Miller Hill Mall Perkins Now a Pile of Rubble

After standing for nearly 40 years, the building that once housed Perkins at the Miller Hill Mall is now nothing more than a pile of rubble.

Over the last week or so, crews have been working to tear down the Perkins restaurant which is located on the east side of the mall property next to Northstar Ford.

The restaurant closed in March of 2022 but the building remained standing until this week when heavy equipment was moved in for the demolition. All that remains now is a pile of scrap metal and the foundation the building stood on.

According to WDIO, the Miller Hill Mall Perkins was owned and operated by the Flaherty family and they said that the restaurant was no longer sustainable, "It’s a sad, sad thing. Sad day for myself, my employees, but mostly some of the wonderful customers we had over the years that have been so supportive and regulars," said Dillon Flaherty at the time of the closure.

With the closing of the Miller Hill Perkins, there are now 2 locations remaining in Duluth, one on London Rd. and one on W. Michigan St., one location in Superior next to the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center, and one location in Cloquet.

No word on what will replace the Miller Hill Mall Perkins, my hunch is that Northstar Ford may just take over that space. They currently have lots with parked cars and trucks surrounding the space, so it would make sense for them to move some of that inventory closer to the main building.

According to the Duluth News Tribune, Perkins opened in 1988, three years after the Flaherty family took over what was once called Dillon's Restaurant and before that Sambo's Restaurant. The Flaherty family still owns the remaining Twin Ports Perkins Restaurants.