Category Archives: Brisbane North

Tonic Espresso & Bar — Fortitude Valley

Tonic Espresso & Bar, Hynes St, For­ti­tude Valley.

Preview of “Tonic espresso and bar”
Tonic Espresso & Bar was buzzing with excite­ment when Bris­bane Bites attended their inau­gural Fri­day night drinks 15/03/12. It is true that the venue is a little…cosy…but that adds to the inti­mate charm of the place. Tonic’s ori­gins stem from hum­ble begin­nings as a cof­fee shoppe oper­at­ing out of an empty garage space. Yes, lit­er­ally, the old metal roller-door still remains — how rustic!

Naples Pizzeria — The Grange

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Naples Pizze­ria — The Grange

The car­bonara served at Naples Pizze­ria in The Grange has got to be one of the creami­est and deli­cious tast­ing ones I have expe­ri­enced in Bris­bane so far. It is true, Naples offers hearty, homely and hon­est Ital­ian fare at a decent price. 

The ambi­ence isn’t the most appeal­ing of restau­rants around these days (for exam­ple the no-fuss table/chair sets, under­stated decor and the some­times awk­ward place­ment of brightly-lit down lights) how­ever the Bris­bane Bites team still would rank it as an “excel­lent” for its excel­lence in simplicity.

Alfred & Constance — The Fortitude Valley

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Alfred & Con­stance — The For­ti­tude Valley

Is this where all the trendy peo­ple go? On first impres­sions, Alfred & Con­stance (or A&C as locals call it) seemed to be a melt­ing pot of the exceed­ingly attrac­tive inter­twined with a mod­ern hip­ster vibe. Despite being nei­ther of these two demo­graph­ics, I did feel very at home. This was prob­a­bly owing to the uber cute set-up they have involv­ing the amal­ga­ma­tion of two Queens­lan­der style homes to form a sort-of “house party”. Quirky, yet fresh describes the eclec­tic col­lec­tion of rooms, each with inde­pen­dent bar and menu din­ing options. Of par­tic­u­lar inter­est to me was the “late night dessert bar and boozy-smoothie sta­tion” which was a great source of excite­ment for me to visit and lived very much up to my expectations!

Movenpick — The Barracks

Moven­pick — The Barracks

Ice cream is one of my favourite foods. It is even more deli­cious in the peak of sum­mer where swel­ter­ing heats leave one both­ered to say the least. So, recently I took a friend to the trendy Bar­racks precinct for some reprieve from the sun and to indulge in divine Swiss (Switzer­land) ice cream.

I have lived in Switzer­land for a while and can tell you that it is just as much as pop­u­lar there as it is becom­ing here! That is per­haps not the case for another Aus­tralian chain of ice cream stores, Royal Copen­hagen, and Den­mark, as I dis­cov­ered on my recent travels.


Limes Hotel Thursday Rooftop Wine Club

Limes Hotel Thurs­day Rooftop Wine Club

 

To be hon­est, it was our first time at Limes Hotel, but boy were we impressed! Beau­ti­ful roof-top bar, per­fect weather, sky-line sun­set, flow­ing wine and zesty, mouth­wa­ter­ing tapas… couldn’t ask for more!

The Bris­bane Bites team attended the LAUNCH of Limes Hotel’s Thurs­day Rooftop Wine Club on Thurs­day 20/09/12.