The 10 Best Restaurants In Superior Wisconsin

Written By: Gail Clifford | Published By: Foodie Flashpacker | June 07, 2022

The 10 Best Restaurants In Superior Wisconsin

Superior, Wisconsin, the other half of the Twin Ports, grows annually as a tourist destination as well as a shipbuilding and manufacturing hub. Fur-trading posts were established, primarily by the French, in the 1660s, and the settlement didn’t begin until the 1850s. The final port of call for the Edmund Fitzgerald, you’ll find many memorials and reminders of the great ship built by Great Lakes Engineering Works. 

When you’re driving around town, by the library or public park, you’ll see the motto, “Living Up To Our Name.” The restaurants that I had the opportunity to visit certainly are superior, so the motto stands tall.

Ask your colleagues for recommendations; The Golden Inn topped the list. Even if you ask someone what the best Chinese restaurant in Duluth is, they’ll mention the Golden Inn. “We order from there several times a week. We love Chinese,” they told me.

So, I had to go.

The 10 Best Restaurants in Superior Wisconsin

Golden Inn Restaurant

24 E Street // (715) 395-2565

It’s instantly open and friendly, with a combination of booths bordering the walls as the four-top tables fill the center of the room. The dropped roof with green shrubbery makes all the difference in the atmosphere, with the typical Chinese symbols you’ve come to expect.

Sit down and check out which of the Chinese symbols represents the year of your birth. While chopsticks are available upon request, they provide a fork AND knife, which gives you an indication of the size of their protein pieces.

I’m glad I had the knife. Since I was there at lunchtime, I had the opportunity to choose a few dishes – who doesn’t like Chinese leftovers, after all?

With lunch, the special is the entree, an egg roll or crab rangoon, and fried rice. Steamed (white) rice is also available upon request.

I ordered both the Sesame Chicken and General Tso’s Chicken (mild for me, at least the first time I try a new place) – and asked the server’s advice on which to take home. That is, which would reheat the easiest and best? It took just a moment of consideration for him to say “Sesame Chicken,” so General Tso’s for lunch it is.

The restaurant is a pleasant place for a short wait. The lunch rush had passed, so most of the other customers were friends reuniting or couples savoring a late lunch or early dinner.

The General Tso’s, delivered with a flourish, appeared more as a dinner entree than a lunch special, the plate heaping with white rice over a generous portion of chicken covered with the tangy, spicy sauce. No vegetables for this dish (or the sesame chicken). I’m sure I’ll try the medium spice the next time I have this dish, but it was good for a first meal. Filling and enough to take away for lunch tomorrow.