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A guide to the very best bars in Brisbane’s northern suburbs including Albion, Ascot, Banyo, Brendale, Bowen Hills, Northgate, Nundah, Stafford and Wilston.

Albion

Ruby's Wine Shop

This funky, hole-in-the-wall wine spot, Ruby's Wine Shop is Albion's best-kept secret

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Albion

New Tricks

New Tricks is a stunning cellar door, gin distillery and function venue, steeped in old world charm occupying a converted warehouse

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Clayfield

EJ Station House

EJ Station House is a Spanish-inspired wine, tapas and gelato bar in the historic heart of Clayfield

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Geebung

The Cove Kitchen & Bar

The Cove Kitchen & Bar is a bustling breakfast, lunch & dinner spot serving up a mouth-watering menu of elevated pub fare

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Bowen Hills

Nosferatu Distillery

Nosferatu is a charming cafe by day and enchanted gin lounge by night, set inside a fairy-lit warehouse in Bowen Hills

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Chermside

Hijinx Hotel

Is it a hotel or a bar or a game? Get a room and be transported into this fantasy from the folks behind Holey Moley

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Wilston

Wilston Village Bar

This inner northside village has this convivial pub-style eatery and bar that is a fave with locals

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Stafford

Happy Valley Brewing Company

Happy Valley Brewing Company is a microbrewery and bar, open to the public from Wednesday through Sunday

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Everton Park

Tetto Rooftop Bar

Tetto is a cool Italian Riviera inspired rooftop bar perched atop the revamped Everton Plaza

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Northgate

Fick Brewing

Fick Brewing is a suburban, small batch brewery and bar found secreted away in industrial Northgate

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Northgate

Aether Brewing

Aether Brewing's second craft brewery occupies a massive converted warehouse space in the heart of Northgate

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Kelvin Grove

The Menagerie

The Menagerie is a homely retro watering hole in Kelvin Grove, with a focus on locally sourced beverages

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Grange

Quincy's Bar & Cafe

Quincy's Bar and Café is a chic basement Grange hideout where locals go to relax, sip on a wine and dig into some quality tucker

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Chermside

Sasquatch Bar & Eatery

Sasquatch Bar & Eatery in Chermside combines two of the greatest flavours - craft beer and a charcoal grill

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Brendale

Brendale Brewing Co

Brendale Brewing Co. is a cool taproom and microbrewery tucked away in north Brisbane's warehouse district

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Nundah

Blockhouse

Blockhouse is Nundah’s hidden gem – part coffee house and part small bar - in a gorgeous white weatherboard cottage-like building

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