Sir Benedict's Tavern on the Lake
British-style pub, sandwiches · 805 East Superior Street, Duluth, MN 55802
About Sir Benedict's Tavern on the Lake
Sir Benedict's Tavern on the Lake, known locally as Sir Ben's, sits at 805 East Superior Street on the edge of the East End, a few minutes down London Road from Congdon Park. It is a British-style pub in the honest sense: sandwiches, a long beer list, wooden booths, and no interest in reinventing itself.
Live music is a large part of what it is. The tavern runs a regular schedule of local acts, and its patio, which faces toward the lake, is one of the better places in the city to sit through a July evening.
For Congdon Park residents it is the closest thing to a neighborhood pub, roughly five to eight minutes west, and it fills the gap left by a neighborhood that has essentially no commercial space of its own. From Lakeside and Lester Park it is a longer run, closer to fifteen and eighteen minutes respectively.
Good to know: deep tap and bottle list, sandwiches, live music, patio, lake-facing setting.
Neighborhoods it serves
Duluth's boom-era hillside, where the mansions and the streetcar city meet.
Congdon ParkOld money, old elms, and a creek out the back door.
Downtown DuluthDuluth's civic core: three miles of skywalk, and a housing market made almost entirely of converted upper floors.
Central HillsideThe steepest, densest, cheapest walk to work in Duluth, with the best cheap view in the city.
Where these facts come from
- Sir Benedict's Tavern on the Lake accessed 2026-08-13
Last reviewed 2026-08-14 by Guide editorial.