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Coffee & Breakfast · Duluth · $$

A breakfast-and-comfort-food anchor before heading up Lake Superior.

New American · Duluth · $$$

A polished North Shore dining room just beyond Duluth, perfect for starting the lake drive with intent.

Italian · Duluth · $$

A Lake Superior-facing Duluth cafe that works when the North Shore day needs pasta, coffee, and a real view before the road narrows.

Seafood · Grand Marais · $$

A Grand Marais harbor meal with the exact lake-country feeling the North Shore drive promises.

Brewpub · Grand Marais · $$

A Grand Marais brewpub stop near the far end of the North Shore, good for groups after a waterfall-and-harbor day.

New American · Minneapolis · $$$

A Mississippi Riverfront Minneapolis destination that gives the Great River Road a serious northern-city meal before the route turns bluff-country.