News About ‘Matt's Bar’
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Andy Sturdevant recently recalled how he spent his first 24 hours in Minneapolis after moving to the Powderhorn Neighborhood five years ago. Frankly, it couldn't have gone any better for him. Two stops at Matt's? Perfection.
We pulled into my new apartment, in a two-story house on Powderhorn Park I shared ...
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
Wendy at Two Dolla gives a run-down with pics from a first timer's jucy lucy experience at Matt's Bar.
The reviewer is 12 years old, so is getting a nice early start on a long life of Lucy's.
I agree with "The Kid" that the cans of pop are deceptively ...
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Tim at Champion of the Sun has kicked off a Jucy Lucy tour with a great write-up explaining what Jucy Lucys are all about along with a summary of his first stop at Matt's:
Tim’s Jucy Lucy Tour! Stop One: Matt’s Bar
Lucies are our Philly cheesesteak, our Chicago style hot dog, ...
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
CityPages' Kevin Hoffman stumbled across a filming of a Man vs Food at the 5-8 club this past Friday.
Minneapolis/st. Paul - City Pages - The Hot Dish - Man vs. Food visits 5-8 Club, Gasthof
The line was out the door, and we soon saw why: We'd blundered onto a TV ...
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
I'm often surprised by the reactions of foodies who are shocked to learn that the Jucy Lucy isn't some sort of highfalutin cuisine. This photo from amdahton (via andyinabox) captures the essence of a Jucy Lucy well:
It's not the kind of thing that's going to make the cover of a ...
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Friday, January 30th, 2009
Andy Sturdevant has discovered a photo of Matt's Bar from back in the day.
How far back? 52 years ago.
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Taylor breaks down the diversity of Matt's clientelle after being inspired by reading Minnesota Monthly's latest Best Burgers issue:
- on the new MnMo, Franken and Matt's
Living right next to Matt’s, I’ve been in the bar at all different hours of the day and have seen everyone kind of Minnesotan eating ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
The We Got Served blog has come out strong for the Jucy Lucy served up at The Nook:
We got served: The Nook
We actually have been to The Nook once before, prior to starting this blog, so this wasn't really a new dining experience. I ordered the same thing I had ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
Courtney from "Max & Courtney Make Monsters" shows how monsters dine on Jucy Lucy's at Matt's Bar.
A female monster with half a face attempts to sate her inhuman hunger on the Jucy Lucy, the legendary hamburger of Matt's Bar is south Minneapolis. Make up based on a design by ...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
A crew of Jucy Lucy afficionados met up at Matt's Bar earlier tonight for a quarterly Lucy event. Kirk and Anne have an ongoing tradition of dining on Jucy Lucy's at Matt's Bar on the spring and fall equinox and winter and summer solstice. I was luck enough to tag ...
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