As Brisbane grows bigger, tinier boutique shops are slowly squashed – or perhaps suddenly vanish. There’s a lot of stores which a lot of folk have fond memories of.
Which store do you wish was still doing business? Maybe there’s a long-closed food place you find yourself reminiscing about, or a precious little shop you loved.
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Tops. How cool is it that there used to be a rollercoaster and treehouse up top of the myer centre!!
Bagelos! Their bagels were so yummy and well priced and their juices/smoothies were great too
Skinny’s!
RED EARTH miss the cheap but great makeup
Tops at the Meyer Centre
I already miss Batavia at South Bank. I really liked that place. It’s great to have a Grill’d close to the cinemas, but I wish Batavia hadn’t had to go.
Definitely Tops, but also that store that used to be in the Myer Center (at the same time Tops was around) that was like a forest inside and it had all these weird creature stuffed animals for sale and they hung down from vines and hid in nooks stuff inside the store. :)
Tops was awesome but there used to be an all you can eat KFC at the eagle street pier. Never seen one like it before or since. Utterly epic and not a single person I’ve told about it has not also wished it was still open.
I miss Parrot’s gourmet hamburgers on Elizabeth st. That place had such great meals.
Totally Twisted. It was on the same building and level as Govindas on Elizabeth Street. It was magical!
Chemist Roush & milkbar at the top end of Queen Street
Batavia. They had the best hot chocolates. And I just loved the style and spending time relaxing with friends. Wish it hadn’t closed down.
Chi Chi Deluxe in Elizabeth Street was THE place! Uber cool clothing, best music, furniture,. jewlery and watches. I remember the watches and the crazy sunglasses!
Which shop do neighbours. friends and many. many people miss on northside FARMER JOES! Fruit, veggies, deli, butcher etc…. Now Kedron has nothing to compare.
Skinny’s Records.
I miss… About Face at Kelvin Grove
But also send votes for Farmer Joes at Kedron & tops at the myer centre.
Sian.. I think the shop you are referring to was called the secret garden? Or something like that?… such a fun concept for a store. :)