Booze Brisbane - Winn Lane - Winn Lane’s tucked away bottle shop and bar is made for late night adventures of the palate, with its extensive collection of wines, craft beers, spirits, and canned cocktails. Open from 3pm Tuesday to Saturday, with the bar popping until late on Fridays and Saturdays, Booze is the sibling of Stranded and The Zoo, and certainly has got it going on. With its convenient location near its predecessors, Booze makes for the perfect casual watering hole to kick off your night while kicking back in the intimate front bar area or atmospheric back lounge. Of course, drinks aren’t the only part of the agenda at Booze. Patrons can dig into The Zoo’s signature pizzas available from 5pm for dine in or takeaway. Need your caffeine fix? Booze is pouring coffee ‘til late, and you’ll also find plenty of free popcorn to munch on as you sip". STYLE MAGAZINES By Dinushka Gunasekara | 4th September 2023

Dark Red - Bakery Lane - \"this cosy wine bar sees the intimate joint offer a broad range of Italian wines and Australian-grown Italian varieties. Dark Red’s shelves – currently laden with 60 different labels – will evolve and expand, with options ranging from crushable, great-value drops to high-end sips. Female owned and operated, Dark Red’s offering with a range of drops crafted by female winemakers, sharing the stories of this crop of important viticulturists. Dark Red has also expanded into a next-door space, installing a newfangled cocktail bar serving fruit-forward cocktails made using seasonal produce and small-batch spirits. This side is decidedly moodier than its sibling. The vibe is informal but personal across both spaces, engaging with customers to find a drink perfectly suited to their tastes\" The Weekend Edition, James Frostik 2023

Lang’s Lounge - California Lane –Lang's Lounge is a boutique bar in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley, located on Brunswick Street. The bar has been set up by Kate Marshall & James Lang. We are passionate about providing our guests with a unique and unforgettable experience, and we do this by focusing on three key things:
Local quality artisan distilleries: We use local artisan distilleries whenever possible, to support our local community and to bring our guests the best possible spirits.
Local fresh produce: We use local fresh produce to create our juices, garnishes, and syrups, to ensure that our cocktails are delicious, sustainable and fresh.
Manipulation techniques: We use manipulation techniques to make our classic cocktails unique to the Brisbane hospitality scene.

N.U.G General Store - Bakery Lane- sits proudly at the end of the brick-clad, Melbourne-esque Bakery Lane with a nest of Amalfi yellow chairs tucked into petite timber tables acting as its sign post. Step inside the adorable cafe/grocer and you could be in either London’s Notting Hill or a gorgeous back alley of Paris or Santorini. There are stone floors and pale timber shelves lined with gourmet dried goods ready for a throw-together dinner, beer and a handful of small producer wines. The menu changes almost daily with soups, pastries and desserts of the day, as well as ever-changing salads, sandwiches and focaccias using organically grown fruit and veg from The Falls Farm on the Sunshine Coast. Courier Mail 31/5/23 Anooska-Tucker Evans. At night, NUG morphs into a wine bar, where classic pizzas and pasta dishes, are paired with an ever-changing wine list

Stir Down - California Lane - The team behind 1st Edition and Viva La Cali is continuing its barnstorming run of bespoke boozer concepts, taking over another slice of real estate on California Lane for Stir Down – an intimate drinker that specialises in, well, stir-down cocktails. Stir-down drinks are typically ones that are almost entirely spirits based (think negronis, Manhattans or martinis) that are best stirred, not shaken, before serving. The tiny 20-seater bar will serve a tidy cocktail list with around eight options, each offering a different take on a classic recipe. Stir Down’s selection of concoctions will be changing regularly, while a list of boutique wines will also be on hand for those after something different. The bar will also be a small selection of antipasti-style fare, including cured meats from Saison Small Goods and artisanal cheeses.\" By Weekend Edition James Frostick 15/8/2023

Nok Nok – California Lane Located in the heart of Fortitude Valley and on the infamous Brunswick st is the newest kid on the Block, Nok Nok! Serving an array of drinks with a hefty wine list and bespoke cocktails to die for! There will be a selection of shared plates to dine on with the main attraction being oysters, cheese and charcuterie boards with a focus one daily specials. Nok Nok will be open from Wednesday to Sunday from 4pm and will be offering some delish deals to get you coming back time and time again!!!

