Incline Station Review – Duluth, MN

We’ve previously taken a look at the burgers at the Spot Bar inside Incline Station in Duluth.  The sports bar/bowling complex offers indoor recreatin as well as typical pub fare. A group pizza party sampled a buffet of pizzas, with nice stretchy cheese, flavorful pepperoni and sauce.  The crusts seem to have the texture of… Continue reading Incline Station Review – Duluth, MN

Duluth, MN – Farleys Family Restaurant Review

Long a Duluth favorite, located on the way out of town in the adjacent burg of Hermantown, Farley’s Family Restaurant serves burgers, pizza, hot dogs and other casual fare. Eager to expand their own universe and introduce their food to a larger base, they set about to open a downtown Duluth location, and found the… Continue reading Duluth, MN – Farleys Family Restaurant Review

Duluth, MN – Sammy’s Pizza (Downtown)

Not much more I can say about Sammy’s, the small regional chain in the Upper Midwest, I’ve written about them a couple times.   Here’s the point:  I’ve had pizza all over the world, from Naples, Florida, to Naples, Italy;  from Boise to Beijing.  And Sammy’s is still my favorite, and worth a couple day drive… Continue reading Duluth, MN – Sammy’s Pizza (Downtown)

Duluth, MN – Sammy’s Pizza (Lakeside)

As long as I can remember, this pizza shop has been a part of my family’s life, and checking their online bio, I see they opened when I was about 6.  I don’t remember exactly when my family started to buy pizzas, they’d call ahead, my dad would go and pick up (no delivery back… Continue reading Duluth, MN – Sammy’s Pizza (Lakeside)

Duluth, MN – Gannucci’s Italian Market & Deli Review

Don’t you just love it when people take old family recipes and make a thriving, successful business from them? That’s the story behind Gannucci’s Italian Market & Deli in Duluth. On September 30, 1908, Vito Gannucci, his wife and children arrived in Minnesota from Italy. 104 years later, Vito’s relation Bill Kalligher  is sharing the… Continue reading Duluth, MN – Gannucci’s Italian Market & Deli Review

Duluth, MN – Clyde Iron Works

A hundred years or so in the making, the new restaurant at Clyde Iron Works, 29th Avenue West and Michigan Street, is now open. In the cavernous space of the old iron crane company, in a building that machines came out of that built the Empire State Building, Panama Canal, and logged the forests of… Continue reading Duluth, MN – Clyde Iron Works

Duluth, MN – Sammy’s Pizza

Sam Parella started Sammy’s Pizza on Minnesota’s Iron Range over 50 years ago. Today, Sammy’s locations are scattered across the Upper Midwest, and although each restaurant is independent, they are all owned by a relative of Sam or his best friend Nick Jerulle. You’ll find no fancy artisan crusts, or fusion ingredients here. Sammy’s is… Continue reading Duluth, MN – Sammy’s Pizza