Restaurants & dining in Smithville, Duluth, Minnesota
Part of the Smithville neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
Smithville has no restaurants, cafes or bars of its own, and the nearest options are a deliberate drive in one of two directions.
Southwest to Cloquet, about eighteen minutes, is what many households here actually use: Sammy's Pizza, the seasonal Gordy's Hi-Hat drive-in, and the town's everyday restaurants.
Northeast toward West Duluth, the Spirit Valley strip is about fourteen minutes for everyday options, and the Lincoln Park Craft District is twenty to twenty-one minutes for the region's most interesting eating and drinking: Duluth Grill for scratch cooking, OMC Smokehouse for barbecue, Bent Paddle Brewing and Ursa Minor for taprooms.
Gary-New Duluth immediately south carries whatever is currently operating there, which is the closest thing to a local option.
Downtown and Canal Park are about twenty-two minutes for the full range. If walkable dining matters at all, this is the wrong address, and the ridge does not compensate for it.
The Cloquet drive-in institution, seasonal, about eighteen minutes southwest.
The Cloquet location of the regional pizza family, about eighteen minutes southwest.
The west side's best-known restaurant, about twenty minutes northeast.
Barbecue in the Lincoln Park Craft District, about twenty-one minutes northeast.
The Craft District's anchor brewery, about twenty-one minutes northeast.
Hours and menus change, confirm with each business.
Restaurants & dining next door
North along the river, sharing the same Census tract and the same owner-heavy river-corridor profile, with direct Spirit Lake frontage.
Morgan ParkEast along the river, the 1913 US Steel company town built almost entirely of concrete block.
Gary-New DuluthImmediately south, the nearest everyday services and the closest published price anchor in the far west.
Norton ParkNortheast, where the Munger and Western Waterfront trails begin and Indian Point gives boat access.
Fond du LacSouthwest along the river, the oldest community in Duluth and quieter still.