Article: UP NORTH: new & improved; It's a long way to drive for a sandwich, but never before have there been so many good options in the land that hugs the greatest of the Great Lakes. Here is a tasting tour for those headed up for Grandma's Marathon in Duluth this weekend or for those on summer road trips.(TASTE)

Byline: RICK NELSON; STAFF WRITER

Smokin' good in Duluth

When a friend suggested placing Canal Park's DeWitt-Seitz Marketplace on my Duluth itinerary, he failed to mention the most important piece of information: The collection of shops and restaurants is home to one of the state's great culinary shining stars, the Northern Waters Smokehaus. Disguised as a sandwich shop -- a fabulous one, at that -- owner Eric Goerdt's tiny stomping grounds are so much more. Goerdt fills his cases with gorgeous delicacies he painstakingly hand-crafts in his lower-level smokehouse: brown sugar-cured Lake Superior trout and smoked Lake Superior whitefish, an extraordinary ...

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