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Moving Away from Matt’s Bar?

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

A Minneapolis resident is moving to St. Louis, guess what she's going to miss? You guessed it: Goodbye Matt’s Bar, home of the original Jucy Lucy. I am a Jucy Lucy loyalist and have only gotten my cheese stuffed burgers here. I had to make one more stop in before moving ...

Anonymous Wikipedia Editor Rewrites Jucy Lucy Invention History

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

The ongoing debate over where the Jucy Lucy was invented has made its way to Wikipedia, where an anonymous editor recently rewrote history by changing the inventing restaurant from Matt's Bar to the 5-8 Club. Notice the removals of Matt's on the left replaced by the 5-8 Club on the ...

A Culinary Tour of the Big 10

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Jon Johnston of Corn Nation took a culinary tour of the Big 10 back in February to weigh the possible benefits of joining the conference. If we're talking about foods and beverages, let me take you around the Big Ten. Michigan provides some outstanding beer from Bells Brewery; Wisconsin gives ...

The Jucy Lucy Experience

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

What do you do after failing to eat 30 Jucy Lucys in 30 days? You start a new jucy lucy blog where you break down "the experience" in general rather than in daily digests. Thus starts the latest jucy lucy blog to hit the interwebs. First post? Documenting a Famous Dave's ...

The Twin New Ballpark Needs a Jucy Lucy

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Shefzilla brings up a valid point about the new Twins ballpark: now is the perfect time for the Twin Cities to put its signature food on the map. And what is that signature food? Shefzilla left that up to his commenters to decide, but the overwhelming response to date has been ...

A Jucy Lucy Recipe from Food Mayhem

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Lon from Food Mayhem has a solid recipe for jucy lucy's that's worth checking out. Great photos too. The spinach option looks intriguing. Vegetables other than onions are a bit of a reach from the original, but I'd certainly give it a try.

Dueling Jucy Lucy Tours

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

Some of the finest Jucy Lucy blogging in the Twin Cities these days is coming from two women on separate parallel missions to find the best Lucy in town. Those women? Doniree and Emily. For example, both visited the Blue Door Pub this weekend and wrote up their experiences. It's worth reading ...

Revisionist Jucy Lucy History

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

More controversy surrounding the origins of the Jucy Lucy erupted on Wikipedia when an anonymous contributor edited the Jucy Lucy entry to credit Food TV star Rachael Ray with the culinary invention. This didn't last for long. Wikipedia user, Jonathunder, corrected this act of revisionist history vandalism one hour and 42 ...

International Renowned Comfort Food

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Iranian-born writer and director, Marjane Satrapi, shared the story of her discovery of Minneapolis' contribution to international cuisine during a recent interview with Rob Nelson. Travel the world over, but you won't find a better burger "The first time I came here, the [cab driver] told me, 'Oh, I will ...