With the Ekka public holiday on a different day this year, no an Ekka to go to and even a different name (the People's Public Holiday? Who comes up with this stuff?), you could be forgiven for forgetting there was a public holiday altogether. But there is, and for everyone staying in town this weekend instead of heading off on a camping trip, there's only one thing to do: eat and drink ourselves into a stupor.
Here's our guide to what's open this Ekka public holiday in Brisbane.
Cafes
- Banter Coffee, Manly: 7am–12pm
- Billykart, West End: 8am–2pm, 5.30pm–late
- Botanica Real Food, all venues: 8am–3pm
- Bunker Coffee, Milton: 6.30am–12.30pm
- Cleberson’s Coffee, Brisbane City: 5am–3pm
- Collingwood Black, Albion: 6am–late
- Corner Store Cafe, Toowong: 7am–2.30pm
- Darvella Patisserie, Bulimba: 6am–2.30pm
- Dovetail on Overend, Norman Park: 7am–1pm
- Florence, Camp Hill: 7am–1pm
- Goodfolk Cafe, Bardon: 7.30am–12.30pm
- Gramps Cafe, Red Hill: 7.30am–12.30pm
- Helios Brewing Company, Yeerongpilly: 12pm–9pm
- Hey Joe Coffee Co, East Brisbane: 7am–3pm
- Industry Beans, Newstead: 8am–3pm
- Melt Brothers, Brisbane City: 9am–3pm
- Mr Treat, Fortitude Valley: 12pm–5pm
- Mylk + Ko, New Farm: 8am–12pm
- NYC Bagel Deli, West End: 6.30am–2.30pm
- Paddington Social, Paddington: 6.30am–2pm
- Petrichor & Co., Hamilton: 6.30am–2pm
- Plant Vibes Cafe, Bowen Hills: 8am–1pm
- Soul Pantry, Stafford: 8am–2pm
- Sprout Artisan Bakery, Fortitude Valley: 7am–1pm
- Supernumerary Coffee, Salisbury: 7am–12pm
- Superthing, West End: 7am–2pm
- The Single Guys Coffee, Kenmore: 7am–1pm
- Wholly Crumpets, Bulimba: 7am–12pm
- Wild Canary Bistro, Brookfield: 8.30am–2pm
Restaurants
- Ahmet’s Restaurant, South Bank: 11.30am–late
- Baja, Fortitude Valley: 5pm–10.30pm
- Beerhaüs, Bowen Hills: 12pm–11pm
- Botany, Newstead: 11.30am–10pm
- Broken Hearts Burger Club, Mango Hill and Morningside: 12pm–9pm
- C’est Bon Restaurant, Woolloongabba: 5pm–late
- Cheeky Poke, all venues: 11am–9pm
- Ciao Papi, Brisbane City: 11am–late
- Comuna Cantina, all venues: 11am–10pm
- Corbett and Claude, Brisbane City: 11.30am–10pm
- Downtown Istanbul, Hawthorne: 11am–late
- e’cco Bistro, Newstead: 12pm–3pm, 6:15 pm–late
- Ehden, West End: 12pm–late
- El Camino Cantina, Bowen Hills: 12pm–11pm
- Electric Avenue and Mrs J Rabbits Speakeasy, Woolloongabba: 4pm–12am
- Gemelli Italian, Fortitude Valley: 12pm–11pm
- Greca, Brisbane City: 11.30am–10pm
- Happy Boy, Fortitude Valley: 5.30pm–late
- Hashtag Burgers and Waffles, Fortitude Valley:12pm–9pm
- Kid Curry, Fortitude Valley: 5.30pm–late
- La Lupa, West End: 12pm–2:30pm, 5pm–10pm
- Madame Wu, Brisbane City: 12pm–10pm
- Mai Gai, Everton Park: 11.30am–10pm
- Mary Mae’s Bar & Kitchen, New Farm: 8am–late
- Mr Badger’s, Woolloongabba: 9am–9pm
- Mucho Mexicano, South Brisbane and Hawthorne: 11am–late
- Noir, Paddington: 4pm–late
- Nonna’s Pizza & Deli, South Bank: 11am–late
- Olé Restaurant, South Bank: 11am–late
- One Fish Two Fish, Kangaroo Point: 12pm–9pm
- OTTO Ristorante, South Bank: 12pm–2.30pm, 5pm–9pm
- Perk’s Kitchen, Upper Mount Gravatt: 7am–9pm
- Polpetta, Brisbane City: 7am–10am, 4pm–late
- Ramen Danbo, all venues: 11am–10pm
- Seoul Bistro, Sunnybank: 11am–10.30pm
- Shucks Bar, Manly: 10am–3pm, 5pm–9pm
- Siffredi’s Spaghetti Bar, Teneriffe: 12pm–3pm, 5pm–late
- Smokey Moo, Newstead: 12pm–8pm
- Sono Japanese Restaurant, Hamilton: 5:30–10.30pm
- Southbeach, South Bank: 11am–late
- Southside, South Brisbane: 12pm–late
- Spread, Camp Hill: 5pm–9pm
- Stanley, Brisbane City: 12pm–3pm, 5pm–9pm
- Suki, South Bank: 11am–7.30pm
- The Defiant Duck, Newstead: 11am–late
- The Jetty, South Bank: 11.30am–11pm
- Toscano Bar & Kitchen, Brisbane City: 12pm–12am
- Yavanna, Paddington: 12pm–3pm, 5:30–9pm
- Yoko, Brisbane City: 12pm–10pm
- ZA ZA TA, Fortitude Valley: 12pm–3pm, 5pm–late
Bars
- Baedeker, Fortitude Valley: 4pm–late
- Bar Kazba, Fortitude Valley: 5pm–late
- Canvas Club, Woolloongabba: 4pm–12am
- Cielo Rooftop Bar, Fortitude Valley: 12pm–late
- Cindy Chows, Fortitude Valley: 6pm–3am
- Death & Taxes, Brisbane City: 2pm–2am
- Dr. Gimlette, Brisbane City: 3pm–2am
- Felons Barrel Hall, Brisbane City: 11am–late
- Felons Brewing Co., Brisbane City: 11am–late
- Fiume, Brisbane City: 4pm–late
- Friday’s Riverside, Brisbane City: 4pm–late
- Kiki, South Brisbane: 7am–late
- Ling Lings, Fortitude Valley: 6pm–2am
- Little Big House, South Bank: 11.30am–10pm
- Milton Common, Milton: 12pm–late
- Mr Percival’s, Brisbane City: 11am–11pm
- Newstead Brewing Co., Newstead and Milton: 7am–11pm
- Tetto Rooftop Bar, Everton Park: 12pm–late
- The Inchcolm Bar, Spring Hill: 12pm–late
- The Sangria Bar, South Bank: 11am–late
See what else you can do this weekend here.
Image credit: ZA ZA TA