I’m visiting Duluth this week and want to try something outside of my usual plain latte. I’d love to hear your favorite coffee shop here and your favorite drink and/or baked goods
This is now part of the business owners responsibility? Honestly, what has Roger done for our downtown since getting elected. A parking ramp has been torn down, he posted about a site to connect with to report vandalism, and parking is even more effed up.
While I agree, our downtown needs more seating, art, plants, etc. I think putting this on the business owners is insane. We need to fix the root of this problem…house our unhoused neighbors.
Early yesterday morning, firefighters responded to a fire at 601 Woodland Ave. "The home is considered to be a total loss, with damage estimated at $270,000."
Late last night, Heirloom listed the upstairs unit for rent.
Anyone looking for a place with no roof, walls, or utilities, you're in luck.
I'm hard core struggling with money right now working 2 jobs and putting food in my kids mouth before my own so I have been fishing and eating what I catch recently but the fish haven't been very big or very many fish. I'm moving in a month but bills are so tight along with diapers and baby formula I have had to fish for my own food. Sometimes have been going 2 or 3 days without eating cause I had no luck fishing those days.
Anyone know of any good shore spots to fish from with bass perch pike walleye muskie catfish salmon and such? I have a lake fishing rod and a muskie rod for fish over 100lbs so I'm set for whatever I can catch just most of the spots I have been to are extremely dry for fishing.
Also if you have recommendations for rigs and set ups and bait for the spots y'all mention to catch the most fish that would be awesome thanks to all who respond.
I'm not asking anyone for financial help I just need to know better fishing spots to gather more food for myself.
Almost got hit by a truck but that thing was hauling ass. I would guess it had to be 40lbs. He was gone in the blink of an eye.
How do people feel about Duluth Grill (DG)? They have gone through many changes throughout the years and are going in a different direction. The prices like everywhere else have gone up, but the quality has gone down. What do people think? I'm curious about the Vegan and vegetarian group.
What do you think they can do to improve?
What do you think they can do for the turnover rate of the employees as well?
Parking spot has two signs with different zones with different parking maximums and conflicting info on parking fee days.
Hi all! I’m from WI and my cousin is getting married in the Minneapolis area the 19th of June. I was thinking it would be fun to go to Duluth the next day and make a weekend out of it. My aunt told me that Grandma’s marathon is the 20th however. I’m just wondering if it is madness there and worth even going? We have a toddler and baby and don't want to be fighting traffic the whole time. We love Duluth so I’m bummed! If it is crazy, any suggestions for things close by that won’t be so busy? We’ll just have a lot of that Saturday and some of Sunday. Thanks!
Last year my landlord died unexpectedly.
His son has taken over to some degree, but I’m curious if others who rented from Kurt Bartell are having issues?
For example we’ve had a hard time getting the son to pick up our rent after he insisted it be paid in cash, check, or money order. NOT electronically.
He didn’t get the paperwork done for our renter tax credit thing.
Hasn’t fixed our dishwasher that’s been broken for months now.
Obviously there was no question about resigning the lease for another year, me and my three roommates are done with it. Anybody else dealing with this? I have no idea how many tenants Kurt had.
Hi! I just got married (at Clyde) 5/3/2026 & had looked into a ton of local Duluth or Superior venues. I just wanted to share my list (created in 2025) with any future brides or anyone planning events! Please add anything I missed!
* Gigantic List of Local Duluth/Superior Venues *
(Suggestion: Find a venue that’s naturally beautiful or already has decor set up)
**Smaller venues (under 151):
Blackwoods on London Rd side room - fits approx 40
Green mill side/back room
Va Bene - 2nd floor for 30 ppl – no room rent cost if reaching $500 food spent
Duluth Grill - 100 guests
August Fitger room on 3rd floor - 150 ppl
Boat Club Harbor View - 80 ppl
Fitger’s Fireside room - 50 ppl
Spirit of the North Theatre in Fitgers - 150 ppl, theatre seating
Fitger’s Barrel Room in basement - 75 ppl
Rathskeller - 60 ppl
Grand view Golf - 150 ppl?
