Local restaurant owners are optimistic about the summer of 2021.
Written By: Christa Lawler
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Fire shoots up from the pan of Lars Benson as he flips shrimp at Lake Avenue Restaurant & Bar in Duluth on Friday afternoon, April 16, 2021. The restaurant is part of the Eat Downtown event that started this week. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
There has been a demand, among fans of a certain Louisiana-style pop-up restaurant working out of the kitchen at Zeitgeist Arts Cafe, to bring out the beignets.
Consider it done.
Robert Lee, the southern-raised creative behind Gumbo Boi, is serving a one-day-only brunch as part of the upcoming offerings for Eat Downtown — the Greater Downtown Council’s take on restaurant week — and the French powder sugar covered donuts are on the menu alongside crepes, shrimp and grits, and po’boys.