1st Edition - California Lane - an explosive comic book-inspired venue that seats just 22 diners. When it comes to ordering drinks, you'll finally find a use for all that Marvel and DC knowledge, with a list that features the likes of the Doctor Strange, with Maud's Rhubarb & Violette Gin, lemon, lavender and simple syrup, or the Harley Quinn, with dry gin, lemon, Persian fairy floss, gold flakes and rose cuvee (Urban List Brisbane)

Illusions by No 5 - Winn Lane - is like something straight out of a black-and-white graphic novel. At this mind-bending spot, you can expect to see a piano, furniture, murals and other small objects which have been drawn on by hand to create the 2D effect. While the interiors may seem like the main attraction, Illusion by no. 5 also serves up a range of tasty breakfast and brunch eats, plus cocktails and coffee. A highlight from their all-day breakfast menu is the weekend brunch boards for two, which include a bit of everything – grilled bacon, roasted tomato, mushrooms, hash browns, poached eggs, toasted sourdough, chorizo, halloumi, hollandaise, kale, yogurt and more. There’s even a vegan brunch board for plant-based eaters. Illusion turns into a bar after dark, with plenty of cocktails and bites on offer. Think sliders, meatballs and crispy pork belly washed down with a margarita, wine, beer, or mocktail. Secret Brisbane, August 2023

Suzie Wong’s Good Time Bar - Bakery Lane - "Suzie Wong’s Good Time Bar is a Hawaiian-inspired boozer that’s less a tiki-themed tipple joint and more of a grungy surf shack serving up cocktails, live music and cracking good times! Accessed through a retro fridge door directly off Ann Street in the middle of Brisbane’s party precinct, Fortitude Valley. Suzie Wong’s is a truly good time bar where five nights a week, punters can hit the dance floor to live music, from acoustic sets to bands of every music genre, from rock’n’ roll to country and western, blues and funk. Must try are Suzie’s signature cocktails such as the Blue Kahuna Shot (Nusa Cana tropical island rum, coconut and lime". (Suzie Wong’s Website)

Viva La Cali - California Lane - is heavy on the Southern California vibes, but inspired by the flavours of Central and South America. Though undercover, the venue feels completely outdoors, with dark wooden panels hiding it from the laneway, hanging plants overhead and bright, Cali-inspired murals on the walls. The cocktail menu adds to the LA vibes—margaritas are of course a signature, with creations like the Bugs Bunny Margarita made with sour carrot juice, but there’s also a rosé cocktail topped with a house-made fruit roll up calling your name. On the food menu you can expect everything from banh mi-style tacos and fish ceviche to Peruvian empanadas and King River wagyu. Our recommendation? Bring a crew and order one of everything. Don’t skip out on dessert either, because the Viva La Top Deck with spiced mango is worth lingering over- Urban List Brisbane 2023

QUIVR Bar - Winn Lane – Nestled at the end of Winn Lane is the headquarters of QUIVR, a collective that nurtures and showcases emerging DJ talent through educational classes and live-streaming performances. Founded in 2020, the team established its streaming hub in Winn Lane and two years later transformed a neighbouring retail space (and three recording studios) into a bar and home of its DJ school. At the bar, QUIVR’s own lager on tap alongside a selection of tins in the fridge, available alongside a range of French wines and a clutch of signature cocktails. On the entertainment front, Thursday nights will see graduating DJs perform as part of QUIVR’s ‘Just Hatched’ series, a roster of seasoned artists will spin on Friday and Saturday nights, while weekly laneway events will also be a fixture of the calendar.\" The Weekend Edition, James Frostick, November 2022

Stranded Bar - Winn Lane – The cocktail bar’s come live music venues namesake comes from Brisbane’s punk history, inspired by arguably one of the first ever punk bands and Brisbane locals The Saints’ album and song (I’m) Stranded. The menu is offering a range of pizzas being Italian sausage, Mexicana, vegetarian or peperoni) There is a lengthy list of signature creative cocktails and boutique beers and wines.