Restaurants & dining in Gary-New Duluth, Minnesota
Part of the Gary-New Duluth neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
The Commonwealth Avenue strip is small, unpretentious and genuinely the social infrastructure of this end of the city.
Trophy Cafe at 1314 Commonwealth Avenue is the daytime anchor, open daily from 7am to 2pm for breakfast and lunch with daily specials, and it also caters (Trophy Cafe, accessed 2026-08-13). It is the place people actually meet.
The Gary-New Duluth Milkhouse at 1331 Commonwealth Avenue does fried chicken and comfort food, and Hugo's Pizza II covers pizza on the same strip. The Alpine Bar at 1308 Commonwealth Avenue is the neighborhood tavern and the closest thing the far west end has to a local.
Beyond that, the nearest real concentration of dining is Spirit Valley, about five miles northeast, and the Lincoln Park craft district about twelve miles northeast has the region's densest run of breweries and restaurants.
For groceries, the strip covers convenience and gas. Anything larger means Spirit Valley or the Super One in West Duluth, five to six miles away.
Daily breakfast and lunch at 1314 Commonwealth Avenue, open 7am to 2pm, with daily specials and catering.
Neighborhood chicken and comfort-food spot at 1331 Commonwealth Avenue.
The neighborhood tavern at 1308 Commonwealth Avenue, the closest thing the far west end has to a local.
Hours and menus change, confirm with each business.
Restaurants & dining next door
Directly northeast, the concrete company town built by the same industry, and the neighborhood this one's history is inseparable from.
Fond du LacSouthwest across Sargent Creek, older and thinner, with no store or school of its own.
Spirit ValleyThe nearest full commercial center, about five miles northeast, for groceries, pharmacy and hardware.
DenfeldThe high school neighborhood and the west side's best-value housing grid.