globe trotting amigos this one's for you – our selection of the best Aussie cafés around the globe.
We Check Out New Brisbane Bar The Milk Factory
Exciting new Brisbane bar, The Milk Factory Kitchen & Bar has taken up residence opposite the Parmalat Factory on Montague Road, hence the name.
Dinner & A Show? Brisbane’s Best Pre-Show Dining!
Hooray! The Lion King has finally come to Brisbane and we've got the tickets firmly gripped in our Simba-loving hands. As with any event or outing, thoughts of food are never far from a TULer's mind, so naturally, we've done the necessary recon' mission to find the best pre-show dining in Brisbane to fill your belly. So faithful Urban Listers, if you are as excited about Hakuna Matata sing-alongs as we are, read on for a round up the best pre-show dining in South Brisbane.
You want to meet The Man Repeller? Here’s how…
Urban Listers, we have #nextlevel news for you! Blogger extraordinaire, Leandra Medine of Man Repeller fame is coming to Brisbane. Love the queen of quirk? We do too, and we have two exclusive invitations for Urban List readers to clash prints and arm party like mad with her!
50 Things To Do In Brisbane If You’re Single
The world can be a joyless, lonely, desolate place if you're single. If all your mates are in relationships, you so often seem to be left at home twiddling your thumbs while they do interesting and fun things like watch musical theatre, have brunch, and go on staycations. None of those things can be done solo. Here are 50 things to do in Brisbane if you're single.
The Under-The-Radar Brisbane Bar You Gotta Try!
By now you should all know that we've got some cracker venues in our beloved city. You can't swing a koala these days without slapping some of the very best bars in Brisbane; call us plain old spoilt, but we expect a lot from our watering holes!
Need Some Summer Fitspo? | Try This Fun Fitness Challenge!
We bang on quite a bit here about prepping your bikini-bod', getting ready for shorts season, and generally getting your #fitspo on before summer starts in earnest. Despite our enthusiasm finding a Brisbane personal trainer who is right for you and your fitness goals ain't easy.
What To Eat, Drink, and Do at Adelaide’s Fashion Icons Festival
Landing this October (and continuing well into next year) Adelaide's Fashion Icons Festival is a not-to-be-missed initiative of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Art Gallery of South Australia, and Art Exhibitions Australia. These combined forces of sass have united to bring over a century of fashion and flair to the good folk of Adelaide, and to celebrate we've put together our guide to the very best eating, drinking, and culture vulture-ing to be done in South Australia's crown jewel.
Brisbane’s Best Suburban Bars
Setting up a bar in a known entertainment hub is one thing. Brisbanites head downtown or to the Valley or West End in droves every weekend so any venue in those areas is sure to pick up a bit of walk-in business if it looks cool enough. Those publican pioneers who decide to establish their bars in Brisbane's suburban areas, which are not usually considered night-time drinking destinations, however, have to be pretty sure that they are offering something unique and interesting.
Win A $300 Beauty Treatment Just In Time For Valentine’s Day!
We love a good giveaway, here at The Urban List, especially when it's from one of our fave beauty salons.
Our Picks of Hot New Brisbane Precinct Station Road Dining
News of fresh dining precincts is met with much jubilation here at TUL headquarters, but when we heard about Station Road Dining at Indooroopilly Shopping Centre you'd have thought someone told us George Clooney's marriage was a sham, such were the excitement levels!
Food Truck Festival Truck In & Tuck In Parks This Friday!
Bring on the food coma. Brand new Brisbane food truck festival, Truck In & Truck In will see an epic street food market assemble on Bridge Street this Friday night.
Are You Ready For Short Season?
This is a public service announcement: Short shorts season has rolled around again (eek!), and laziness over personal grooming slash fitness has to stop.
The Fat 50 | Brisbane’s Fattest Feeds
We've tracked down the most ridiculously calorific, hedonistic, indulgent meals from Brisbane's best restaurants. From triple stack burgers, to bacon ice cream, pina colada cronuts, and peanut butter with everything, these are Brisbane's best fat feeds. The diet starts Monday.
