Restaurants & dining in South End (South Superior), Wisconsin
Part of the South End (South Superior) neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
The South End's own dining is taverns and the highway strip, and the city's better food is ten to twelve minutes north. That is the honest picture.
Along South Tower Avenue you will find the working neighborhood bars and small storefronts that have served this end of the city since it was a village, and the US 2/53 strip carries the chain dining that comes with any highway approach. What the neighborhood does not have is a destination restaurant or a cafe scene.
North of here, Superior's real food and drink is concentrated downtown and at the top of Tower. The Anchor Bar at 413 Tower Avenue is the institution, run by the Anderson family since 1977, serving cheap generously built burgers and fresh-cut fries under a ceiling of maritime salvage. Thirsty Pagan Brewing at 1615 Winter Street does hand-stretched pizza and house beer in the 1908 Soo Line Freight Depot. Earth Rider Brewery at 1617 North 3rd Street and its Cedar Lounge taproom, in a 1912 building billed as the longest continually operating tavern in the Twin Ports, anchor the music and beer scene. Hammond Steak House at 1402 North 5th Street carries the Wisconsin supper club tradition, which is worth experiencing at least once if you have moved from Minnesota.
For range and fine dining, downtown Duluth and Canal Park are about fifteen minutes over the bridges.
The Twin Ports burger institution at 413 Tower Avenue, straight up Tower from the neighborhood.
Burgers and soft serve at 3100 Tower Avenue, where the South End's Tower strip begins south of Belknap.
Subs and sandwiches at 3313 Tower Avenue on the neighborhood's commercial strip.
Tex-Mex fast food at 3541 Tower Avenue on the US 2/53 strip.
American bar and grill at 3605 Tower Avenue, the sit-down chain on the South End strip.
Roast beef and sandwiches at 3821 Tower Avenue toward the south end of the strip.
Wisconsin supper club dining at 1402 North 5th Street.
Brewpub at 1615 Winter Street in the 1908 Soo Line Freight Depot, about ten minutes north.
Drive-through coffee and donuts at 3110 Tower Avenue, the everyday coffee stop on the neighborhood's own strip.
Superior's flagship brewery at 1617 North 3rd Street, about twelve minutes north.
Earth Rider's taproom and music venue in a 1912 building, the longest continually operating tavern in the Twin Ports.
Hours and menus change, confirm with each business.
Restaurants & dining next door
Straight up Tower Avenue, the commercial core with the breweries and civic buildings.
Central Park (Superior)Northeast, the city's historic residential district with the period architecture and larger old houses.
Billings Park (Superior)Northwest along the river, similar quiet residential character with a signature riverfront park.
North End (Superior)North toward the harbor, older and cheaper housing with the brewery district and the port noise.
Allouez-Itasca (Superior)East along the bay toward the ore docks and Wisconsin Point.