A few years ago I remember eating breakfast at a cafe in West End and getting bacon, eggs and coffee for under $10. More recently I’ve resigned myself to having to pay $15 or $20 for a good breakfast at a cafe and assumed that inflation had killed the ‘value’ I once experienced. I [...]
Archive for December, 2008
December 25th, 2008 - 6:54 pm § in CAFE
Au Cirque Review
I found out recently that a friend of mine has been searching for Brisbane’s best breakfast café / restaurant and after 6 months of exhaustive testing he has reached a decision. His decision to put Au Cirque at the top of the pile seems to be shared by a few other people and I felt [...][...]
December 21st, 2008 - 4:32 pm § in SPOTLIGHT
Map Magazine’s Eat Drink Awards 2008 / 2009
Map magazine has just announced its best places to Eat and Drink in Brisbane for 2008 / 2009 as voted for by its readers. Some of my favourite places made the list with Verve Cafe on Edward St winning both “Best Cafe” and “Best Place for Lunch” and The Gunshop cafe in West En[...]
December 17th, 2008 - 7:03 pm § in RESTAURANT
The Lure Restaurant Review
There is one restaurant in Brisbane that I’ve eager to visit since it opened in 2005. The Lure restaurant at The Coro Hotel in Milton has a reputation (and the awards to back it up) for Brisbane’s best seafood and until last week I hadn’t had an opportunity, or the budget to see if their [...][...]
December 15th, 2008 - 4:12 pm § in RESTAURANT
Pineapple Hotel Steakhouse Review
One of the big trends in the hotel industry in Brisbane has been to spruce up a pub by adding on a steak restaurant. The reason is obvious; to attract a wider range of patrons and generate some extra revenue. It’s easy to see how this would work from the pub’s perspective as many people [...]
Pizza Lounge 595
Pizza Lounge 595 is my local gourmet pizzeria. Its got 20 or so pizzas on the menu with many of them quite different to what I’ve seen at other speciality pizza places. Pizza Lounge 595 also sets itself apart by creating an atmosphere that you’d expect to find in West End or Fortitude Va[...]
December 7th, 2008 - 12:28 pm § in RESTAURANT
addiction
I normally make a rule of avoiding restaurants located in Shopping Centres, they’re usually bland and cater to the trapped audience of late night shoppers and movie goers. So it was with reluctance that I recently found myself suggesting dinner at Garden City’s Town Square. My initial id[...]