Gordy’s Hi-Hat loses founder
Gordy Lundquist, the owner of the Cloquet burger joint a summer destination in the Northland died Tuesday, July 6, at age 93. Written By: Jamey Malcomb | ×
Gordy s Hi-Hat founders Marilyn and Gordy Lundquist continued working at the Cloquet restaurant until just a couple years ago. Gordy died Tuesday, July 6, with Marilyn by his side. (Bob King / 2015 file / News Tribune)
The man behind Cloquet’s locally famous diner, Gordy Lundquist, died Tuesday, July 6.
Lundquist, 93, opened Gordy’s Hi-Hat in 1960. Since that time, the annual opening of the seasonal pitstop on Minnesota Highway 33 has been an unmistakable sign that summer is on the way.