Just Open: The Grid food precinct, Melbourne CBD

• Recipe: Earl Canteen's choc-chip cookies

Melbourne's latest food precinct has opened 100 metres from Southern Cross Station.

The Grid, on the ground floor of the 26-level development at 567 Collins Street, is now home to a second Pho Nom, Jerry and David Mai's follow-on from the success of their first Pho Nom in CBD monolith Emporium; a fifth Earl Canteen sandwich haven, Spud Bar, Mexican mash-up Guzman Y Gomez, Sushia, Jaffle Jaffle and Black Rice, which features salads made daily.

The operators were chosen "to provide first-class amenity to the resurgent west end of the city", says Andria Carniato​, general manager at the Investa Office, one of the collaborating developers.

All the food outlets are open Monday to Friday.