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"Opened in Duluth’s Parsons Alley, Sweet Octopus is a nearly 4,000-square-foot, two-story Thai and Asian street-food restaurant from Paul Yuwachit. I found the first floor focused on Thai street foods such as Nakhon shrimp and massaman curry while also housing poke bowls and ramen from Poke Burri and Lifting Noodles Ramen (owned by Seven Chan and Ken Yu); all three operations share a kitchen and diners order from all three menus at a single counter in the dining room. The second floor includes a coffee, boba tea, and smoothie bar alongside a variety of Asian empanadas from Empanada House—bulgogi, spinach and ricotta, and pear and cheese—with cocktails expected to be served upstairs eventually." - Beth McKibben