Profiles of Leadership: Tom Hanson

Tom Hanson laughs when people describe him as one of the Northland’s most influential business leaders. “I still think I’m just a restaurant guy,” he says with a smile. The statement sounds almost unbelievable coming from the man who transformed a struggling diner into one of Duluth’s best-known restaurants, helped ignite the revitalization of Lincoln […]

Chicken n’ Whaaat?! Is a Funky New Addition to the Duluth Grill Family

The artwork is funky, the staff are friendly and the chicken is fried. Inside Duluth’s colorful new restaurant, Chicken n’ Whaaat?!, owner and local restaurant veteran Louis Hanson is serving up a chicken sandwich and tenders menu just as fun as the building’s exterior would suggest. The new Spirit Valley establishment is the latest venture […]