News About ‘Matt’s Bar’
Sunday, March 25th, 2012
Mad Men's back, and there is a Jucy Lucy connection. Seriously.
While the NY Times didn't get the spelling right, they did manage to tough on Minneapolis' contribution to international cuisine in their interview with Vincent Kartheiser, better known to Mad Men fans as Peter Campbell:
EATING I had a Juicy ...
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Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
The Hennepin County Library's Tumblr account has a write-up of visits to the homes of the two rival originals: Matt's and 5-8 Club.
Also, bonus pics of Matt's Bar from 1953. If those pics were all you had to go on, do you think you could find Matt's today? Some things ...
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Sunday, February 20th, 2011
Illuminous 3's new video for Midtown Livin' breaks down life in Midtown Minneapolis, including taking on the Matt's vs. 5-8 Club debate at 1:20:
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Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
It's good to see visitors to Minneapolis being treated to our city's contribution to international cuisine.
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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 ...
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
Scott Barnard alerted us to a Huffington Post article about different types of burgers, in which Minneapolis' own Matt's Bar gets a shout out:
Before the cooking begins, take a thin patty, top it with a wad of yellow or blue cheese, and then another patty. Pinch the edges together thoroughly and tightly ...
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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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