Coming soon: a hidden 3am cocktail contender for 2025's best new bar
A few years ago, the city boasted a bunch of cracking cocktail bars – Death & Taxes, Maker, The Gresham, Dr Gimlette, Savile Row – but not much else. While Brisbane's restaurant scene diversified, our smaller boozers felt stuck in a low gear, new operators seemingly unable, or unwilling, to take a swing on fresh ideas.
But then came Frog's Hollow and Alice and Barry Parade Public House, and wine bars suddenly got both more freewheeling and serious, with the opening of Dark Red, Milquetoast and Dark Red's new sister venue, Dark Blue. All have a unique angle or location, or a combination of the two.
Now comes The Alligator Club, a New Orleans-inspired basement bolthole due to open in the Valley in early August.
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