Just Open: Two Donkeys, Spring Hill

The Jungle Giants drummer Keelan Bijker​ has joined the number of Brisbane musos getting into hospitality, opening Spring Hill venue Two Donkeys. Other musicians slinging coffee and beer around the city include Powderfinger bassist John Collins at The Triffid​ in Newstead, and Patience Hodgson and John Patterson from The Grates, who own Southside Tearoom and Death Valley in Morningside.

"All we do on tour is hang out in cafes and bars and I'd worked in hospitality before, so when this came up, I decided to go for it," Bijker says. The Jungle Giants are taking a six month break and, with "quiet time" until Splendour in the Grass festival in July, Bijker says he has time to get the Astor Terrace venue, formerly Plan B cafe, running smoothly.

Two Donkeys will operate as a cafe and a bar, Bijker says, with a breakfast and lunch menu, and drinks until 6pm; with possible extended hours once they've hit their stride.

An all-day breakfast menu features standards such as potato roesti and French toast with mascarpone and poached fruit, while a simple lunch menu has a choice of bao filled with kaarage chicken or Chinese-style pork, as well as fried lotus chips.

Four taps include beer from Newstead Brewing, a house brew and a rotating guest beer, while coffee comes from Gold Coast roaster Blackboard and bread is from Newmarket local Crust & Co.

The music connection continues with the bar and facade built by Sam Sargent, a drummer in Brisbane bands The Belligerents and Moses Gunn Collective, and head barista Spencer White plays in multiple bands.

Bijker says the name comes from his former childhood pets; two donkeys named Poppy and Lucy.

Open daily 6am-6pm.

76a Astor Terrace, Spring Hill, 0420 407 993, twodonkeys.com.au