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Is Northern Waters Smokehaus Still Open? (Duluth, MN)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 9 Duluth, Minnesota

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Northern Waters Smokehaus is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed August 25, 2026.

What the source shows: Northern Waters Smokehaus's own blog posted a business update on Aug. 25, 2026 (about suspending its nationwide shipping) that lists the DeWitt-Seitz Marketplace address as current, and a Yelp listing for the same address was updated August 2026. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives? 2 episodes

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 9, Episode 8 Aired

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Northern Waters Smokehaus in the episode "Fast Food Their Way" (S9E8, aired 2010-06-21), featuring the shop's smoked whitefish, salmon, and meats built into sandwiches at its counter in Duluth's Dewitt-Seitz Marketplace. According to the business's website (checked 2026-09-08), Northern Waters Smokehaus describes itself as "slow fast food since '98," offering local pickup, delivery, national mail-order, and catering, with posted hours running Monday through Sunday.

Man v. Food, Season 7, Episode 9 Aired

The same Duluth, Minnesota episode of Man v. Food (S7E9, aired July 9, 2018) stopped at Northern Waters Smokehaus, a specialty market and sandwich shop built around house-smoked fish and meats inside the DeWitt-Seitz Marketplace on Duluth's waterfront, according to the business's own about page. Founder Eric Goerdt started the business more than two decades ago and it has since grown to employ more than 75 people, per a January 2026 Perfect Duluth Day feature on the company. A 2023 blog post from the business announced plans to expand into a larger space in the same building, formerly occupied by the Amazing Grace Café, to mark its 25th anniversary. As of Sept. 7, 2026, the business's own site and contact footer still list its longtime DeWitt-Seitz Marketplace suite as the operating address, and an Aug. 25, 2026 post on the same site addressed a suspension of its nationwide mail-order shipping service, indicating the storefront itself remains active.

The episodes Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Episode 8
Aired
Title: Fast Food Their Way · What was featured: Smoked fish, meats, and sandwiches at a Lake Superior smokehouse
Man v. Food, Season 7, Episode 9
Aired
What was featured: house-smoked fish and meat deli sandwiches
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Sources we checked 5 references

  1. nwsmokehaus.com http://www.nwsmokehaus.com/
  2. northernwaterssmokehaus.com https://northernwaterssmokehaus.com/about
  3. perfectduluthday.com https://www.perfectduluthday.com/2026/01/29/making-it-up-north-northern-waters-smokehaus/
  4. northernwaterssmokehaus.com https://northernwaterssmokehaus.com/blog/were-moving
  5. northernwaterssmokehaus.com https://northernwaterssmokehaus.com/blog/the-suspension-of-our-nationwide-shipping-service
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