Restaurants & dining in Lakeside, Duluth, Minnesota
Part of the Lakeside neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
For a residential neighborhood at the far end of the city, Lakeside eats surprisingly well, and almost all of it is on four blocks of East Superior Street between roughly 44th and 47th Avenue East.
Amity Coffee at 4429 East Superior Street is the morning anchor, a specialty coffee shop that also pours wine and rotating taps in the evening, and it takes its name from the creek up the hill. Crank and Dasher sits next door at 4431 doing handcrafted ice cream and confections, and The Scoop on 47th is the other ice cream stop on the block, half counter and half antique shop. Ritual Salad and Apothecary at 4501 handles the lunch salad-and-soup slot. Sammy's Pizza at 4631 is the institution: the family has been making Duluth pizza since 1958, and this location is where east-side kids end up after a game.
A few blocks east, Lake Superior Brewing at 5324 East Superior Street is the closest thing the neighborhood has to a night out, with a taproom, food, and rooms upstairs. Beyond the block, the New Scenic Cafe on Highway 61 is about ten minutes past Brighton Beach and remains the region's destination restaurant, and At Sara's Table Chester Creek Cafe is roughly fifteen minutes west if you want farm-to-table. What Lakeside does not have is late-night dining or much variety in cuisine. For that, downtown is a fourteen-minute drive.
The Lakeside location of the Duluth pizza family that started here in 1958, at 4631 E Superior Street.
Salads, soups, and a small apothecary counter at 4501 E Superior Street.
The region's destination restaurant, up Scenic Highway 61 about ten minutes past Brighton Beach.
Farm-to-table cafe and bakery at 1902 E 8th Street, about fifteen minutes west toward the university corridor.
The neighborhood coffee shop at 4429 E Superior Street, named for the creek up the hill.
Handcrafted ice cream and confections at 4431 E Superior Street, next door to Amity.
Part ice cream counter, part antique and media shop, on the Lakeside block near 47th Avenue East.
Craft brewery with food and lodging at 5324 E Superior Street, at the Lester Park seam.
Hours and menus change, confirm with each business.
Restaurants & dining next door
Directly east and effectively the same market, with more trail access and slightly larger lots.
Congdon ParkThree minutes west, the same schools pathway, historic architecture, and a much higher price.
Hunter's ParkUp the hill toward Hartley, wooded lots and a quieter, more spread-out feel.
North Shore (Duluth)Beyond Brighton Beach along Scenic 61, where the lots get bigger and the lake gets closer.
WoodlandInland toward UMD, with a similar era of housing and a shorter run to campus.