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 25 January.
In between paying your respects, 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
- Agnes Bakery, Fortitude Valley: from 7am
- Bare Naked Bowls, Newstead: 8am–1pm
- Belle Époque, South Brisbane: 7am–2pm
- Botanica, Teneriffe, Red Hill, Camp Hill and Hawthorne: 8am–3pm
- Bunker Coffee, Milton: 6am–2pm
- Cubic Coffee, Brisbane City: from 5:30am
- Fiddle Leaf, Bulimba: from 7am
- Hunter & Scout, Graceville: 7am–2pm
- Industry Beans, Newstead and Brisbane City: 8am–3:30pm (Newstead) and 4am–1pm (Brisbane City)
- Kin and Co, Teneriffe: 5:30am–1pm
- Lokal + Co, West End: 6am–2pm
- Lonely's Bar, West End: 6am–2pm
- Maude, Coorparoo: 7am–2pm
- Microlot Coffee House, Hawthorne: 6.30–10:30am
- NYC Bagel Deli, West End and Chermside: 6:30am–2:30pm
- Pawpaw, Woolloongabba: 8am–3pm
- Piggyback Cafe, Jindalee: 8am–12:30pm
- Stone Artisan Bakers, Greenslopes: 6am–2pm
- Willow Cafe, Balmoral: 7am–2pm
- The Woolshed, Teneriffe: 4:30am-12pm
Restaurants
- Bisou Bisou, Fortitude Valley: 6:30am–late
- Ciao Papi, Brisbane City: 12pm–late
- Greca, Brisbane City: 12pm–late
- Hellenika, Fortitude Valley: 6:30am–late
- Otto Brisbane, South Bank: from 12pm
- Ramen Danbo, Brisbane City, South Brisbane and Sunnybank Hills : 11am–10pm
- Remy's, Paddington: 8am–8pm
- Roti Place, Brisbane City and West End: 11:30am–8:30pm
- Seoul Bistro, Sunnybank: 11am–10:30pm
- Stanley, Brisbane City: 12pm–3pm and 5pm–10pm
- The Terrace, South Brisbane: 7am–late
Bars And Pubs
- The Boundary Hotel, West End: 11am–late
- The Breakfast Creek Hotel, Albion: from 2pm
- Death and Taxes, Brisbane City: 3pm–1am
- Felons Brewing Co., Brisbane City: 11am–12am
- Felons Barrel Hall, Brisbane City: 11am9pm
- Iris Rooftop, Fortitude Valley: 11:30am–late
- Living Room Bar, Brisbane City: 4pm–11pm
- Mr Percival's, Brisbane City: 11am–1am
- Regatta Hotel, Toowong: 5am–late
- Story Bridge Hotel, Kangaroo Point: 6:30am-late
- Streetcorner Jimmy, Teneriffe: 12pm–late
- The Charming Squire, South Brisbane: 11am-9pm
- WET Deck at W Brisbane, Brisbane City: 11am–6pm
Image credit: Felons Barrel Hall