30 Jucy Lucys in 30 Days?

August 20, 2009 – 8:00 am
BloodyP is living life on the edge over at 30 Lucys 30 Days. Doing what? A Jucy Lucy version of The Julie/Julia Project. It looks like there have been some challenges to date, including a blow-out during an attempted bacon Lucy. Tune in for more exciting Jucy Lucy action.

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New Lucy Location: Barney’s Beanery Burbank

August 19, 2009 – 7:02 am
Juicy Lucy at Barney's Beanery Burbank, originally uploaded by revrev. revrev points us to a Juicy Lucy out in Burbank, California. Based on his review of the Lucy at hambur.gr, it sounds like they're still working out the details: It wasn’t necessarily bad, it just wasn’t good. The American cheese inside is, of course, the whole point of the Juicy Lucy, but it really just tasted artificial. They did manage to cook my burger rare, which I’m always pleased with, but the rest of the sandwich was just your average food-service buns and unripe sliced tomatoes. One way to solve the unripe tomatoes issue is to leave them off the burger. It's good to hear that the Lucy love is spreading.

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Another Jucy Lucy Tour Kicks Off

June 26, 2009 – 2:58 pm
A group of locals are two stops into a tour of Jucy Lucy establishments. They're taking things seriously with a website, Twitter hashtag, and photos of each stop to date. via the good folks at Heavy Table

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The Twin New Ballpark Needs a Jucy Lucy

April 8, 2009 – 3:12 pm
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 the Jucy Lucy.

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A Jucy Lucy Recipe from Food Mayhem

April 1, 2009 – 3:09 pm
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.

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Could Jucy Lucys Be More Green?

March 30, 2009 – 7:56 pm
Reetsyburger at You Are Where You Eat brings up an interesting point about the jucy lucy eco-scene: could they be more green? Cheeseburger eating challenges are hardly sustainable, but Shamrock's sources their buns from a local bakery, P.J. Murphy’s in St Paul, and burger joints selling the Twin Cities' famous Juicy Lucys could boast more local charm if they sourced local beef and cheese for the burgers. It's an interesting point, considering that many Jucy Lucy enthusiasts are also eco-conscious foodies who enjoy jucy lucys and also would like to know more about where their food is coming from. However, it's also a blue-collar bar food item where such conversations would be ridiculed. How should one reconcile this?

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5-8 Club Frontin’ on Wikipedia?

March 25, 2009 – 9:49 pm
A recent edit to Wikipedia's Jucy Lucy entry slipped in a plug for the 5-8 Club: It lasted a full 20 minutes on Wikipedia before the page was reverted to its former self.

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How to Make a Jucy Lucy at Home

March 16, 2009 – 7:08 am
Katie Cannon from The Heavy Table along with Jucy Lucy Restaurant's Ed Kohler break down how to make a Jucy Lucy at home in this video: Have you made your own before? If so, how did it work out for you? Do you have any tips to share?

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The Jucy Lucy = Our Philly Cheesesteak

March 10, 2009 – 10:58 am
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, our Cincinatti chili, our Brooklyn style folded pizza slices. For those of you that don’t know, a (traditional) Jucy Lucy is a burger that has American cheese cooked into the middle. However, one of the cool things about it is that, unlike those other local food traditions, the Twin Cities foster a spirit of experimentation with the Lucy. Different places offer very different takes, and that’s what I’m going to explore. Good luck on your journey, Tim. We're looking forward to your reports.

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Camacho Watcho Reviews Adrian’s Tavern’s Lucy

March 2, 2009 – 2:35 pm
As we've mentioned here before on Jucy Lucy Restaurants, Adrian's seems to differentiate itself based on the size of their Jucy Lucy. "Go big or go home!" appears to be their motto. Katie Cannon from Camacho Watcho checked in at Adrian's while armed with her camera and found the Lucy to be large but underwhelming compared to some of the other options out in the market today.

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