The food is amazing! Homemade soups are out of this world! The wait staff so warm and kind! Pizza…read moreis to live for! This is our go to place! Never been disappointed!!

This bar/restaurant was a great choice for dinner. We sat in the back where there are nice booths…read moreto allow conversation. I chose the bacon chicken ranch salad. You can have your chicken grilled or fried and I chose grilled. It comes with a warmed breadstick. All the ingredients were fresh. It was a nice lighter meal and a good portion size. We ended the meal with the chocolate lava cake with ice cream. It was quite tasty and presented well. Very pretty. Our server was amazing. She was so efficient and every request was done with urgency. So much energy. All the staff were welcoming. One gentleman had his water glass slip off the table and everyone came to help clean it up quickly. So thankful the Copper Nickel is open on Tue as so many other restaurants are often closed Mon and Tue in the area.

first of all, the food was finger lickin good!! the bacon was thick cut, juicy, and delicious…read more I got the paddy melt burger and honestly I've never eaten better! to top it all off we were served by a top of the line gentleman. Jack was just the right amount of attentive to our table, noticing right away when my coffee dipped below half full. If I wasn't from remote idaho I'd make this place a weekly respite!

Greeted immediately and seated quickly. Basket of fries and Basket of cheese curds was a great way…read moreto tame the little ones appetites. I ordered mushroom swiss burger with side salad. Plenty of mushrooms and cheese on good sized patty. Salad was fresh and huge. Much better than your average side salad! Others in party had grilled cheese and ruebens. All rasty. Checked on often. Server even saw our to go box on table and ran it out to us

When I was a kid, we went to the South Switch all the time. Now I'm hundreds of miles away and…read moremiss their burgers constantly. The thought of a South Switch burger makes me sad that I don't live there any more. Next time I go up north, I'll have to make it a point to go there. Best burger in MN.

Good joint Good food Staff very friendly a recommendation for sure if your in the arearead more

STAY Away! I know…read morewhen I read reviews, it's helpful to have lengthy descriptions of the food and atmosphere. But I'm just not willing to spend more time typing than the cooks spent cooking my food. We tried this place twice -- once for dinner and again for the breakfast buffet. Both instances, the food was barely tolerable and my entire family walked away hungry rather than continuing to eat what we ordered. The Tamarack is inexpensive but I suspect its the only way they can get people to eat there. I'm not a snooty eater -- I love Waffle House and iHop for breakfasts but even the Tamarack was able to make breakfast food unpleasant (pancakes were crusty, ham was fatty, oatmeal was nearly solid, fruit was from a can, etc. etc. Do yourself a favor and avoid. On the second day we managed to find the Vermilion Club for dinner and SuLus in Tower for breakfast...both a welcome change from the Tamarack

We ate both the breakfast and dinner buffet at this casino restaurant. The service was excellent…read more The omelet cook made one of the tastiest custom omelets we ever have had. All the entrees in the buffet were fresh, hot, and quite tasty. Only the bacon was overcooked, but a lot of people like it that way so it probably is not an issue. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Compared to the crappy expensive breakfast we had the day before at another local restaurant, for $5.95 this was a huge value! Compare that to your average mediocre-at-best chain restaurants. The dinner also was very nice with a large variety of fish, seafood, ribs, steak, chicken, etc. Everything we tried was very good including the fresh green beans. The salmon was excellent as was the catfish, the ribs were very good, the seafood was fried but of a good quality, the steak was surprisingly good, and the deserts were very very good. Nothing bad to say at all about this buffet for $11.95. The casino is just a typical smokey casino as you would find anywhere in the country.

After spending 4 days in the Boundary Waters canoeing and camping, and eating dehydrated foods, I…read moreasked the outfitter where there was real food in Ely, because we were dying for some. All employees at the outfitter suggested Stony Ridge for epic burgers. So off we went. The restaurant is a very unassuming place. On the outside, it looks like a tiny diner, but on the inside, it is all hardwood, floors, walls, and ceiling, with a huge amount of seating area both inside and out. Our waitress was super friendly and happy. The menu amazed me though. There were 50 different burger options. Fifty! And there were 2 pages of other non-burger menu items. I was literally amazed at the choices. It took us all a long time to order because we wanted to read through every single burger option. (and it seemed that since we were at a known burger establishment, we should all order burgers) And I've been on this kick lately trying cheese curds almost everywhere they are offered, so we ordered those as well. They also had an extensive alcoholic drink menu, which after a week of camping, I wanted to try every single one of them.... but settled for ice tea instead. The burgers that came out were really good. They weren't epic though, which was sad considering how expensive they were. My entire family really liked their burgers, but all agreed they had had better elsewhere. The cheese curds were ok (I don't think I have had cheese curds anywhere yet that have impressed me) In general, we had a great experience and one would think that I would have given them a 5-star review. But there were a couple negatives that I just couldn't get over, to give them a top rating. The cost of each burger was around $20. That is a LOT for a 1/4lb burger. Also, and though I like dogs, there were two large breed dogs freely entering the establishment, and roaming around. This didn't really bother me at all, until one of them stood by my table, begging for expensive food.

Hidden away in Ely you will find Stony Ridge, right off the lake you can boat on up or just drive a…read morecar;) These burgers are SO fun, SO huge & SO delicious! The portions are SO generous, you will defiantly not leave hungry. Enjoyed sitting outside, we felt up in the trees. Great wait staff ! I'll be back!

