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‘Gramps is my local cafe. Lots of my friends work there; it’s just been the local for years and it's a great place with great vegan food.’

Food & Drink

Gramps

‘Vegan West End restaurant is crazy good and it’s, yeah, in West End, obviously. It’s phenomenal Asian-style cuisine. Really awesome.’

West End Vegan Restaurant

‘The Reservoir (we call it the Resi) is phenomenal. Everyone should go. It’s like a swimming manmade situation, but there’s just the most beautiful nature around there.’

Nature

Enoggera Reservoir

‘Probably why I like Black Bear, you finish your show, you go to the toilet when you come back out. It's just like, complete different world. Yeah, probably my favorite venue to play plus the sound that it's really cool for a band like us, you know, just gets loud and packs out really nice.’

‘Black Bear Lodge is in the heart of the Valley. And it’s just like, it’s just where you go. I’ve played there multiple times, so many bands have, and it’s the go-to. There’s always fun stuff and cool shows happening. There’s such a nice mix of all different genres and cultures and music.’

Culture

Black Bear Lodge

‘Warehouse 25 in Milton is always like no matter what the weekend is always awesome music playing and if it's not like a normal weekend like when the DJs aren’t playing they put on a rave or a party or something like get heaps of artists in.’

‘Warehouse 25 is just a really cool place. It’s got a little underground section, it does really cool drinks and everyone there is really awesome and lovely.’

Warehouse 25

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