Foodie Event Not to Miss: Around-The-World Dining Hits The CBD
While an around-the-world plane ticket may still allude us, we've found a new Brisbane foodie event that has all the perks of a round the world trip (aka the food and drink), minus the jet lag. With the world's spotlight focused on good old Brisbane for the next few months, Treasury Casino & Hotel are throwing an epic foodie feast, with dishes from the world's hottest culinary destinations coming together in one global celebration of all things delicious: it's A World of Yum!
The New Fortitude Valley Market Launches This Weekend
If you're a Brisbane market addict, then you'll be as excited as we are about the Fortitude Valley Market re-launch this weekend! A Brunswick Street fixture since 1992, the markets are an iconic part of Brisbane culture and are now under new management. The Fortitude Valley Markets have undergone an almighty overhaul as part of the Valley Malls redevelopment, and they are looking schmick!
Read This Before Changing Your Hair Colour!
If you keep up with our regular ramblings, you'll know that we here at The Urban List are massive fans of cool girl hair colours, preferably done by the best hairdressers in Brisbane. But choosing the right shade ain't easy. The troubling questions this issue raises are enough to ruin a girl's beauty sleep. Cool or warm? Peach tones or golden ends? Can I pull off chocolate? Will ombre make my face look fat?!
25 Pizzas to Eat Before You Die | Our Pick of Australia’s Best Pizzas
Creating a shortlist of Australia's best pizzas is like trying to choose between your mozzarella-covered children, so we asked for the help of some of the biggest pizza snobs out (otherwise knows as Urban List Editors) to compile our picks of the best pizzas in Australia.
Franken Food | Brisbane’s Best Dessert Mash Ups
Dessert mashups have been lauded as one of the hottest food trends this year. It all started with the cronut back in 2013, but now mutant sweets and puddings are popping up all over, (news of a deep-fried Golden Gaytime in Sydney is reason enough for a weekend away in our books) and Brisbane's best restaurants are getting in on the dessert mash-up action and playing mad scientist.
This Facial Is Going To Change Your Life!
There comes a day in every woman's life when she looks in the mirror, and knows it's time to get serious about her skin. The slap-dash skin care regime you've put up with in your 20s just isn't giving you results anymore. It's time for a change!
Organic Eaters, Listen Up: Brisbane’s Best Organic Restaurant Has a New Spring Menu!
For us busy worker types, the ability to be a proper grown up and feed oneself in a nutritious, healthy (ish) way, that doesn't make us podgy lard-arses seems nigh on impossible Monday through Friday. Even with some of the best restaurants in Brisbane on our professional stoops, who here can't admit to a shameless case of the lunch-hour fat attack?
Meet The Winners | Barista, Waiter, Cocktail Maker Awards 2014
After putting in a few late nights, we've finally sorted through all 14,000 of your votes and last week we announced the winners of our third Barista. Watier. Cocktail Maker Awards, presented by Unita.
Want To Cook Like A French Chef? Listen Up!
If your idea of a home-cooked meal is Mi Goreng and a Paddle Pop (we’ve all been there), you should probably read this.
7 New Season Swimmers to Splash Out On For Summer
The hazy days of summer might feel a while away yet, but when it’s scorching outside and you’re rifling through bikini racks with a 36D top in one hand a size 6 bottoms in the other, you’re going to wish you planned for swimwear season sooner. These are our favourite new season swimmers to splash out on this summer.
What’s On For Oktoberfest This Year!
Oktoberfest puns are the wurst, so we're sticking to the facts for this year's guide to Oktoberfest in Brisbane. Don your lederhosen fellas, and get braidin' ladies, because Oktoberfest is back in town, and we're excited. Here's our guide to the best Oktoberfest events in Brisbane.
We Grab a Slice of Home-Style Goodness at Homeslice
It's a truth universally acknowledged, nothing compares to home-cooked dishes whipped up in your mum's or nan's kitchen. At least, that was the case until Brisbane takeaway kitchen Homeslice moved into the neighbourhood.
