Restaurants & dining in Irving, Duluth, Minnesota
Part of the Irving neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
Irving has nothing of its own, and it does not need much, because the Spirit Valley strip is immediately north and, from much of the neighborhood, walkable on flat ground.
That strip carries the everyday west-side restaurants along a real main street and is where most residents go without thinking about it.
Nine to ten minutes northeast is the Lincoln Park Craft District, which is the reason this neighborhood eats better than its price suggests: Duluth Grill for scratch cooking, OMC Smokehouse for barbecue with a patio, Bent Paddle Brewing and Ursa Minor for taprooms, and Duluth Cider.
Downtown and Canal Park are about thirteen minutes for the full range, and Superior is thirteen across the bridges.
The honest framing: no coffee, no restaurant and no bar inside Irving, but the shortest walk to a real commercial strip of any neighborhood in this part of the city.
The west side's own Sammy's at 403 North Central Avenue, a few minutes up in Spirit Valley.
Tavern facing the Gopher across the corner at 401 North Central Avenue.
Long-standing tavern at 332 North 57th Avenue West, on the 59th Avenue side of the neighborhood.
Sit-down restaurant next door to the Kom-On-Inn at 330 North 57th Avenue West.
Bar and grill at 5622 Grand Avenue, the nearest sit-down option on the through road.
Daytime counter at 5801 Grand Avenue doing breakfast, lunch and malts, closing early afternoon. The hours come from a site that states no address, so confirm before making the trip.
The west side's best-known restaurant, about nine minutes northeast.
Barbecue in the Lincoln Park Craft District, about ten minutes northeast.
Coffee house and small music venue at 324 North Central Avenue, the nearest coffee to the neighborhood.
The Craft District's anchor brewery, about ten minutes northeast.
Taproom with a patio and food trucks on West Superior Street.
Hours and menus change, confirm with each business.
Restaurants & dining next door
Immediately north, the main street where almost every errand from Irving actually happens.
FairmountWest, with the Lake Superior Zoo and the two creek corridors.
Norton ParkSouth and west, with Indian Point, the Munger trailhead and the Western Waterfront Trail.
OneotaNortheast along the bay, a similar era of housing with better connections and more noise.
DenfeldNorth, more housing stock, the high school and the nearest published median.