Tavern on the hill dining room - $1500 weekend / $500 Thurs / $250 Mon-Wed - 60 ppl
Harbor Rail Pub - looks like 100 ppl
Knife River Place in Mora 1.5 hrs away - bridal/groom suites, caterer’s kitchen, approx 150 ppl
Covenant Park bible camp in Mahtowa - 150 ppl dining hall / 120 chapel
Lake superior zoo - after hours $1300, 60 ppl indoors/unlimited outdoors
Park Point Marina Inn - 80 ppl
The Tasting Room at MidCoast - Central Ave, max 42 ppl
VIP superior - 120 ppl
Fairlawn - 125 ppl
Glensheen - 120 ppl
Superior YMCA camp tall pines
Duluth Folk School - 60 ppl
Normanna Town Hall - 75 ppl
Canal Park Lodge - 70 ppl
The Suites Hotel - 50 ppl
Lift Bridge Lodge - 41 ppl
Hampton Inn - small 950 sq ft
Morgan park community - 100 ppl
Lafayette community center - 50 ppl
Evergreen senior center - 50 ppl
Harrison community center - 50 ppl
Portman community center - 50 ppl
Piedmont community center - 50 ppl
Norway hall event center - 135 ppl
Sheraton hotel - 120 ppl
Nemadji golf - 100 ppl
Ridgeview Country Club - 120 ppl in dining room
Proctor Golf
Black Bear golf
Poplar golf course
Minnesuing Acres in Lake Nebagamon - 125 ppl
Sitio events - fits 100
Canosia Grove - 140 ppl inside
Canyon event center - 100 ppl
Agate Acres - 150 ppl
Larsmont cottages - 50 ppl inside
Vista fleet - fits 125 seated or 220 standing
The Boat Club - 130 ppl inside
One Heartland - 150 ppl
Hanging Horn Lakeside Resort - 100 guests
Big Sandy camp & retreat - 150 ppl
Big Sandy lodge & resort - 114 ppl indoors
VFW Cloquet banquet hall - 120 ppl
Historic Scott House
Oldenburg House - 200 outside/30 inside, $14,000
Spirit Room - 130 ppl
River Inn - 150 ppl
Big Lake Golf - 70 ppl
Fairfield inn (duluth heights) - 35 ppl
Residence Inn - 35 ppl
MN Cloquet Forestry Center - 108 ppl dining indoors
Kitchi Gammi Club - $5000 rental plus minimum $10K on food, 120 ppl
Rice lake City Hall - 100 ppl
Fairhaven pizza farm - approx 100? people
GG Barnum Mansion Boutique Hotel
BB Event Venue
Merryweather Inn
Gnesen town hall
Cotton Mansion Boutique Hotel
Salyards Mansion Boutique Hotel
Club One Under - 120 ppl
** Medium venues (151 to 200):
Pier B ballroom - fits 200 at round tables
North Shore Scenic Trains / Railroad - fits 60-180, $2K-$3300
Duluth River Train - Lake Superior & Mississippi Estuary - 2 hr round trip, fits 147, $3500
Radisson - Great Hall fits 200 banquet seating $1200 full day
Park Point beach house - 200 capacity, $120 per hour, open June to end of Sept
Inn on lake Superior - fits 200
Greysolon - Moorish room, fits 200
Buffalo house - fits 200
The Atrium - 200 ppl
Assembly park bible camp - max 200 ppl per website
YMCA Camp Miller in Moose Lake - 200 guests
Shaggy dog farm in ashland - 175 ppl
Great Lakes Aquarium - 160 ppl
Grand Superior Lodge in two harbors - 180 ppl
Blackwoods event center - fits 200
World of wheels skating center
Ivory North in Mora (1 hr 30 mins) - 199 guests
**Large Venues 200+ people:
DECC ceremony rooms/ballrooms - 150-450+ guests
Clyde Iron Works - 340 ceremony chairs & can fit more standing
Spirit MTN - fits 330
Barkers Island inn - fits 280, $1500 room rental
UWS YU Great Room - 324 ppl (rectangle) or 260-300 (mix of tables)
Pedros Event Center - 280 to 320 ppl, $1000
The Garden (canal) - main floor $4000 for 240 ppl, bayview $750 for 150 ppl
Holiday inn & suites downtown - Great Lakes Ballroom fits 500, $1800
The Depot, 250 ppl
Sacred heart - 330 ppl, $3500
Giants Ridge - 350 ppl inside or outside, $4500
MN National Golf Course in McGregor (1 hr 20 mins) - Savanna rm+fireside 248 ppl , $4000
Pike lake golf - 350 ppl, $8000 for day
Cloquet Veteran’s Park - $500 rental
Brule River Barn - 300 ppl
Wade stadium - $150/hr plus $100 deposit for 150+
Adventure zone - able to rent out entire place
Ivy black twig - 288 ppl
Skyline social - fits 200 indoor (350 outdoor)
Beaver river farm - 250 ppl
Larson’s Barn in McGregor - 300 ppl seated
Black Bear Casino - Otter Creek 350 ppl
Karpeles Museum - downstairs 300
Mont du lac 100-300 ppl
Iron Trail Motors Event Center in Virginia $5500 - 335 ppl
The Grainary Poplar, WI
Superior Shores resort in Two Harbors - none until fall 2026
