11 Great Places to Eat and Drink in Duluth Right Now (2024)

Tucked into the basem*nt of the historic DeWitt Seitz Marketplace, Amazing Grace is the kind of place that stays with you, in the best way possible. Warm and friendly, the café offers made from scratch pastries like muffins, scones and divine caramel rolls that will set you on your travels with a happy belly. But be sure to return in the evenings for some live music.

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The dizzying aroma of roasting coffee beans welcomes you in from the cold (what? It can totally be 30 degrees in Duluth in May). The clean, industrial space both modern and welcoming. Owner Eric Faust’s passion for good, accessible coffee runs deep, and it shows. Serving some of the most balanced, delicate cappuccinos in the region, Duluth Coffee Company also sells their coffee beans to-go.

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Located North of Duluth on North Shore Drive, the appropriately named New Scenic Café is often a destination of its own. The unassuming café offers hyper-seasonal dishes in a simple, friendly setting. The menu runs the gamut from the unexpected grilled peach and prosciutto ciabatta to the gorgeous beef tenderloin with brioche bread pudding and morels. Take a moment to smell the herbs in their adorable little garden too.

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There may be a line winding out the door of this Lilliputian deli, also located in DeWitt Seitz, but the wait is worth it. The popular Northern Bagel layers Haus-smoked Atlantic salmon with green onion cream cheese on a Red Mug bagel. It’s the North Shore’s answer to Brooklyn. Live a little and get an order of their Haus-made kimchi on the side.

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Don’t let the long-winded name confuse you. Sara’s Table offers simple, wholesome fare they call “local cuisine with a conscience”. What the diner is lacking in scenery, it makes up for in farm-to-fork dishes like a miso and mushroom ciabatta with King oyster mushrooms, miso mayo, sunflower seed sprouts, radish pickle, and edamame. A weekend special might include pasta with local fiddlehead fern, prosciutto, and red peppers in a white wine brown butter sauce.

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Across the hall, Lake Avenue Café offers unique dishes in a sun-drenched space. Innovative small plates include marrow toast with seasonal pickled onion, and poached egg, charred shish*to peppers or a daily ceviche presentation. Go local with the Superior Lake Trout served with chorizo, melted leeks, and Minnesota verjus. Bonus: Wednesdays bring half priced wine from 4:00 to 11:00 p.m.

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Not into bunny food? Craft beer and burger joint, 7 West Taphouse serves beer-infused burgers, including a Burger of the Month selection. Try the Brunch Burger: sausage patty, bacon, American cheese, maple syrup, and a fried egg served on French toast. Arteries still not clogged? How ‘bout the poutine, which piles fries and cheese curds on top of two, count ‘em, two beerburgers and smothers the whole thing with brown gravy.

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End the night, (or start the day, no judgment) at Bent Paddle with a Paddle Break Blonde, a citrusy Belgian style Blonde Ale that won’t weigh you down. Bent Paddle will celebrate their two-year anniversary on May 30th by throwing a “Festiversary” party, complete with food trucks, activities, live music and, duh, Bent Paddle beer.

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No trip to Duluth is complete without a visit to Fitgers Brewhouse. A weekend night wait for a table may run over an hour, but the legendary beer-battered french fries alone are worth the wait. Pair them with any of their iconic burgers, including the surprisingly brawny Harvest Moon Wild Rice Burger, and one of their award winning beers. The Farmhouse Reserve Saison, with notes of ginger, coriander, and orange peel goes fabulously with, well, anything.

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A part of the Zeitgeist Center for Arts and Community, this stunning café offers weekend brunch dishes like an inspired prosciutto and fig sandwich as well as dinner options like Lake Superior trout or duck pot pie. The Zeitgeist Center is committed to strengthening communities and supporting environmentally sustainable development strategies, so you can enjoy the Local Cheese Plate and feel good about yourself at the same time.

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Cuteness overload! Open April through October, this adorable little malt shoppe in a former gas station has been dishing out ice cream delights to a cult-like following since 1989. Favorites like root beer floats or black raspberry truffle cones can be enjoyed while watching the ships come into the harbor, and a giant banana sundae will only set you back $4.75.

