Dining in Duluth

Travel America, March-April, 2005 by Nancy Baren Miller

For fun dining in Duluth, Minnesota, here are suggestions: Authentic vintage advertisements and collectibles cover every inch of Grandma's Saloon & Grille, the largest seller of wild rice entrees in the United States. Visit www.grandmasrestaurants.com.

Ride the rails while dining on the North Shore Scenic Railroad from Memorial Day through mid-October. You can reserve a Sunday afternoon tea train, evening Domino's pizza train, or gourmet dinner as you travel roundtrip from Duluth to Two Harbors. For details, browse www.lsrm.org. For sightseeing and meal cruises featuring prime rib and Italian herb chicken, consider the Vista Fleet Cruise. The line offers a pizza, soda, and sundae fun cruise on Sundays, plus a pizza and soda moonlight cruise on Saturdays. You'll see ocean-going freighters and iron ore and coal docks as you cruise around the port and into Lake Superior. Browse www.vistafleet.com.