Rick Shores
Rick Shores brings a warm tropical breeze to Gold Coast dining. Opened by the owners of LONgTIME, Brisbane, Rick Shores occupies one of the most revered spots on the coast,…
Red Hot Cod
Simon Scott lives and breathes the ocean. Born and raised on the Gold Coast, Simon’s a keen surfer and fisherman. When he's not out on the ocean, he’s in the…
World Breakfasts on the Gold Coast
We don’t always have to travel to learn about world food. It’s also right here in our own backyard. With diners chasing fast, healthy ‘wholefood’ meals, breakfast is the new…
Home Plate Kitchen
Tucked around a corner off Mattocks Road, it’s unlikely that you’d stumble across Home Plate Kitchen unless you’d previously heard about it. But there are lots of reasons why you…
Be Somewhere
I’m looking at the shoes and they’re completely random: chef’s clogs with eggs and bacon splattered all over them – the pattern that is, not actual eggs and bacon. Still,…
Ragdoll Bar & Dining Lounge
James Street Burleigh is hotly contested space, the T-section of a dining hub that provides a range of casual dining choices. But choice also means competition, closures and change of…
Burleigh Heads Farmers Markets
Burleigh Heads Farmers Markets, opened in June 2012, offer a different blend of produce and wares to other markets on the coast. There are fruit and vegetables for sale (like…
Best kept dining secrets – Cafes
Everyone has their favourite café. Some of them are places only locals know about; tucked away places they share with friends. You know you’ve found one when people greet each…
Burleigh Smoke House
There’s nothing like bonding over ribs on a cool spring day. With their slow-cooked fall apart goodness, sweet sticky sauce dripping from fingers and face, it’s a very pleasant way…
Stones Throw
With so many new cafés opening on the Gold Coast, it pays to offer something different. We’ve heard all the #givethecustomerswhattheywant arguments, and they don’t entirely wash with us. So,…