We weren't planning on eating at Chocolate Moose, but after a mishap with the wifi at our hotel and…read morenot having much cell service in the area, we to give to give the first restaurant we saw on the way into town, Chocolate Moose, a try for dinner. This is a larger restaurant located right across from the Days Inn. We arrived pretty late, but even at 8PM on a Saturday everning, the place was packed. Luckily there was a table open and we were seated immediately. We ended up only getting one item to share because we had just eaten a ton of cherries and were not that hungry. The server was happy to accommodate. Fried Chicken Dinner ($20.99) - The dish first comes with a side salad, which since we decided to share, came split on two plates. It's a basic salad with some cucumber, iceberg lettuce, and shredded cheese, and is served with two whole small cups of dressing. Our choice was Ranch, which is surprisingly delicious. It's slightly tangy with that classic Ranch taste. It's served cold and is clearly superior to regular bottled dressing - I believe they mix their dressing in house. The fried chicken took about 30 minutes to arrive. It includes four pieces of chicken that are tiny - the smallest pieces I've ever seen other than Cornish game chickens. The chicken seems to be hand trimmed from a whole chicken, then hand battered and fried. The breast actually still has a piece of neck attached and the cut ends are quite messy. It's a homestyle, classical fried chicken, so it's fried hard until somewhat dry and chewy inside. The exterior gives a robust crunch, not quite cornflake/thick flour batter style, but a thinner crunchy coating. The chicken is bled thoroughly so there's no sign of extraneous myoglobin bloody areas that I sometimes see in homestyle fried chicken. It's salted and seasoned well on the exterior. The chicken comes with a bread stick. It's soft, fluffy, and chewy and is brushed with an appropriate amount of salted butter to liven things up. For the side, we went with the wild rice, which was our first try of this dish on the trip. The wild rice is really interesting. It's all curled up and popped open. It has a texture that's really snappy and bouncy, kind of like a hot dog in snappiness, but with the bounce of beef tripe. The taste is nutty similar to barley. We were so enamored with the texture that over the next couple of days, we actually visited multiple grocery stores and trading posts to pick up the various types available to cook at home - cultivated, wood parched, air boat harvested, and wild hand picked. (4/5) Given the tiny size of the chicken, the half chicken meal probably only feeds one person. It was enough for us, though, since we were not that hungry. I was quite surprised at the quality of the food at Chocolate Moose. I expected most of the restaurants in International Falls to be Sysco-reheated-food type establishments, but Chocolate Moose actually makes at least some (maybe most?) of their food in house. Bathrooms - Two larger ones with multiple stalls. Food: [4/5] Service: [+] Other: [ ] Final Rating: 4/5

Tried this place because it was right next to our hotel. My frnvh toast and hashbrowns were great,…read morewife said they have the best oatmeal she's ever had!

We had dinner there as part of a convention a few weeks ago. Food was good. Service friendly and…read moreefficient despite the crowd. Seems like a good place for a meal out.

It's our goto final stop when the fishing trip is over and we need a big hardy Lumberjack type…read morebreakfast for the long trip home. A steak place in the lower level and a very large breakfast and lunch area on the main, you won't have any trouble getting a table. Cool log cabin type wood with lots of cool Northwoods decor. The service is very quick and efficient mainly due to the fact that they have plenty of servers. Kind of a rarity these days. The breakfasts are simple but huge and very tasty. And don't forget about the coffee. Much to choose from and a great value. And lots of made from scratch items.

We arrived on a Sunday at 11 & we were given the choice of ordering off the menu or having the…read morebrunch buffet. After taking a look at the buffet we tried that. First of all there was a nice large selection of options, some breakfast items & some lunch options with some unique options such as Scottish Eggs ( Hard boiled egg wrapped in sausage & deep fried ). Everything was hot and very good while the crew did a nice job of refilling the containers when they were empty or getting low. We absolutely will come back next time we are in the area.

Driving through town, we were looking for a place for lunch and maybe catch a few holes of the…read moreBritish Open. The Northern Divide is in a golf clubhouse. The atmosphere is very 'northern MN', fireplace, stone, log cabin walls,... very cozy. I chose the soup and salad lunch special. Soup was chicken and dumpling. It was robust and service nice and hot with oyster crackers. Bit salty though. The garden salad was good with fresh tomatoes and cucumbers (onions as well but a bit too many of those). Croutons were soft and would be much better if they were crispy. There were lots of sandwich choices and husband had the Club which was good and served with kettle chips. Nice lunch. Service was excellent. Beautiful views of the course from the clubhouse.

A group of us ate here on a Tuesday night as we were staying nearby. We did have a bit of a…read morelanguage barrier with a new server. We needed to find out what foods were ok for a member of our group that had a dairy allergy and we were having a hard time communicating that. She was super nice though and got the manager who sorted us out. She was a very attentive server throughout the meal and did a great job. We were very pleased with the food and the drinks. We had the pizza, the fancy burger, and the steak tacos. The indoor ambiance was also quite nice and this turned out to be a pretty fancy place. Even though the exterior of the hotel is a bit run-down, this restaraunt was very nice. We almost felt a bit underdressed in our hiking clothes. Would definitely go back.

Room repairs; faulty toilet, overall cleanliness of the room, outlets not working, got a coffee…read moremaker with no cups, and a no coffee. Front desk is usually unattended, went to the bar for a drink. We ordered 2 bloody Mary's, they came back with one, and stated they ran out of Bloody Mary mix, and didn't expect to have any in until the end of the week (and we checked in on Monday). They were also out of 3 other drink mixes to so we must had a beer.. We were in Duluth for our 39th wedding anniversary, and really wished we had stayed somewhere else. We won't be coming back to Superior Shores again. It's a shame because the property itself is awesome. It's just the hotel, services and room conditions that were unacceptable. I'd advise staying at another hotel for anyone wanting to enjoy Duluth.