daydays

daydays operates from 15 Gladstone Street in Brighton, the bayside suburb on Brisbane's north side looking over Moreton Bay. The hours are morning-shaped: 6:30am starts on Monday and Wednesday through Friday with a 1:30pm close, 7am to 2pm on weekends, and Tuesdays closed entirely, so it runs a five-and-a-half-day week built around the early coffee trade. The cabinet leans pastries and the drinks list has a matcha focus alongside the espresso, which fits the suburb's young family and dog-walker demographic.

Dogs are welcome in the outdoor footpath seating areas on a short leash, kept clear of the indoor ordering and preparation areas in line with Brisbane food-safety practice, and the candidate evidence for the venue mentions hitching posts outside, giving leads somewhere proper to go. That is the reported practice from local listings and the venue's own social posts rather than a written policy. A hitching post changes the practical experience for a solo dog owner: you can order inside without tying the lead to a chair and hoping.

The vibe

The word visitors keep using is vibe: music, easy staff, and a local-cafe feel that has made it a Brighton regular's spot rather than a destination cafe. The morning is the whole operation, and the 6:30am open catches the pre-work and post-beach crowd while the footpath tables are still empty. Weekends run to a 7am start with the bay-side crowd building through mid-morning. With a dog, the footpath setup is the play: take the table nearest the hitching post, keep the lead short while the prams pass, and enjoy a cafe that clearly expects dogs rather than merely tolerating them.

Close by with the dogs

Brighton's bay-side circuit works well with a dog: Decker Park's fenced dog park is close by for the off-lead run, and Little Poppy's Kitchen is the alternative cafe stop in the suburb. The Brighton destination guide and the QLD dog-friendly cafe list cover the wider bayside.