DULUTH, THE AIR CONDITIONED CITY

apologies, it was not cloquet. it was proctor

i guess i do have duluth related insights, my dad grew up there, and his father worked on the railroad in proctor, which sounds like basically an alien existence to me. i never knew my grandpa particularly well and most of the memories i have of him were being scared of him. anyway, when he retired, with no musical background he ended up buying some kind of electric organ. after he passed and they were cleaning out his belongings, someone found a cassette tape he'd made. it opened with his creaky old voice announcing 'this... is my music...'. followed by ten to fifteen minutes of straight up drone music. i know i've heard this tape once, i know someone has it somewhere. i really really need to find and acquire this recording of grandfather folk-drone

xxp
Doesn't matter how hot it gets in Duluth, it's air-conditioned!

It's hard for me to equate 'climate refugees' with current tech workers who probably make their own keffir

lol

Awesome Final Jeopardy answer today. All 3 contestants got it WRONG. 2 guessed Green Bay, and the other Minneapolis. Not bad guesses, but no. pic.twitter.com/GxtC7zk6Nv

— Bruce McGuire (@dunord) February 15, 2022

I disagree btw, Minneapolis is a bad guess

yeah who the hell thinks minneapolis is on the great lakes?

that said i don't think i would have gotten it right.

I got my first vaccine shot last March in Duluth (no MN residency required) and explored the city for the first time in 15-20 years. Had no idea about the cool distillery/BBQ/taproom district that had sprung up since then.

Yeah the west side of town is on the come up for sure.

anyone know what the deal is with the Cargills buying up property on park point

they are billionaires and terrible people who are going to build some ugly shit hole compound is the sense I get

like are they buying the whole thing, it's nuts

Similar to the Monaco real estate guy buying up more than 13 properties in Carmel, CA.

I think I've only driven around Park Point, usually just to the end and then turning around, maybe gone to the beach there once.

My wife is running the Grandma's Marathon in Duluth in June. We've never been. We're staying in the Lincoln Park area. Any current recommendations for dining? Looking for something casual and comfortable for Saturday night after the marathon. Breweries/Brewpubs with good food would work for this or at other times as well.

I'm also going back through the thread. I am way more excited than I was originally seeing all the enthusiasm for the city. Thanks in advance.

Fellow Brit I bumped into here in Rochester MN sent me some recommendations he'd given some friends, if we were ever up Duluth way too. Dunno if it's any use but it's what I have.

https://www.vabenecaffe.com/
https://northernwaterssmokehaus.com
https://www.bettyspies.com/
https://fitgers.com/restaurants-nightlife/

Va Bene is great, and hanging right over the lake. New Scenic Cafe is fantastic, but a little ways north up Highway 61. Duluth Grill is just south of town and nearly a mandatory stop for our family when we're heading that way. Love Fitgers for the old school vibe.

Thanks for the recommendations. Looks like some fun places. For Fitgers, which restaurant do you recommend?