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Matt's bar notes[edit]
Update to have menu;
Matt's Bar signature menu item is its Jucy Lucy cheeseburger which consists of cheese cooked inside a patty of Angus beef.[1] There is contention between the 5-8 Club and Matt's Bar, another Minneapolis eatery located 23 blocks south of the Matt's Bar on Cedar Avenue, about which establishment invented the burger.[2][3] According to the Matt's bar, they developed the dish in the 1950s.[7] The version served by the club is spelled Juicy Lucy, while the Matt's Bar iteration omits the letter I, resulting in a spelling of Jucy Lucy.[5]
Unlike Matt's Jucy Lucys, the 5-8 Club's Juicy Lucys are offered with the option of four different cheeses: American, blue, pepper jack, and Swiss. In order to avoid confusion in the preparation process, patties being grilled are tagged with colored toothpicks corresponding the type of cheese inside. The restaurant serves as many as 300 of the cheeseburgers each day.[1]
Referencing the different spellings of their respective burgers, waitstaff at the 5-8 Club have donned shirts imploring that "If it's spelled right, it's done right."[6] The club sells T-shirts reading "Free the Cheese" in contrast to shirts offered at Matt's that read "Fear the Cheese".[1]
Crispy, golden fried onions sit upon a green and white checkered paper. The 5-8 Club's onion straws In addition to Juicy Lucys, the 5-8 Club serves other dishes, including fried cheese curds, pork tenderloin sandwiches, potato wedges, and onion straws.[1][2] The Saucy Sally, a variation on the Juicy Lucy consisting of a secret sauce cooked into a beef patty and served with a variety of toppings (onions, cheese, lettuce, and Thousand Island dressing) is served at the eatery.[7] In March 2016, the 5-8 Club began its Brewer's Burger program, allowing a new local craft brewer to develop a limited-time burger–beer pairing each month.[8] The restaurant offers "free refills 'till you float" on beverages.[1]
Matt's bar notes[edit]
Update to have menu;
Matt's Menu has not changed since 1958[1] and has offered one flavor of the Jucy Lucy, [3]. Sell up to 500 on a good day circa 2008. Formerly called Mr. Nibbs, until the purchase by Matt Bistrol Matt's bar retaliated to the shirts from 5-8 club about the "right place" with shirt reading "If it's spelled correctly, you're at the wrong place."[4]
[1]:Page 125 Hamburger America 2008 George Motz 978-0-7624-3102
[2]: Menu https://web.archive.org/web/20060716234335im_/http://www.mattsbar.com:80/pictures/IMGP0714.JPG
[3]: Page 92 Unique eats and eateries of the Twin Cities 2017 Terri Smith 9781681061108
[4]: Andrew Zimmern's Field Guide to Exceptionally weird, wild, and wonderful foods 2012 Andrew Zimmern 9781250019295
[5]: Presidental visit http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/06/24/pres-obama-to-spend-day-with-mpls-woman-who-wrote-him-letter/
[6]: Whitehouse account of the bar http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/06/26/family-original-owner-of-matts-bar-dies-day-of-obama-visit/
