Notes from the pass, the floor and the cellar

Field notes from a Brisbane kitchen with a gaming licence — how we age beef, why the wine list leans Granite Belt, and what twenty-seven years of Friday nights teach you about feeding people who came to play.

Issue 14 · Cover story

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Steak · The long read

The 45-day ribeye: why we age our beef longer than anyone in Brisbane

Dry-ageing is mostly patience and refrigeration — until you push past forty days and the maths changes. Our head chef walks through the cabinet, the trim and the night a regular asked why we don't just buy it pre-aged. (Because it isn't the same cow, for one.)

14 min read · Marco Vitelli

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