Highway 61 · North Shore of Lake Superior · Minnesota

Grandma Ray's

Cafe · Ice Cream Parlour · Candy Store

Vintage postcard illustration of Grandma Ray's: a cream clapboard shop with a red striped awning and a giant ice cream cone statue, pines and Lake Superior behind
SINCE2008

The family stop on the shore road — coffee for the drivers, sprinkles for the navigators, fudge for the ride home.

FRESH FUDGE AHEAD — 42 MILESyou can wait, but why
THE BIG CONE WANTS TO MEET YOU — 8 MILEShe's sixteen feet tall
YOU MADE IT! TURN AT THE CONEgravel lot, big welcome

Three stops under one roof

Come hungry · Leave sticky

Postcard illustration of the cafe: a pie case on a wooden counter, gingham tablecloth, window view of pines and the lake

The Cafe

Wild-rice soup, walleye sandwiches, and pie that leaves the case by two o'clock. Coffee's always on, and the window seat looks straight down the shore.

Postcard illustration of the ice cream parlour: a soda jerk handing a sundae across a chrome-stool counter

The Ice Cream Parlour

Two dozen flavors churned in back — ask for the Split Rock sundae or a scoop of Superior Sludge. Malts thick enough to stand the spoon straight up.

Postcard illustration of the candy store: a wall of penny-candy jars, slabs of fudge, and a taffy puller in the window

The Candy Store

A whole wall of penny-candy jars, fudge cut in slabs you can watch being made, and taffy pulled in the front window every afternoon.

Worth pulling over for

Genuine roadside attractions

№1The Big Cone

Sixteen feet of fiberglass soft-serve waving at Highway 61. The most-photographed dessert on the North Shore — stand on the base, everybody fits.

№2The Penny Press

Bring two quarters and a penny. Four designs to crank out: the Big Cone, a lighthouse, a moose, and Grandma Ray herself.

№3The Agate Scoop

A wagon-wheel bin of genuine Lake Superior agates by the door. One scoop per kid — whatever shines, you keep.

№4The Bumper Sticker

Free with every sundae. You'll spot us in parking lots from Duluth to Thunder Bay — honk twice, that's the rule.

Look for the Big Cone

Open Memorial Day through the fall colors.
When the flag's out, the fudge is fresh.

Say hello