UMD Kirby Ballroom - fits 300, $1000
Scholastica Green view Dining Room w/ private - fits 350
Superior elks harbor room - 250 ppl
Billings park civic association - 250 ppl $600
Belgian club Superior
Head of the lakes fairgrounds curling club
Duluth inn and suites near Spirit mountain
The board room venue in Superior
Four Seasons Sports Complex and Event Center
Red swan / Clearwater grille
Lester park - 250 max
AAD Shriners banquet hall - fits 300
Greysolon Ballroom - fits 300
Shire in the Woods - outside 250 ppl
Cast Iron (basement) - 225 ppl
Duluth Armory - not available until 2026/2027
The West Theatre - up to 280 ppl seated, but theatre seating
**Parks: (Outdoors: tent/tables/chairs/linens rentals $4K-$12K)
Island lake Park pavilion, Cascade Park, Billings park pavilion, Cloquet Hilltop Park, Two Harbors parks, Hartley nature center, Morely heights, Wheeler athletic complex, Quarry park, Gooseberry - 70 ppl in Lady Slipper Lodge, Little Cloquet Cove - 150 ppl, Chambers Grove Park - Max 100 ppl, Chester Park - Max 100, Endion station plaza - Max 100, Enger park - max 100, Fairmont Park ( near zoo) - Max 100, Memorial Park - 100 ppl, Park point rec area - both small pavilions 100 ppl, Rose garden - 150 ppl
Hi! Just moved into the Duluth area and I’m extremely interested in joining a rec league or even just playing some pickup games, does anyone know of any volleyball, basketball, pickleball or softball leagues that run that aren’t too expensive and would run consistently? I’m interested in meeting new people and having a good time!
If you drive a 2023 to 2026 Nissan Altima, you left something behind. 🤬
This car has been hit 3 times parked in this city…
I already reported it
TIL Arik Forsman, our city council member, is a lobbyist for the HT datacenter. His Council Member Contact info. (This is local politician contact info, it is public information available on the city of Duluth website)
218-730-5352 aforsman@duluthmn.gov
On an interesting note, FB flagged a similar post as "requiring approval" after it had already published and garnered attention & comments. At a guess, someone reported it to get the information silenced for a bit.
I think we should politely be very clear about our interest in a giant ugly noisemaking box that will add very few long-term local jobs to our Twin Ports community.
I invite you to cross-post to relevant subreddits.
Duluth has some of the most dangerously designed roads in the state. In 2023 that danger cost us $164 MILLION dollars to total, lifetime damages, according to National Security Council methodology.
To help understand that number, that's the equivalent of about $450k (!) per day.
Our roads are unsafe, which puts everyone we love at risk. In 2023, there were 300 crashes: for a town of 80,000, that's about 1 in 300 residents in a crash, every year. Over ten years, that's 1 in every 30. It's like a grim lottery that someone you know and care for will lose.
This immense burden on all of us is a policy choice. We can design a city with zero car-caused fatalities. Helsinki has a population 10x of Duluth, and recently achieved zero car-caused fatalities. Life goes on there, despite (or because of) prioritizing safety.
Primarily, that involves respecting the science of damage: 30+mph is the death & damage speed, and has no place near houses, businesses, driveways, walkways, bikeways, or intersections. We need to rebuild our streets so that they feel good to drive at 15-20mph. (Traffic calming like narrower lanes, medians, more trees, raised crossings, etc.)
I'm sure we all know people who have been involved in car collisions: maybe it was just an annoying fender bender, or maybe their health was ruined. Maybe they died. We need to stop allowing all this pointless violence by better design and policy.
Image and data taken from Vibrant Streets Duluth's Facebook page.
This guy, pushing legislators. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/08/lawmakers-considering-whether-to-allow-plug-in-balcony-solar-power
Feel free critique. I want to know the flaws or gaps in my thinking.