Restaurants & dining in Woodland, Duluth, Minnesota
Part of the Woodland neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
Woodland has a small commercial node at Woodland Avenue and Calvary Road with a handful of everyday businesses, but it is not a dining destination and nobody here pretends otherwise. Eating out means choosing a direction and driving five to fifteen minutes.
The nearest genuinely good option is downhill toward the campuses. At Sara's Table Chester Creek Cafe at 1902 East 8th Street is about six minutes away, a farm-to-table cafe and bakery near Chester Creek that has been the east side's reliable full-service restaurant for years and does breakfast through dinner. A little further down, Sir Benedict's Tavern on the Lake at 805 East Superior Street is about eleven minutes and covers the pub end: sandwiches, a deep tap list, live music, and a patio facing the water.
East along the shoreline, the Lakeside business block between 44th and 47th Avenue East is roughly fourteen minutes and rewards the trip. Amity Coffee anchors the mornings, Sammy's Pizza has been in the family since 1958, and Crank and Dasher handles ice cream. Lake Superior Brewing is a few minutes past that. For an occasion, the New Scenic Cafe on Highway 61 is about twenty-five minutes up the shore.
Woodland's compensating advantage is the university. Campus dining and downtown Duluth's full range are both within about eleven minutes, closer than from most of the east side.
The neighborhood's own Sammy's at 4011 Woodland Avenue, family-run like the chain's other branches. Confirm current hours with the restaurant.
Japanese menu and sushi at 4023 Woodland Avenue, two doors from Sammy's in the Woodland commercial node.
Pizza and a kitchen at 101 Mount Royal Shopping Circle, about four minutes south toward the campuses.
Farm-to-table cafe and bakery at 1902 E 8th Street between the two campuses, about six minutes downhill.
Sandwiches, a long tap list, and live music at 805 E Superior Street, about eleven minutes downhill.
The east side's pizza institution at 4631 E Superior Street, family-run since 1958.
The regional destination restaurant up Scenic Highway 61, about twenty-five minutes.
Coffee house and bakery at 1336 West Arrowhead Road, the closest sit-down coffee to Woodland.
Specialty coffee at 4429 E Superior Street in Lakeside, about fourteen minutes.
Craft brewery at 5324 E Superior Street, about seventeen minutes east.
Hours and menus change, confirm with each business.
Restaurants & dining next door
Directly south along the same corridor, with older and more architecturally ambitious housing.
KenwoodWest across the hill, with the nearest full grocery and a similar postwar housing mix.
Chester ParkDownhill toward the campuses, denser and closer to both colleges.
Congdon ParkDownhill toward the lake, historic architecture at a much higher price.
Duluth HeightsWest above the hill, closer to Miller Hill retail and newer construction.