218 TapHouse
Taphouse, American · 918 Highway 33 South, Cloquet, MN 55720
About 218 TapHouse
The 218 TapHouse is on the Highway 33 commercial strip at the south end of Cloquet, among the chain restaurants and the retail that serves the whole Carlton County area.
Cloquet's food splits cleanly in two. Cloquet Avenue in the old downtown holds the independents that the town itself uses, and the Highway 33 strip holds the volume trade drawn from Esko, Scanlon, Carlton and the traffic off I-35. A taphouse on the strip is a sign that the second half is no longer only chains, which matters for anyone judging what Cloquet offers against Duluth.
One address note: the current listing and OpenStreetMap disagree on the street name at this point, one calling it Highway 33 South and the other Holmes Drive. The coordinates are not in dispute.
This entry rests on an area directory listing plus the OpenStreetMap record for the site, which settles the location but not whether it opened today. Treat the hours and the operating status as unconfirmed and call before you go.
Good to know: rotating taps, pub menu, full bar, Highway 33 frontage.
Neighborhoods it serves
The mill town that burned down in 1918 and rebuilt itself, twenty minutes from Duluth.
ScanlonThe small city between Cloquet and Esko, on the river and the interstate.
EskoThe school district people move for, on an old farm settlement 20 minutes from Duluth.
CarltonThe county seat at the gates of Jay Cooke, where the Munger Trail meets the gorge.
Wrenshall428 people, its own school district, and Jay Cooke out the back door.
Where these facts come from
Last reviewed 2026-08-14 by Guide editorial.