Grant Street, Food Precinct, Port Douglas.

Port Douglas food precinct has countless tasty secrets and hidden delights. One of the best is Grant Street, a family oriented, alfresco strip with quick, quality bites and a fair slice of local character. In some ways, Grant Street is its own little world, with its broad multicultural range and its ‘off Broadway’ vibe.

Grant Street is where you’ll find many a local lunching, breakfasting or grabbing take out. Why? Well, it’s friendly, quieter than the main drag and, let’s face it, a liitle more affordable.

Right from Fresq on the corner down to Calypso Café, the strip is alive with a bustle of locals and knowledgeable visitors. Whether its classic café fare, locally baked pastries, pizza, certified Halal kebabs, Thai, Indian, continental deli products, fresh juices, coconut treats and cane juice or even fresh market fish, this little microcosm has a real ‘hawker’s corner’ feel.

Best of all, though, are the people. How can you go past Roy and Miriam from Hey Hey? Or Lars and Finuala next door in Deli On Grant? Between them they’re a great example of Port’s legendary, friendly eccentricity. Meanwhile, the ladies at the Port Douglas Pantry are the soul of old school country style. Next door, Pete and the kids at Get Ya Kebab are wowing the locals with their outrageously tasty chicken kebab.

Meanwhile, the Calypso crew, (of reef dive trip fame), are loving their foray into land based hospitality and town’s only Indian restaurant, Port of India, has been greeted by tandoori starved locals with something close to euphoria. And now the Port Seamarkets have opened across the road, bringing ocean fresh product to the party. 

Grant Street might not be dressy tablecloth nosh, but it’s without doubt Port’s lunch and take-away hub. Just ask a local who they call if they feel like skipping the kitchen.

The other cool thing is that it’s super kid friendly. If the little buggers won’t sit still just send ‘em down to see Phil at the Cocunut Hut and enjoy your baguette, noodles, kebab or coffee in peace. Then again, if they’re bugging you in the evening, give Pizza Express a bell and buy them off that way. Okay, not classic parenting, but aren’t you meant to be on holiday?

In short, Grant Street is where the idea of Port being a village really comes to life … or is that goes to lunch?

Port Douglas Food Precinct

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