Things To Do In Sydney This Labour Day Monday
So you have been given that one extra precious day off and now you’re wondering how to make the most of it. Luckily we’ve got a stellar list of festivals and events to keep you off the couch. Here’s what’s happening this Labour Day Monday in Sydney.
Brisbane Market Calendar | October
The sun is shining, the weather is sweet! Now that we're on the cusp of summertime (ok, we're reaching a bit!), it's time to get out of bed, slop on some sunscreen and get out to one of Brisbane's best markets! This month's October Market Calendar is choccas with spring produce, fabulous pieces for a home makeover, food trucks, bunker bars and more! So come on Brisbane, so your city some local love, and get your shop on!
Your Ultimate Guide to Labour Day Drinking
Has anyone else noticed how all the local watering holes dry up around the first Monday of October? Strange…Nigh is Brisbane's Labour Day weekend — a stellar opportunity to celebrate the divine balance of work, rest, and play. Only we'll be skipping the first two and pooling all our extra time into a three day bender, yew!
It’s a Gin Thing | THE Best Valley Bar To Get Soaked in the AM!
Finding a bar that’s open any night of the week isn’t exactly difficult in a city lovingly dubbed ‘Bris-Vegas’. But finding a good bar in Brisbane that isn’t completely full of foolhardy booze-hounds, that doesn’t smell like sweaty bodies, and where your shoes don’t stick to the floors… Not so easy…
The Man Repeller is Coming to James Street!
Hold onto your Dannijo and try to suppress your fan-girl squeals, Brisbane fashion nuts, 'cause world-renowned style savant, blogger, author, digital entrepreneur and all-round legend, Leandra Medine of Man Repeller fame is coming to James Street's RESORT festival this October.
10 Reasons We’re (Still) Loony About Clooney
In the spirit of happy tidings for Mr and Mrs Clooney, we’ve taken a stroll down memory lane and come up with the top ten reasons we’re keeping Mr Do-Me as our hall pass. Til death us do part.
Move Over Ombre | The New Hair Trend You’ll Be Wearing This Year
There’s a new hair trend in town, which promises to sun-kiss your mane, light up your features, and kick the ombre hair trend to the curb (yippee!). It’s called spotlighting (or splashlighting by some), and we predict it’s going to be on heads everywhere soon.
Brisbane Vs Food | Brisbane’s Most Insane Food Challenges
If you're like me you think about eating constantly and view each meal time as a wonderful opportunity to indulge your senses, preferably with friends and loved ones. Some poor souls only think of food as a fuel to power their body through the day and are happy to eat pretty much anything that fulfils that objective.
The Milk Factory Kitchen and Bar Opens In West End
Cue the pirate puns, because new nautical-themed Brisbane bar, The Milk Factory Kitchen and Bar is hauling anchor tomorrow. Housed on West End's Montague Road, in the Heritage listed, former Coronation Hotel, new Brisbane bar The Milk Factory is a live music venue, bar, and restaurant with a keen rum focus, and a 'floating' menu that's set to change every three months (first port is East Asia and the Philippines).
What’s New in Brisbane This October
There's nothing we love more than new restaurants in Brisbane (except maybe new burgers, new brunch spots, new places to drink at… You get the idea). This month we've seen fresh new burger joints hit the streets, some actually-good-for-you additions to Brisbane café scene, and a host of new bars, breakfasts, and juices to try.
We Go Behind The Scenes at Artisan Chocolate Shop Couverture & Co
It's the kind of occupation most kids dream about, and most adults don't dare to hope for, but artisan Chocolatier is a title that sits comfortable on Couverture & Co founder, Jessica Brookes' shoulders. Despite the Brisbane humidity (chocolate's worst enemey), Jess has built a business based on quality and passion, and we're big fans.
How To Go Paleo in 5 Easy Steps (PLUS Holy Moly Banana Pancakes Recipe!)
To help you on your path to primal, here's a 5-step guide on how to go Paleo, plus a yummo Paleo pancake recipe from two clean-eating experts.
