Brisbane Food Markets for a Delectable Food Safari

Food markets are one of life’s greatest pleasures. Come the weekend, or even a sneaky midweek lunch, we love nothing more than wandering through rows of stalls, smelling delicious morsels in the air and deciding which treat is next on the menu.

From special events to dedicated vegan markets, Brisbane is home to a fair few of these shrines to flavour. Fancy sampling the best? Read on for a curated edit of the best Brisbane food markets…

Brisbane City Markets

Perfect for an easy lunch break feast or to stock up on groceries for the week, the Brisbane City Markets are a popular destination for a snack. They host a weekly event across the city in three different locations, where you’re invited to wander the stalls in search of the flavour that will sate your cravings. With regular vendors serving your new favourite dish or donut, you’ll also get to experience fun new food with occasional pop-up stallholders that are ready to tantalise your taste buds.

Amongst the foodie stalls, you can shop from creators, makers and artisanal producers, making these markets your weekly dose of arts and crafts, too!

Wednesdays & Thursdays

Multiple locations

Brisbane Vegan Markets

For every type of vegan food, snack or skincare you haven’t yet heard of, enter the Brisbane Vegan Markets! It’s the best way to discover new vegan products as well as try tasty samples that will have you coming back for more. Don’t forget to bring a hearty appetite, as the tantalising scents of sizzling burgers or warm and sugary doughnuts prove (very) difficult to resist. We tried.

Monthly, dates vary

Various locations

Eat Street Northshore

A mere fifteen minutes from the CBD, nestled on a historic wharf on the Brisbane River, lies an enormous market metropolis bursting with hot food, cold refreshing drinks and quirky stalls to browse through.

This Brisbane food market proved so popular that it had to be upgraded to a larger site on the Northshore so that it could accommodate over 70 traders. Five themed bars, eclectic shopping stalls and micro restaurants from six of the world’s seven continents are all housed in repurposed shipping containers at Eat Street.

Fridays and Saturdays,  4pm to 10pm

Sunday, 4pm to 9pm

221D MacArthur Avenue, Hamilton

Brisbane Genki Market

One of Brisbane’s best Asian food markets now runs twice monthly, offering double the delicious opportunities! Brisbane Genki Market can be found on Charlotte Street in Brisbane’s CBD, and has been running since early 2021.

You’ll discover gifts, artisanal wares and handmade pieces, along with Japanese-style ceramics, gift cards and journals. Once you enter the street food section, you’ll feel as if you’ve stepped in Dotonburi with the sheer volume of heavenly-scented takoyaki, dango and so much more.

2nd & 4th Sunday of the month, 10am to 3pm

123 Charlotte Street, Brisbane City

Global Food Markets

Logan Central’s Global Food Markets were created in 2005, by the Ethnic Communities Council of Logan, as a platform to connect migrant farmers with the local community.

Fast forward to present day, and you’ll find that this popular market has evolved to include street food vendors serving up a variety of cuisines to surprise and delight your palate, on top of plenty of fresh produce for you to take home.

Sundays, 6am to 12pm

Corner Croydon and Station Roads, Logan Central

Monthly Food Truck Markets

South City Square is now home to a rotating roster of food trucks, making an appearance every month. Set to a soundtrack of live music, dine from a variety of drool-worthy lunch, dinner and dessert trucks, whilst you sprawl out in the Square and enjoy something a little different.

The food trucks of the month will be announced on South City Square’s Instagram, so be sure to check in and find out what flavours will be popping up next at these Brisbane food markets.

South/City/SQ, 148-160 Logan Road, Woolloongabba

Now that you’ve tasted your way through our favourite Brisbane’food markets, consider supporting more local businesses at these weekend markets around the city. Or find more delicious fare at one of our favourite new restaurants.