Minneapolis: Surprise Winner in the Battle of Juicy Lucys Between 5-8 Club and Matt's Bar

I went to Minneapolis eager to weigh in on the longstanding battle between Matt's Bar and 5-8 Club for Juicy Lucy supremacy. Both places had their strong points, but picking a winner turned out to be surprisingly easy.

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44 Comments | Posted by Daniel Zemans, September 22, 2011 at 1:30 PM
Tagged: 5-8 Club, AHT reviews, Juicy Lucy, Matt's Bar, Minneapolis, Minnesota, recommended, reviews, stuffed burgers

Minneapolis: Camel Burger at Safari Express

Jamal Hashi, the 29-year-old chef/co-owner of Safari Express, introduced the camel burger last year at the East African takeout restaurant Safari Express in the Midtown Global Market. Known as the "king's meat," camel is reserved for weddings and other special occasions in East Africa, said Hashi, who was born in Somalia and came to the United States when he was 11 years old. He decided to offer a camel burger after getting an overwhelming response from Minnesota State Fair goers who were curious enough to try "Camel on a Stick."

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8 Comments | Posted by Jenny Lee-Adrian, July 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: African, AHT reviews, camel, Minneapolis, Minnesota, reviews, Safari Express

Burger Jones Names Burger After Pilots

In response to Monday's incident of when two pilots landed on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis to get a burger at Burger Jones, the restaurant will name a burger after the pilots called The Mile High Club burger. Proceeds from the...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, January 14, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Tagged: Burger Jones, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Two Pilots Land on a Frozen Lake for Burgers

[Photograph: Jennifer Simonson, Star Tribune] Yesterday afternoon, two pilots landed their planes on frozen Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis to grab burgers at Burger Jones. Not knowing it was illegal to land there, they received tickets for parking illegally, reports WCCO....

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5 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, January 12, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Tagged: burger weirdness, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Burger Jones' 'Meat It Or Beat It' Challenge

[Photograph: Burger Jones] At Burger Jones in Minneapolis, crazy/suicidal eaters can take the Meat It or Beat It challenge: If you finish the Meat Your Maker burger in less than an hour, you win "an exclusive, open-casket-quality T-shirt" and/or $20...

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3 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, September 25, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Tagged: Burger Jones, megaburgers, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis Burger Flowchart

If you live around Minneapolis, Heavy Table has this flowchart to help you decided where to get a burger in the city and surrounding area....

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6 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, June 26, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Tagged: charts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

145-Pound Juicy Lucy-Style Burger

Photograph from TwinCities.com In an attempt to break into the Guinness World Records, the 5-8 Tavern in Maplewood, Minnesota, has created at 145-pound burger. But get this, it's done up Juicy Lucy–style. That is, it's cheese-stuffed. The patty itself...

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2 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 19, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Tagged: cheese-stuffed burgers, Jucy Lucy, megaburgers, Minnesota

Best Three Seconds: Watching a Jucy Lucy Ooze Cheese

A staple feature of the Minneapolis-born Jucy Lucy is the seven-ounce burger's molten core of cheesy ooze. As explained on AHT before, that's not extra-sharp cheddar inside a cooked meat patty but good ol' American cheese. As burger expert...

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15 Comments | Posted by Erin Zimmer, May 13, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: cheese-stuffed burgers, Jucy Lucy, Juicy Lucy, Minneapolis, Minnesota

'American Stomach' Digests the Jucy Lucy

The Associated Press's ASAP visits Matt's Bar in Minneapolis for one of the fabled joint's cheese-stuffed burgers: The Jucy Lucy itself is supremely satisfying -- not the best I've had, but several notches above average. It comes on a...

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2 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, June 12, 2007 at 3:44 PM
Tagged: Adam, countries, Minnesota, U.S.

Burger Impossible: The Jucy Lucy

A briefing for Ed Levine as he conducts "business" in Minneapolis... Note: This is why I'm not a videoblogger and why I'm not making movies in Hollywood....

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6 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, April 30, 2007 at 10:00 PM
Tagged: cheese-stuffed burgers, Jucy Lucy, Matt's Bar, Minneapolis, Minnesota, videos