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City Lane Art Townsville

Townsville City Restaurants Street Art and Fun at City Lane Townsville

December 10, 2014 By Jan Robinson 13 Comments

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City Lane Townsville

City Lane Townsville opened in June 2014 and is labelled as Townsville’s first creative laneway project. It has some great Townsville City restaurants and Townsville street art. Let your hair down and have fun.

Melbourne has the finest laneway culture in Australia and City Lane is meant to encapsulate that feeling. In the CBD to purchase some Yen for our first trip to Japan, we took the opportunity to check it out.

Arriving via the laneway beside the Sturt Street Post Office we were surprised by a towering mural on the car park brick wall.  I knew the artwork was there of course and it was one of the reasons we were there, but the size was surprising.

Townsville Street Art

Fintan Magee “The Tower”

City Lane Art Townsville

City Lane Townsville Restaurants

The Courtyard City Lane

We dutifully walked along the lane and checked out the others, but to our mind the Courtyard seemed too inviting to pass up. So we wandered on in.  After a friendly hello the waitress let us choose our table, gave us our menu and told us to order at the bar.

My eyes wanted to look at the collection of knick knacks and gnomes, but my stomach won the battle momentarily as I searched the Americana menu.  After a few changes I settled on the Three Pulled Pork Soft Tacos with coleslaw and beer, while Marty chose the Fried Chicken Burger, French Fries and a salted malted caramel shake.  $45 total.

The meals were delivered amazingly promptly, looked appealing and passed the taste test, although I secretly thought my Tacos were the better.  There was a Soft Taco with Barramundi, but I can’t eat wild caught Barra (it’s a long story) so I had to pass it up.

I can imagine relaxing at the Courtyard after work with friends.

Our first City Lane visit was an unqualified success, and far more convenient than flying to Melbourne.

Other City Lane Restaurants and Tap House

Other City Lane Townsville Restaurants include Born Wild Whole foods, Donna Bionda (Pizza/Italian), Harri Dumpling, Sakana (Sushi Bar), Syros (Greek Street food), Zizigo (Korean) and The Tap House (Tapas, Share Platters, Beer).

City Lane Townsville is one of our fun things to do in Townsville.

Townsville The Courtyard City Lane

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Filed Under: Food to Love, Street Art, Townsville

About Jan Robinson

Jan Robinson writes about travel on her Budget Travel Talk blog. A solo traveller in her teens, for the last 40 years Jan has travelled through Australia, Asia, Europe, Turkey and New Zealand with her husband. They specialise in road trips, caravanning and Independent travel without spending a fortune. Her favourite destination is Turkey and she is currently dreaming of Myanmar and Mexico.

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  1. Mike

    December 10, 2014 at 1:10 pm

    I tried for a good five minutes to pull up the menu online but was unable to find it. Because…without looking at the menu I just about guarantee I would ordered what Marty did! I was hoping see the burger (I can see the fries)! Caramel is my kryptonite and I would have probably gotten brain freeze from drinking it too fast, Jan lol! 🙂

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    • Jan

      December 10, 2014 at 1:43 pm

      Hi Mike, I added a link to the menu just for you. Geez, first maps, now menus lol. Marty’s reminded me of a KFC Zinger Burger! I love caramel too and it sounds amazing with salt – the in thing nowdays.

      Reply
  2. Krista

    December 10, 2014 at 2:55 pm

    What a fabulous place to wander through!! I’d pick your meal in a hot second. Delish! And I love that mural. 🙂

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  3. Kathy Marris

    December 10, 2014 at 8:36 pm

    Love it – art and tasty food. I adore pulled pork tacos!

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  4. Lisa Wood

    December 11, 2014 at 10:56 am

    wow that street art on the wall – incredible 🙂
    I agree Melbourne has the best culture and the best food – good to see Townsville following its footsteps.
    Gosh what yummy food you both had, hey you work – every Mum/Wife/Blogger works damn hard !!!

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    • Jan

      December 11, 2014 at 2:32 pm

      Agreed Lisa we all do work it is just that mine is unpaid, lol. I was impressed with the street art too Lisa.

      Reply
  5. Danielle (Bubs on the Move)

    December 11, 2014 at 6:45 pm

    Love the guy breakdancing with the Queenslander. Could so go those tacos too!

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    • Jan

      December 12, 2014 at 9:03 am

      I love that guy too Danielle. I hope to revisit City Arcade soon 🙂

      Reply
  6. Phoebe @ Lou Messugo

    December 12, 2014 at 6:08 pm

    This looks fun. Townsville seems to have changed enormously since I used to go there in the late 80s! I still have an aunt and uncle living there but haven’t been to see them in years sadly. Love the street art!

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    • Jan

      December 13, 2014 at 4:54 am

      Yes Townsville has changed a lot since then. It has grown a lot, there are some suburbs I have not even been to. The Strand has been redeveloped and there are more gardens and there is quite a coffee culture.

      Reply
  7. Muza-chan

    December 13, 2014 at 2:23 am

    Delicious…

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  8. Johanna

    December 13, 2014 at 4:44 pm

    Love the mural, and the Courtyard looked a wonderful pit stop. Great that you have the time to enjoy that sort of thing these days. Just Enjoy, big time! We have some lovely public murals in Bunbury now too. Seems like the councils are jacking up to include more street art 🙂

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  9. Jess @UsedYorkCity

    December 16, 2014 at 6:30 am

    That cafe would have totally caught my eye, too, Jan! I love the vibe, and really great price for all that food!

    Reply

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