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On the Way: Upcoming Brisbane Openings to Put in Your Diary for 2024 and Beyond

Brisbane is about to look a whole lot different — these are the newbies we're counting the days for.
By Sarah Ward
February 15, 2024
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By Sarah Ward
February 15, 2024
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  • Food & Drink

    Coming Soon: Former Eagle Street Pier Steakhouse Fatcow Will Reopen on James Street in 2024

    After closing in the CBD in July 2022 due to the Eagle Street precinct being torn down, this steak-slinging favourite has finally locked in new digs.

  • Food & Drink

    Coming Soon: Cucina Regina Is the 160-Seat Italian Restaurant That's Opening at Queen's Wharf

    A sibling venue to the Gold Coast's Cucina Vivo, it'll serve up woodfired pizzas, homemade pasta, and Italian wine and cocktails.

  • Food & Drink

    The Opa, Yamas and Massimo Crew Is Opening Two Dining Spots on Kangaroo Point's New Green Bridge

    Come 2024, you'll be able to hit up restaurant and bar Bombora for a bite and drinks over the water, and grab a coffee at the Mulga Bill’s cafe.

  • Food & Drink

    Surfers Paradise's Old Hard Rock Cafe Is Set to Become a 900-Person Brewpub Pouring 4 Pines Beers

    The giant guitar is gone, with a sports bar and brewpub featuring the Gold Coast’s largest island bar taking its place from summer 2024.

  • Food & Drink

    Coming Soon: Portside Social Is the New Gastropub From the Newstead Social Crew That's Opening in Hamilton

    From June, you'll be able to pair pints and games of pool with parmigianas in the riverfront precinct.

  • Food & Drink

    Mt Coot-tha's The Summit Is Set to Score a Two-Level Pavilion with a Gin Distillery and Rooftop Garden

    The sky-high tourist destination's current cafe will be demolished, and the heritage-listed restaurant will score a new deck with killer views.

  • Food & Drink

    Queen's Wharf's Towering Sky Deck Will Feature a Steak and Seafood Restaurant, Casual Eatery and Openair Bar

    Get ready to sip drinks at Cicada Blu, enjoy steak and seafood at Aloria, and grab a relaxed bite at Babblers — all 100 metres above Brisbane.

  • Food & Drink

    Coming Soon: Chuck E Cheese Is the Latest Big-Name American Chain That's Set to Open in Australia

    Your nieces and nephews will be able to enjoy the pizza parties in an eatery with arcade games and musical shows that you always dreamed of as a kid.

  • Food & Drink

    US Burger Chain Wendy's Just Cooked Up a Deal to Open 200 Stores in Australia by 2034

    Australia's local ice creamery will no longer be the country's only Wendy's, with the burger chain locking in plans to launch Down Under.

  • Travel & Leisure

    A 340-Room Hotel, a Reimagined Fat Noodle and a Vibrant Cocktail Bar: Queen's Wharf Will Boast Them All

    The Star Brisbane's part of the new CBD precinct will also include the city's largest hotel ballroom, three pools for guests and a huge sports bar.

  • Food & Drink

    Brisbane's New Queen's Wharf Precinct Will Soon Be Home to the City's First Riverside Bikeway Cafe

    Cyclists will be able to stop for a bite, drink and shower at new waterside bikeway cafe Velo — which'll also boast impressive views.

  • Travel & Leisure

    The Ritz-Carlton Is Opening a Luxe 150-Room Hotel with Three Bars and a Rooftop Pool on the Gold Coast

    Come 2026, Australia will score its third hotel from the lavish chain — following the existing Perth site and Melbourne's soon-to-open outpost.

  • Food & Drink

    Andrew McConnell's Famed Melbourne Restaurant Supernormal Is Opening a Brisbane Outpost

    The acclaimed chef is bringing Supernormal to the Sunshine State, opening in a prime riverfront position in Brisbane's CBD in 2023.

  • Food & Drink

    The Wright House Is the Two-Level Brewpub with a 'Mad Men'-Inspired Chophouse Coming to Woolloongabba

    Decked out with interiors inspired by iconic architect Frank Lloyd Wright, this new drinking spot hails from the crew behind Casa Chow, Sasso and South City Wine.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Portside Wharf Is Getting a $20-Million Makeover Complete with Expanded Year-Round Outdoor Dining

    The 16-year-old riverside precinct will score an extended entry plaza and main street, new stores, plus more shading for outdoor seating.

  • Food & Drink

    BrewDog Is Teaming Up with Australian Venue Co to Open More Beer Bars Across Australia

    The Scottish brewery and Australian hospitality group are joining forces to expand BrewDog's craft beer bars across the country.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Victoria Park's Huge Transformation Will Include a Tree House Lookout, Water Play Gully and High-Ropes Course

    Brisbane City Council has locked in its master plan for the Herston site, which also features a mountain bike track, and reinstated water holes and wetlands.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Northshore Hamilton Is Getting a 1.2-Kilometre Expansion That'll Turn It Into Brisbane's Next South Bank

    The riverfront precinct will undergo a huge revamp to host the Brisbane Athlete Village for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games — and for residents to enjoy afterwards.

  • Travel & Leisure

    South Bank Is Set to Get a Massive Revamp Ahead of the 2032 Olympics

    The 42-hectare precinct will be renewed and reinvigorated, with a treetop walk, a permanent handmade goods market and new riverside lawns among the plans.

  • Food & Drink

    Woolloongabba Might Score a New $1.2-Billion Precinct Across a One-Hectare Stretch of Stanley Street

    Called Station Square, this proposed plan includes a five-star hotel, shops, apartments, housing, green space and reopening the Chalk Hotel.

  • Food & Drink

    Star Chef Luke Mangan Wants to Set Up a Restaurant on Brisbane's Story Bridge

    He's already launched an eatery on the Sydney Harbour Bridge — now the Story Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge and London Bridge are in Mangan's sights.

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