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Bars in Historic Buildings

Brisbane Historic Bars

From historic post offices to substations, stables, old bank vaults, bakeries, department stores, apothecaries, cobblers and even a church, these historic Brisbane buildings have new life as charming bars:

Boom Boom Room Izakaya
Boom Boom Room Izakaya
A heritage-listed bank basement has been converted into a stunning Japanese restaurant and bar
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The Mix Bar
The Mix Bar, Woolloongabba
The Mix Bar is a stunning, art deco style bar housed in the heritage-listed Woolloongabba Post Office
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Mrs J. Rabbits
Mrs J Rabbit
Mrs J. Rabbits is a secret 1920s whiskey and jazz speakeasy whose entrance is through an antique wardrobe
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Pincadia
Pincadia Woolloongabba
Pincadia is a hip retro arcade, bar and eatery housed in the historic Moreton Rubber Building in Woolloongabba
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Can You Keep A Secret?
Can You Keep a Secret? Bar Woolloongabba
Can You Keep a Secret? is a fabulous retro-themed wine bar and lounge with a tiny secret vintage boutique inside
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Baedeker
Baedeker Fortitude Valley
Once a working inner-city flour mill, later an airforce army barracks and today, Baedeker is an old-world inspired wine bar
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Lefty's Music Hall
Seating booths, bar and hall inside Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall bar
Lefty's Music Hall is like a lavish honky tonk saloon meets bordello beamed up from the deep south of 19th century America
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Hope & Anchor
Hope & Anchor is Paddington's very own English-style neighbourhood pub that has made its home in a heritage-listed 19th century bakery
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Mr Henderson
Mr Henderson bar, a cool Sandgate drinking hole, inhabits an old cobbler’s shop in the main shopping precinct near the picturesque town square
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Bloodhound Corner Bar & Kitchen
Bloodhound Corner Bar and Kitchen Fortitude Valley
Bloodhound Corner Bar and Kitchen is where craft beer, Peruvian inspired bar food, the blues and jazz combine
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Substation No 41 Rum Bar
An old electricity substation at the Breakfast Creek Hotel is home to one of the world's biggest rum bars, Substation no.41 Rum Bar
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The Walrus Club
The Walrus Club Toowong
Having undergone a stunning refurbishment after the 2022 floods, the underground speakeasy bar is open again
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Beirne Lane
Beirne Lane Fortitude Valley
Beirne Lane is the jewel in the crown of Fortitude Valley’s Brunswick St Mall – a stunning old world-meets new bar and eatery
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Holey Moley Golf Club
Holey Moley Golf Club Fortitude Valley
Holey Moley Golf Club is Brisbane’s most unique bar in a heritage-listed church with a retro-carnival-themed mini- golf course
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