Brisbane's best CBD lunches The G& GGot a midday hanger so severe your grumbling tummy is turning heads around the office? Leave your soggy leftovers in the communal fridge and head to one of our fave Brisbane city restaurants that will have you fed for well under $2. Whether you’re making a run between meetings or meeting up with friends, sometimes you just need a couple of solid spots in your repertoire to avoid that time- consuming ‘I don’t know…where do YOU wanna go?’ conversation. Our list of the best CBD lunches has you covered with some lip- smacking ideas that are sure to leave you satisfied on a dime. Can’t decide between eating something fresh and light, and stuffing your face with tacos?

At Comuna Cantina you can do both, with their summery, bite sized tacos totally in keeping with your summer diet. If eating with your hands doesn’t really fit with your white collared shirt, tuck into a goodness packed abundance bowl instead (which you can nab for $1.

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Monday if you sign up to their members club, BTW). Tacos, tacos and more tacos – that’s what you’ll get for lunch here! Whether you’ve had a ‘I need a steak and some tequila’ kinda day or you’re feeling like ‘I’ll just have the fish,’ there’s a taco on the menu for you – heck, you can even have both! It goes without saying that we are all truly lucky to be residing in a city that is home to a ramen joint as authentic and undeniably delicious as Taro’s. With house- made noodles and sweet bangalow pork bone broth simmering for at least 1.

Brisbane. Garnished with sliced chiar siu pork, a soy sauce marinated egg and sheets of nori, your stomach will be feeling like it just a got a long, warm hug. If tight buttons have led to you seriously reconsidering your usual lunch time intake of a beef and bacon burger, Kitchen Sanitarium dishes out an impressive assortment of freshly prepared vegetarian meals. From the scrumptious stir fries and noodle bowls on the ‘East’ menu to the epic burgers and slow cooked feeds on offer at the ‘West’ side of this food hall, there’s plenty to choose from here. The best part? Everything on their a la carte menu is under $1. Miel Container Corner of Mary Street and Albert Street. With a wafting aroma long preceding its presence, your nose is sure to lead you to this little street- side grill in a shipping container. Did we mention it’s served with thick- cut chips and garlic aioli?

The Flat Iron Grill Restaurant and Bar is in the heart of Historic Gilman Village, a unique Issaquah, WA steakhouse. Get food + Happy hour daily 2pm - 6pm. Spice up your Back to School lunches with the best bento boxes, reusable snack containers, water bottles, utensils & fun lunch packing tools. Awesome ideas!

For some extra pocket change, splurge on the blue cheese sauce. It’s a rich, cheesy condiment perfect for dunking your chips (or your burger) into. You can thank us later… by bringing us some. LR Sushi 2. 6 Felix Street. When ‘quick bite’ is the understatement of the year and you only have a moment’s notice to run out for the flashest of flashes, LR sushi may very well be your lunchtime hero! Your deceptively measly $1. Their long display case boasts daily combinations of tempura prawn, chicken and basil, beef satay, and salmon with avocado to name a few.

Maru 1. 57 Elizabeth Street. Whichever way you look at it, Maru Korean BBQ is the dream team of a successful CBD lunch. With fast, polite service and a huge selection of wallet- friendly dishes, you’ll be grateful you left your leftovers in the office fridge. All of the lunch options are served with a delightful selection of banchan (traditional Korean appetizers). Try one of their hot stone bowls filled with sticky fried chicken teriyaki or a steaming skillet of chicken with black bean sauce. Hump day eh? Don’t waste another second thinking about where to go for lunch because you are sure to find something new and delicious in Brisbane’s very own CBD farmers market. German sausage/sautéed mushroom/giant- smoothie/Brazillian BBQ/kettle corn/bagel sandwich lovers unite!

Plus you get to do a load of people- watching as you sit and enjoy your treasures in the sunshine.$1. Need we say more? How about the fact that they can be made gluten free, and even dairy free? Holy moly, we’ve even sold ourselves on them – excuse us while we duck out and grab a pizza the action for lunch. Sure you could make a cheese toastie on the office sandwich press – but why would you when Melt Brothers do them so much better?

And will add potato gems to the toastie fillings – can you do that in the kitchenette? There’s even one with mac ‘n’ cheese on it – talk about cheesy! Got a resolution to eat nothing but leftovers and ancient muesli bars during your work day? Red Hook will break that pretty quickly with their epic menu of burgers and American eats, including (fittingly) the Resolution Breaker burger, piled with double beef, double cheese, tomato, ketchup and special sauce. Look, we’ll admit – there are days when all we want for lunch is cheese. Cheese, cheese and more cheese. On those days, we head for Corbett & Claude, where they’ll let us design our own cheese board, and won’t even judge us if all we follow it up with is some of their parmesan laden sweet potato fries.

Next time you’re in a (ham and cheese on white) rut, consider some of the above. With new and exciting Brisbane city restaurants opening every week, it seems, we hope your rolodex of lunch spots are as exciting as ours.

Words by Seyran Celik. How To Make A Great Cup Of Coffee.