Restaurants in North Coast
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Shrubbery Taverna
Shaded by bamboo gardens, this local hang-out is great for seafood tapas, salt and pepper prawns and creamy seafood chowder. Live music on Friday night and Sunday afternoon.
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Cactus Jacks
Lively locals devouring nachos, the hum of margaritas whizzing in blenders and a Tex Mex bric-a-brac interior make this a popular spot.
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Cbar
Serving full meals throughout the day, from coconut prawns with mango salsa to Moroccan-style beef tagines.
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Naked Fish
Snookering prime position, a sea of green-blue walls and a starry ceiling and ocean-inspired menu keep the punters coming. Seafood melds with Cajun, Moroccan, tempura and other influences on the extensive menu and you can dine outside beneath a magnificent, giant fig tree. Limited vegetarian options.
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Ladah
The menu’s written on butchers’ paper on the wall, but this ain’t no primary-school cooking class – it’s special. The cinnamon scones with jam and cream are indulgent and delicious, or try the flourless choc hazelnut mud cake. Breakfast is served all day and the coffee’s great.
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Banister's Seafood
You can do the whole sit-down thing and order off the menu chalked on the blackboard of this BYO-only seafood joint, or grab some takeaway and head to a nearby beach.
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Brewery
Brews are made on site at Townsville's handsomely restored 1880s former post office. Soak them up with a meal at its refined restaurant.
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Barefoot
Dine on artichoke risotto with truffle oil or Egyptian-spiced kangaroo burgers at this restaurant, art gallery and ode to contemporary design.
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Juliettes
This is the perfect place to fill up on a cheap breakfast ($3.50 to $9) while indulging in great water views. There’s also coffee, ice cream (fig or black forest anyone?) and exotic salsa yoghurt on offer.
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Fat Possum Cafe
Aptly named for the well-fed possums scampering around the island. The best pickings are on the specials board; Sunday's $15 all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet is something of a village social event.
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Flame Café & Takeaway
Funky Flame serves fish burgers with grated organic beetroot and carrot, lettuce and balsamic dressing, and the chips are deliciously beer-battered. If you’re hungry and it’s open, you’ve found a winner.
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Frosty Mango
A break at Frosty Mango is perfect for indulging in its range of ice creams (mango included) or buying some tacky but cute souvenirs featuring the legendary ‘frosty mango’.
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Betty Blue & the Lemon Tart
Orders printed onto canvas hang artily on the walls in this 1930s shopfront cafe. Sit yourself on a large cube under a lollipop spatula and go for pricey treats such as passionfruit curd.
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Noodies on the Beach
The island’s nudist beach may be a few kilometres away, but Noodies has arguably the best coffee on the island, magazines to peruse while you’re drinking it, and a book exchange.
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White Blue
A good Greek menu including meze and soups, a sophisticated blue-and-white atmosphere and a decent cocktail list make this a place worth diving into on busy Palmer St.
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Scirocco
Thai and Vietnamese influences confuse themselves with the Tuscan-inspired decor, but no worries; there’s mud crab and ‘typhoon’ barramundi on the menu.
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Mint
There’s mint on the tables, the chairs are bright green and this licensed, busy brekky place serves great food in a musically enhanced environment. Yum.
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Off the Rails Café
Off the Rails Café, opposite South Johnstone Mill, has Mexican-inspired decor, loads of art installations and $18 ‘pot luck platters’.
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Henry’s Café
A big, classy eatery with great-tasting mains such as its version of vegetarian lasagne. Also has mouth-watering desserts including lemon meringue.
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Cardwell Village Beachcomber Motel & Tourist Park
The quiet beachfront dining option of Cardwell Village Beachcomber Motel & Tourist Park offersr reef-and-beef grills.
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Le Paradis
This à la carte, BYO restaurant offers a range of French-inspired eats, and there’s an attached ‘kiosk’ selling fresh baguettes and more.
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Stock Exchange Café
Great for a nonfancy all-day breakfast in an airy arcade. It has a pleasant black-and-white lino and lace-curtains kind of atmosphere.
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Swenson’s
At Bungalow Bay Koala Village, this place offers deck dining and $10 made-for-one pizzas, and does a roaring trade in chickpea curry.
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Alby’s Chinese Restaurant
Alby dishes up homemade dim sims and wontons and more elaborate spreads including king prawns with chilli sauce at the BYO eatery.
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