Restaurants & dining in Duluth Heights, Minnesota
Part of the Duluth Heights neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
Duluth Heights has more restaurants within walking distance than any neighborhood in this guide, and almost none of them are independent. The Miller Hill corridor carries the region's concentration of chain dining, and that is the honest description: convenient, familiar, and not why anyone visits Duluth.
For a household, that is genuinely useful on a Tuesday. For a weekend meal worth going out for, the good news is that the alternatives are close.
Ten minutes downhill is the Lincoln Park Craft District, which is the best value dining in the city. OMC Smokehouse does smoked meats with a patio, Bent Paddle Brewing anchors the district from West Michigan Street, Ursa Minor Brewing runs a taproom with food trucks, and Duluth Cider and Wildstate Cider give the area two cideries. Duluth Grill, the west side's best-known restaurant, does scratch cooking with gardens on the property and is about ten minutes away.
East, the twelve to thirteen minute run reaches At Sara's Table Chester Creek Cafe at 1902 East 8th Street for farm-to-table, and Sir Benedict's Tavern on the Lake at 805 East Superior Street for a pub meal with live music. Downtown, ten minutes south, carries the full range.
So the pattern here is chains at the door and genuinely good independents ten minutes away in three directions.
Ice cream and family restaurant off Mountain Shadow Drive, in the Miller Hill retail belt that defines this neighborhood.
Steakhouse chain at 902 Mall Drive, in the Miller Hill mall cluster that is this neighborhood's commercial core.
Italian-American chain at 901 Mall Drive beside the Miller Hill Mall.
American bar and grill at 1600 Miller Trunk Highway on the mall side of the neighborhood.
Wings and sports bar at 1307 Miller Trunk Highway in the Miller Hill corridor.
Upper-Midwest burger and frozen-custard chain at 1301 Mall Drive.
Fast food at 110 East Central Entrance, on the arterial that defines the neighborhood.
The west side's best-known restaurant, about ten minutes downhill in Lincoln Park.
Smoked meats and a patio in the Lincoln Park Craft District, about ten minutes downhill.
Farm-to-table cafe at 1902 E 8th Street, about twelve minutes east.
Sandwiches and live music at 805 E Superior Street, about thirteen minutes east.
Drive-through coffee at 325 West Central Entrance, the everyday coffee stop in the Heights.
Minnesota-born coffee chain at 627 West Central Entrance, a drive-through on the corridor.
The Craft District's anchor brewery on West Michigan Street, about ten minutes downhill.
Taproom with a patio and food trucks on West Superior Street.
Hours and menus change, confirm with each business.
Restaurants & dining next door
East along the plateau, similar practicality with a smaller, walkable shopping center instead of the mall.
PiedmontSouthwest down the hillside, harbor views and the city's most technical trail network.
Lincoln ParkSouth downhill, the Craft District and the city's most affordable housing.
WoodlandEast across the plateau, with Hartley Park inside it and older housing.
DenfeldSouthwest in West Duluth, more single-family stock at lower prices.