ANZAC Day is all about commemorating our diggers, past and present, but, it is also the crown jewel in a string of public holidays that simply can’t be wasted vegging out on the couch. Yet again, Brisbane has answered our call with a slew of bars, cafes and restaurants open this ANZAC Day public holiday on Monday 26 January.
In between paying your respects to the ANZACs, you deserve a tasty meal and a frosty drink; these are our fave spots keeping the doors open this ANZAC Day public holiday in Brisbane.
Cafes
- Anouk Cafe, Paddington: 7am–2pm
- Bare Naked Bowls, Newstead: 8am–1pm
- Barko & Co, Teneriffe: 7am–2pm
- Belle Époque Patisserie, South Brisbane: 6.30am–2pm
- Blue Bear Coffee House, New Farm: 7am–1.30pm
- Botanica, Teneriffe, Red Hill, Camp Hill and Hawthorne: 8am–3pm
- Bunker Coffee, Milton: 6.30am–12.30pm
- Coffee Head Co, South Brisbane: 6.30am-3pm
- Corner Store Cafe, Toowong: 7am–2.30pm
- Dicki’s, New Farm: 7am–1pm
- Farmhouse, Kedron: 8am–2pm
- Halo Ground, Fortitude Valley: 8am–12pm
- Hoo Ha Coffee Bar, South Brisbane: 7–11am
- Hunter & Scout, Graceville: 7am–2.30pm
- Huskk Cafe, Grange: 7am–12pm
- Industry Beans, Newstead: 8am–3pm
- Joedy’s Cafe, New Farm: 6am–3pm
- Lady Marmalade, Stones Corner: 8am–2pm
- Little Loco, New Farm: 6.30am–1pm
- Lokal + Co, West End: 6am–2pm
- Maude, Coorparoo: 6am–2pm
- Microlot Coffee House, Hawthorne: 6.30–10am
- Miss Jones, New Farm: 6am–1pm
- Monocle Coffee, Morningside: 7am–11pm
- MYLK + KO, Newstead: 8am–12pm
- Neesh, Woolloongabba: 8am–12pm
- Nodo, Newstead, Camp Hill, South Bank and Hawthorne: 7am–3pm
- NYC Bagel Deli, West End and Chermside: 6.30am–2.30pm
- Paddington Social, Paddington: 7am–2pm
- Pawpaw, Woolloongabba: 8am–3pm
- Pineapple Express, Hamilton: 6.30am–1pm
- Plentiful Cafe, Graceville: 6.30am–2pm
- Romeo’s Cafe, West End. 8am–3pm
- Superthing, West End: 8am–1pm
- The Jam Pantry, Greenslopes: 7am–2pm
- The Single Guys, Kenmore: 7am–1pm
- Two Teaspoons, Sinnamon Park: 5.30am–2pm
Restaurants And Bars
- Cowch Dessert Cocktail Bar, South Bank: 10am–midnight
- Eat Street Northshore, Hamilton: 4pm–9pm
- Eleven Bridges, South Brisbane: 12pm–9pm
- Grassfed, South Brisbane: 11.30am–2.30pm, 5pm–9pm
- Gusto da Gianni, Hamilton: 11.30am–2.30pm, 5.30pm–9.30pm
- Mons Thai, Camp Hill: 5.30pm–8pm
- Ramen Danbo, Brisbane City, South Brisbane and Sunnybank Hills : 11am–10pm
- Roti Place, Brisbane City, West End: 11.30am–8.30pm
- Mrs Brown’s Bar & Kitchen, Newstead: 11.30am–late
- Smokey Moo, Newstead: 12pm–8pm
- Streetcorner Jimmy, Teneriffe: 12pm–late
- The Boundary Hotel, West End: 7am–late
- Seoul Bistro, Sunnybank: 11am–10.30pm
- The Fishmonger’s Wife, Hawthorne: 4.30pm–7pm
- The Terrace, South Brisbane: 7am–late
Image credit: Industry Beans