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The Tivoli Theatre was originally built as Adams Bakery in 1917 and boasted having the finest gourmet cakes in Queensland. It was later used by the State Library of Queensland to store rare books, but with Expo 88 in the city, a new owner, Ann Garms, transformed it into The Tivoli Restaurant and Theatre - modeled on the Paradis Latin in Paris (1803), one of France's most famous cabaret theatres.
Fortitude Valley (often called "The Valley" by local residents) is an inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. [3] In the 2021 census , Fortitude Valley had a population of 9,708 people. [ 1 ]
In 1906, it relocated to Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley (a landmark observed by motorists as they entered the Story Bridge from the northside), [6] although the bridge did not open until 1940. In the early 1940s, the company built a new headquarters and wine and spirit store at 501 Ann Street in Fortitude Valley . [ 7 ]
Internally there were new bedrooms, parlours, bar, large dining room, kitchen and offices. [1] The new Royal George was part of an 1880s hotel boom in the Valley including the nearby Empire Hotel, Prince Consort Hotel, Wickham Hotel, and Jubilee Hotel, all built between 1885 and 1888. Each was a substantial building located on a prominent site ...
Prince Consort Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 230 Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Richard Gailey and built from 1887 to 1888 with later extensions. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. [1] In 2014, it is trading as the Elephant Hotel. [2]
Mana Bar is a cocktail bar and video gaming lounge in Fortitude Valley. [citation needed] West End, a cosmopolitan suburb about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south-west of the CBD, plays host to a wide variety of street dining, music, bars like the Rumpus Room, the Lychee Lounge, Uber, The HiFi, Ill Manor and others.
By the end of the 1970s the pub circuit was a major provider of rock music entertainment in Australia and as a result, early tours by many visiting overseas acts from overseas who were becoming popular in Australia included many performances at major city and regional pubs; this included the first Australian tours by bands like XTC, The Cure ...
Chinatown, Brisbane (Chinese: 布里斯班唐人街) is a precinct in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia. It is centred on Chinatown Mall, a pedestrian street which occupies all of Duncan Street. The Mall runs parallel to Brunswick Street Mall, and connects Wickham Street and Ann Street.