The Charming Squire, Brewery restaurant in South Brisbane, Australia
The Charming Squire is a brewery restaurant in South Brisbane, Queensland, spread across several floors of a building on Grey Street. The ground floor holds the main dining and bar areas, while the working brewery sits on an upper level above the restaurant.
James Squire, who the venue is named after, set up the first commercial brewery in Australia in New South Wales during the early colonial era. The restaurant itself opened in a modern building near the South Bank cultural precinct in the 2010s.
The name of this place pays tribute to James Squire, one of the earliest commercial brewers in Australia. The brewing equipment is visible from the dining area, so guests can watch the beer being made while they eat.
The restaurant sits on Grey Street, steps from South Brisbane Station, and is easy to reach on foot from the South Bank area. Booking ahead is a good idea for groups or weekend visits, as the place tends to fill up.
The building was designed specifically to house this restaurant and brewery together, rather than being an adapted older space, which is why the brewery machinery fits so naturally into the upper floor. This also means the sightlines from the dining room to the brewing tanks above were planned from the start.
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