The Shingle Inn is a restaurant and bakery franchise headquartered in
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
History
The Shingle Inn opened in 1936 at 254
Edward Street, Brisbane in 1936 as a Tudor inn style restaurant.
The Shingle Inn is a considerably well known aspect of Brisbane's dining culture, where it has welcomed generations of diners, and was also popular with American service personnel during World War II. It is one of the oldest continuing restaurants in the city of Brisbane. It has been owned since 1975 by the Bellchambers Family.
With the closure of the flagship store in 2002 due to the new
Queens Plaza development, the fittings of the store were removed and placed into storage.
[ A franchise of the restaurant was created with a dozen stores throughout the Brisbane central business district, suburbs, the ]Gold Coast
Gold Coast may refer to:
Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
and Sunshine Coast.
With the re-opening of Brisbane City Hall
Brisbane City Hall, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is the seat of the Brisbane City Council. It is located adjacent to King George Square, where the rectangular City Hall has its main entrance. The City Hall also has frontages and entranc ...
after its $215 million refurbishment in April 2013, the fittings and layout of the original Shingle Inn in Edward Street were replaced inside Brisbane City Hall, re-creating the olde-world Tudor atmosphere of the original 1936 restaurant. The sugar bowls used in the restored city hall branch bear the engraved names of the Shingle Inn and other former Brisbane cafes (Renoir, Websters, Yorktown) that were owned by the Webster and Bellchambers families.
See also
* List of restaurant chains in Australia
This is a list of notable restaurant chains in Australia. A restaurant chain is a set of related restaurants with the same name in many different locations that are either under shared corporate ownership (e.g., McDonald's in the U.S.) or franchi ...
References
Further reading
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External links
Official websiteShingle Inn City Hall website
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{{Food chains in Australia
Culture of Brisbane
Coffeehouses and cafés in Australia
1936 establishments in Australia
Bakeries of Australia
Restaurants established in 1936