Restaurants & dining in North End (Superior), Wisconsin
Part of the North End (Superior) neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
The North End punches far above its weight, and it is the only residential neighborhood in Superior where the dining and drinking are inside the neighborhood rather than a drive away.
Earth Rider Brewery at 1617 North 3rd Street is the anchor, brewing with Lake Superior water in roughly 16,000 square feet of the former Leamon Mercantile warehouse, with outdoor festival grounds and a live music calendar. Its taproom is the Cedar Lounge, across the festival grounds, in a building put up in 1912 for the Northern Brewing Company and billed as the longest continually operating tavern in the Twin Ports. It is one of the better small live-music rooms in the region, and it is walkable from a lot of North End addresses.
Thirsty Pagan Brewing is a block east at 1615 Winter Street in the 1908 Soo Line Freight Depot, doing hand-stretched pizza, house beer, sandwiches, and seasonal salads, and it is the default group dinner in Superior.
The Anchor Bar at 413 Tower Avenue is the institution, and its history is the neighborhood's: a longshoremen's bar that added soup and sandwiches in the early 1980s, then a griddle, then the burgers that made its name, run by the Anderson family since 1977 under a ceiling of maritime salvage that includes a life ring from the Edmund Fitzgerald. Hammond Steak House at 1402 North 5th Street carries the Wisconsin supper club tradition inside the neighborhood.
What the North End does not have is daytime dining, a cafe scene, or cuisine variety. Breakfast and lunch mean going elsewhere.
Barbecue inside a bar at 1506 North 3rd Street, a block from Earth Rider and the Cedar Lounge.
Early breakfast and lunch at 803 North 5th Street, opening before half past six for shift workers.
The city's steakhouse, at 1102 Tower Avenue on the downtown corner a few blocks south.
Thin-crust pizza at 1201 Tower Avenue, open late by local standards and closed Mondays.
The long-running supper club out at 3301 Belknap Street, about five minutes east on the errand road.
At 413 Tower Avenue, originally a drinking establishment for the longshoremen and dock workers of the north end, run by the Anderson family since 1977.
Brewpub at 1615 Winter Street in the 1908 Soo Line Freight Depot, a block east of Tower.
Wisconsin supper club dining at 1402 North 5th Street, inside the neighborhood.
East-end bar and grill at 5002 East 3rd Street, about ten minutes out.
Coffee roaster listed at 2206 Winter Street, on the neighborhood's own street grid. Current operating status unconfirmed, confirm before relying on it, and note that other roasters trade under the same name elsewhere in Minnesota.
Daytime coffee house at 1204 Tower Avenue, a few blocks south in the walkable stretch of downtown.
Coffee house at 1423 Belknap Street, close to the university.
Superior's flagship brewery at 1617 North 3rd Street, in roughly 16,000 square feet of the former Leamon Mercantile warehouse, with outdoor festival grounds.
Built in 1912 for Superior's Northern Brewing Company along the working harbor and entertainment district, billed as the longest continually operating tavern in the Twin Ports, now Earth Rider's taproom.
Hours and menus change, confirm with each business.
Restaurants & dining next door
Immediately south, sharing the Tower Avenue brewery district and the same 1890s commercial stock.
Central Park (Superior)East, the city's historic residential district: quieter streets, bigger lots, higher prices.
Billings Park (Superior)West along the river, a quieter residential neighborhood with the city's best riverfront park.
South End (South Superior)South along Tower Avenue, more postwar housing and a quieter setting at a similar price.
Allouez-Itasca (Superior)East along the bay, the other industrial-adjacent neighborhood, anchored by the ore docks.