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Tucked into the basem*nt of the historic DeWitt Seitz Marketplace, Amazing Grace is the kind of place that stays with you, in the best way possible. Warm and friendly, the café offers made from scratch pastries like muffins, scones and divine caramel rolls that will set you on your travels with a happy belly. But be sure to return in the evenings for some live music.

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The dizzying aroma of roasting coffee beans welcomes you in from the cold (what? It can totally be 30 degrees in Duluth in May). The clean, industrial space both modern and welcoming. Owner Eric Faust’s passion for good, accessible coffee runs deep, and it shows. Serving some of the most balanced, delicate cappuccinos in the region, Duluth Coffee Company also sells their coffee beans to-go.

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Located North of Duluth on North Shore Drive, the appropriately named New Scenic Café is often a destination of its own. The unassuming café offers hyper-seasonal dishes in a simple, friendly setting. The menu runs the gamut from the unexpected grilled peach and prosciutto ciabatta to the gorgeous beef tenderloin with brioche bread pudding and morels. Take a moment to smell the herbs in their adorable little garden too.

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There may be a line winding out the door of this Lilliputian deli, also located in DeWitt Seitz, but the wait is worth it. The popular Northern Bagel layers Haus-smoked Atlantic salmon with green onion cream cheese on a Red Mug bagel. It’s the North Shore’s answer to Brooklyn. Live a little and get an order of their Haus-made kimchi on the side.

• Open in Google Maps

Don’t let the long-winded name confuse you. Sara’s Table offers simple, wholesome fare they call “local cuisine with a conscience”. What the diner is lacking in scenery, it makes up for in farm-to-fork dishes like a miso and mushroom ciabatta with King oyster mushrooms, miso mayo, sunflower seed sprouts, radish pickle, and edamame. A weekend special might include pasta with local fiddlehead fern, prosciutto, and red peppers in a white wine brown butter sauce.

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Across the hall, Lake Avenue Café offers unique dishes in a sun-drenched space. Innovative small plates include marrow toast with seasonal pickled onion, and poached egg, charred shish*to peppers or a daily ceviche presentation. Go local with the Superior Lake Trout served with chorizo, melted leeks, and Minnesota verjus. Bonus: Wednesdays bring half priced wine from 4:00 to 11:00 p.m.

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Not into bunny food? Craft beer and burger joint, 7 West Taphouse serves beer-infused burgers, including a Burger of the Month selection. Try the Brunch Burger: sausage patty, bacon, American cheese, maple syrup, and a fried egg served on French toast. Arteries still not clogged? How ‘bout the poutine, which piles fries and cheese curds on top of two, count ‘em, two beerburgers and smothers the whole thing with brown gravy.

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End the night, (or start the day, no judgment) at Bent Paddle with a Paddle Break Blonde, a citrusy Belgian style Blonde Ale that won’t weigh you down. Bent Paddle will celebrate their two-year anniversary on May 30th by throwing a “Festiversary” party, complete with food trucks, activities, live music and, duh, Bent Paddle beer.

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No trip to Duluth is complete without a visit to Fitgers Brewhouse. A weekend night wait for a table may run over an hour, but the legendary beer-battered french fries alone are worth the wait. Pair them with any of their iconic burgers, including the surprisingly brawny Harvest Moon Wild Rice Burger, and one of their award winning beers. The Farmhouse Reserve Saison, with notes of ginger, coriander, and orange peel goes fabulously with, well, anything.

• Open in Google Maps

A part of the Zeitgeist Center for Arts and Community, this stunning café offers weekend brunch dishes like an inspired prosciutto and fig sandwich as well as dinner options like Lake Superior trout or duck pot pie. The Zeitgeist Center is committed to strengthening communities and supporting environmentally sustainable development strategies, so you can enjoy the Local Cheese Plate and feel good about yourself at the same time.

• Open in Google Maps

Cuteness overload! Open April through October, this adorable little malt shoppe in a former gas station has been dishing out ice cream delights to a cult-like following since 1989. Favorites like root beer floats or black raspberry truffle cones can be enjoyed while watching the ships come into the harbor, and a giant banana sundae will only set you back $4.75.

• Open in Google Maps

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