Archive for August, 2007
Friday, August 31st, 2007
With great sadness, Jucy Lucy Restaurants is officially suspending Buster's on 28th due to under performance.
The final straw came last night when I was served my second "blow-out" (a Jucy Lucy that's lost its cheesy innards). Notice the hole in the top of my burger:
However, it's important to point out ...
Posted in Busters on 28th, Suspensions | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
After yesterday's post explaining how NOT to eat a Jucy Lucy, I figured I had better follow up with some information on how to do it right.
Luckily for me, SeriousEats.com has already done a great job providing some high level advice on how to consume a Jucy Lucy. They went ...
Posted in Etiquette, Matt's Bar | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
There is a lot to like about this video. nhsargent heads to The Nook in St Paul for a Jucy Nookie and shows his affection for that delicious burger. He also orders is with fried onions, which I can respect.
But then it completely falls apart when he . . ...
Posted in Etiquette | 3 Comments »
Monday, August 27th, 2007
Thanks to Nichole for passing along a tip from her venture South of the River:
Buffalo Tap in Savage has Lucy's!
PLUS, you can choose your cheese, American or Pepperjack!
That is some fine reporting. Thanks, Nichole. It has been added to the map.
Posted in Buffalo Tap, New Locations | 2 Comments »
Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Cariann reminded me that the Wildfire restaurant chain offers a Juicy Lucy. I was under the impression that this was only an occasional lunch special, so was leaning away from including it on the site, but verified that it is indeed a menu staple at this point.
All Wildfire locations (Eden ...
Posted in New Locations, Wildfire | 1 Comment »
Friday, August 24th, 2007
Thanks to Bill for pointing out that Rudy's Redeye Grill has a Rosemount location as well. It's now on the map.
Posted in New Locations, Rudy's Redeye Grill | No Comments »
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
etc pointed out that the 5-8 Club has a sister location in Maplewood that also serves their famous Juicy Lucy. It's now on the map!
Aaron Landry checked the place out back in February, but went for a strange pizza pretzel thing rather than the Lucy. Now that's strange.
Posted in 5-8 Club, New Locations | 1 Comment »
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Thanks to Dan for bring this one to our attention: Rudy's Redeye Grill.
I've added it to the map.
Posted in New Locations, Rudy's Redeye Grill | 7 Comments »
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
A simple mention of this site has set off a flame war on MNSpeak.com.
Leigha Horton played the role of nay-sayer with this comment:
Am I the only one in the Twin Cities who really really wanted to like the Juicy Lucys, but was always disappointed? Cheese makes EVERYTHING better - yet, ...
Posted in Press | No Comments »
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Thanks to Tuck and Kirk for contributing their Jucy Lucy knowledge by bringing the NE Palace and Shamrocks to my attention.
Both have been added to the map.
Gin & Phonics has some great tips on how to order a perfect Jucy Lucy at the NE Palace.
And Shamrocks has a ...
Posted in NE Palace, New Locations, Shamrocks | 6 Comments »
