Welcome to Duluth,
we love it here and hope you do to.
Duluth Field Guide
On the wolf’s nose, Duluth sits on the shores of Lake Superior - the largest freshwater lake in the world. It’s a place as full of adventure as it is rough around the edges.
So, what is there to do here? And where do you do it? We put together a few of our favorites to get you started. You can also go to Perfect Duluth Day, Visit Duluth or google it for more ideas. Or simply ask a local, we’ve all got our favorites spots around town.
Duluth lies on a WSW-ENE axis so locales are found on the West end (like Spirit Mountain), Lincoln Park (just west of Downtown), the East side/Lakeside, Downtown and Canal Park. You can also head up “over the hill” and find Miller Hill Mall and big box stores.
It’ll probably be best to leave finding the following spots to your own devices but the links are there if you need them.
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Amity Coffee (East)
Dovetail Café + Duluth Folk School (Lincoln Park)
Duluth Coffee Company (Downtown)
Duluth’s Best Bread (Downtown & Lincoln Park & Superior)
Wussow’s Concert Cafe (West End)
190 Coffee and Tea (Lincoln Park)
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Pick a bar. But we have great taprooms that brew great beer, cider, and spirits due to the clarity all that water in that big lake.
Beer
Bent Paddle (Lincoln Park)
Ursa Minor (Lincoln Park)
Warrior Brewing (Lincoln Park)
Blacklist (Downtown)
Fitger’s Brewhouse (Downtown)
Canal Park Brewing
(Canal Park)Hoops (Canal Park)
Lake Superior Brewing (East)
Earth Rider (Superior)
Cider
Duluth Cider (Lincoln Park)
Wild State Cider (Lincoln Park)
Distillery
Vikre Distillery (Canal Park).
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With so many choices, it's hard to know the when and the how on food. We tried to distinguish some of our local favorites below...
Casual sit-down, heading towards grab and go.
Breakfast + Brunch
Wussow's Concert Cafe -Farm-to-Table Breakfast + Sandwiches (West End)
Duluth Grill (Lincoln Park)
Uncle Louis Café (Downtown)
Duluth Coffee Company (Downtown)
Lunch + Dinner
OMC Smokehouse - Oink, Moo, Cluck-Meat (Lincoln Park)
Burger Paradox -Burgers?? (Lincoln Park)
Bali Asian Cuisine -Asian fusion (Lincoln Park)
Oasis del Norte -Mexican (Lincoln Park)
Corktown Deli - Comfort Food + Deli Sandwiches (Lincoln Park)
Ursa Minor - Pizza (Lincoln Park)
Dovetail Café - Sandwiches (Lincoln Park)
Sir Ben’s - Sandwiches(Downtown)
Fitger’s Brewhouse - Burgers, etc. (Downtown)
Hanabi - Sushi (Downtown)
Wasabi - Sushi (Downtown)
Canal Park Brewing -Burgers, etc. (Canal Park)
Taste of Saigon -Vietnamese (Canal Park)
Chachos Taqueria-Mexican (Canal Park)
Northern Waters Smokehaus-Sandwiches, Smoked Fish (Canal Park)
Vitta Pizza - Pizza (Canal Park)
Duluth’s Best Bread-sandwiches(Downtown & Lincoln Park)
Burrito Union -Mexican fusion (Hillside)
At Sara's Table Chester Creek Café - Breakfast + Sandwiches (Hillside)
Ichiro Sushi + Ramen - Japanese (Over the hill)
Phoholic - Vietnamese (Over the hill)
Nanay's Kitchen - Filipino (Over the hill)
Lake Superior Brewing -(East)
Falastin - Palestinian Deli (Lakeside)
Something Fancy
Va Bene - Italian (Downtown)
Valentini’s - Italian (Over the hill)
Lake Avenue - Chef Inspired (Canal Park)
New Scenic Cafe - Chef Inspired (North Shore Drive)
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Whole Foods Co-op (Downtown & West End)
Super One (West End, Downtown, East, Over the Hill)
Cub (Over the Hill)
Mount Royal Market (Hillside)
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Great Lakes Aquarium (Canal Park)
Duluth Children’s Musuem (Lincoln Park)
Lake Superior Zoo (West End)
West Theatre (West End)
Vertical Endeavors (Canal Park)
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Ski Shops
Ski Hut (Spirit Mountain Base & Hillside)
Continental Ski + Bike (Downtown)
Bike Shops
Twin Ports Cyclery - (Lincoln Park)
Running + Trail Shops
Duluth Gear Exchange - (Hillside)
Trailfitters - (Downtown)
Duluth Running Co. (Downtown)
Tortoise & Hare Footwear - (West End)
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Pick from over 350 miles of parks + trails. Here are just a few...
Superior Hiking Trail (Hiking)
Park Point - 5 mile long beach (across Lift Bridge from Canal Park)
Munger State Trail (Multi-use)
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There is a thriving music scene with live performances every night of the week. Wussow's Concert Cafe pulls in national and regional acts, and many of the breweries have local favorites. Look at Perfect Duluth Day's event calendar to find your vibe.
It’s no surprise that Duluth is known as one of the nation’s best outdoors towns...
Take these stats borrowed from Destination Duluth:
11,000 acres of green space, 6,834 acres of city parkland, with 129 parks
1000 x 100 feet of cliff for ice climbing
150 miles of hiking trails, 85 miles of biking trails, 33 miles of the Superior Hiking Trail
30 miles of cross-country ski trails, 2 alpine ski hills (plus 1 next door in Superior, WI)
16 designated trout streams
12 miles of paved, accessible trails
7 miles of sand beach
1 Great Lake…for surfing, swimming, kayaking, sailing, fishing, paddle boarding, rock throwing, agate hunting, birding, snorkeling, meditating, and watching amazing sunrises. Not to mention horseback riding trails, campgrounds, golf courses, dog parks, snowmobiling trails, ice skating rinks, disc golf courses, skate parks, and much more sprinkled across town.
Now add the 12,000 acres of wetlands, tributary streams and bays of the St. Louis River estuary, much of which hugs Duluth. Also, consider the 8,938 acres of hardwood forest at Jay Cooke State Park, which borders Duluth, the 18,000 acres of Boulder Lake Environment Learning Center just 14 miles away, and the 4,400 acres of the Superior Municipal Forest just minutes across the bridge in Wisconsin.