Steal Her Cool Mum Style | Miranda Kerr
Waving the flag for cool mums everywhere, Miranda Kerr is probably the only mortal who can turn the school run into a cause for paparazzi scuffles, but that doesn't stop us from wanting to steal a bit of her street swag'.
Gourmet Road Trip! Eight Top Restaurants A Short Drive From Sydney
Sometimes, you just want to get yourself out of the bustling city and hit the open road (or water) for an adventure. Obviously, any adventure we embark on is going to involve a good meal…
This Pub Is The Best Kept Secret In Brisbane!
When it comes to good, honest to goodness 'Aussie grub' you can't go past a good surf club. Surf clubs are a part of Australian identity, and, we're certain that if we had our way, we'd put one up on every corner: beach or no beach! So the fact that Brissy has a surf club slap bang in the middle of town, surrounded by some of the best restaurants in South Bank, shows the lengths we'll go for the surf—and our food!
Our Guide To The Margaret River
Renowned for its wineries and spectacular coastal setting, this holiday destination is the place to enjoy all the lavishness life has to offer, all year round. Let’s take a trip to the Margaret River.
Our Picks of the Suburb | Where to Eat, Shop, and Play in Hamilton!
As far as Brisbane postcodes go, the Hamilton 'burb is one of the most coveted in town. This little corner of Brisbane is home to some of the best shopping, eating, and drinking around, and, perhaps not surprisingly, completed luxury apartments and residential opportunities are often few and far between.
Winger: The Verdict
People think war correspondents have a tough gig. As an Urban List contributor, I am often asked to undergo arduous and thankless tribulations in the process of writing hilarious, useful, and thought-provoking articles for you, a largely apathetic audience.
Win $150 Of Cool, New Threads From Yuppie Palace
Proving that they are in-fact, the coolest yuppies in Brisbane, our friends at Yuppie Palace are giving you the opportunity to win a $150 voucher to spend any which way you like on their super handy mens online clothing store. All you have to do is sign up to be kept in the loop about Yuppie Palace — all the latest drops of new lines, access to special deals and promos, and just general coolness. We know, we're signing up, stat!
New Bar Alert: The Valley’s Best New Pub!
You'd be forgiven for thinking we're just a flaky town that will go the opening of an envelope, so inundated are we with new openings and fresh drinks-lists from the best bars in Brisbane. They're popping up all over the damn place!
Bikini Season Is Here! | Our Guide to Brisbane’s Best Waxers
There's always that awkward transition period when the seasons change and you wake up one day, physically unable to wear the jeans you've been happily hiding in for the last three months because its so damn hot outside. The problem of course is that while the soaring temps mean it's time to embrace shorts, skirts, summer dresses, and yes, even bikinis, you haven't taken the necessary steps to prepping your bod to be seen outside. The first step in any spring beauty prep is a wax.
10 Of The Best Movie Food Scenes
Movies have the ability to make us laugh and cry. They’ve also given us the fear of being home alone, helped us to develop unhealthy desires for vampires, and made us want to wear pink on Wednesdays. The following movie scenes just make us hungry.
Where To Find The Best Espresso Martinis in Brisbane
Here's where to find some of the best espresso martinis in Brisbane.
Shake It Up | The Spring Festival You Have to Check Out
We love it when the weather starts to warm up, and there's that intangible mid-summer sparkle in the air; That hopeful, yearning glimmer of the goodness to come. Honestly, it's poetic enough to make even the most cynical don a wreath, and frolic 'neath the stars above.
Organic Cold Pressed Juice Bar Press’d Opens in Newstead
Cold-pressed juice is the hot new health elixir to swill (and it tastes pretty darn great, too) and now you can get your fix in Newstead, with the arrival of organic cold-pressed juice bar and café, Press'd.
QUIZ: Which’s The Best Bar For Your Dating Personality?
Dear All the Single Ladies and Gentlemen, we are about to help you find the Brisbane bar that best suits your dating style.
The Best and Worst Fringes For Your Face Shape
Anyone who's ever attempted a home-fringe trim, or, worse, gone the whole hog and given themselves a Zooey-Deschanel-inspired blunt fringe only to realise they're more of a whispy&ndash