Rundle Street East, also known as Rundle Street, is a vibrant street located in Adelaide's East End, South Australia.
It stretches from Pulteney Street to East Terrace and is surrounded by Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Rundle Park/Kadlitpina, Rymill Park, Hindmarsh Square, and North Terrace.
The street was named after John Rundle, a director of the South Australia Company, and assigned by the Street Naming Committee in 1837. The Grand Central Hotel, a Victorian-style building that opened in 1911, was a prominent feature of the street.
In 2006, the Adelaide City Council proposed the development of the Pulteney Street-Rundle Mall intersection into an iconic meeting place. The approved design was the Rundle Lantern, a 748-panel LED lighting display on the Rundle Street carpark facade.
Rundle Street is known for its cafes, restaurants, shops, cinemas, clubs, and hotels. It is a popular destination for cafes and fashion in Adelaide. The street features a mix of heritage facades and modern developments, with two lanes, parking on both sides, and bicycle lanes.
Notable traders on Rundle Street include the Belgian Beer Cafe, The Austral, The Stag Public House, Miss Gladys Sym Choon, and Palace Nova Eastend, a movie theatre complex.
On the southern side of Rundle Street, there are junctions with Bent Street, Union Street, and Ebenezer Place, leading to Grenfell Street. The street was also the location of a siege in 1976, where a man entered a gun shop and began shooting before being shot