Posted by Erin Zimmer, May 13, 2008 at 11:00 AM
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 John T. Edge sagely put it, "Only those orange squares of vaguely plastic texture will achieve proper fluidity."
Watch the scalding-hot cheese gush out of one Jucy Lucy, recently gobbled down by our friend Grocery Eats. His was from Matt's Bar, the alleged home of J-Luce, though just across the street, the 5-8 Club also claims fatherhood but spells it "Juicy Lucy." Video after the jump. (Just three seconds, and you'll be hitting "replay," guaranteed.)
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Posted by Adam Kuban, June 12, 2007 at 3:44 PM
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 soft, undusted roll, and the cheese and attendant oils squirt out much like the juice of a fresh Shanghai soup dumpling; if you bite hearty, and most do, the cheese's trajectory and velocity can easily scald your boothmate's face. My only regret: I had lunch too early to wash it down with a Grain Belt Premium beer. Or five.
What I really want to know about, however (and, no, it's not burger related, but bear with me), is a place this story mentions in passing, Lou's Fish, "which features the very unlikely combination of smokehouse and motel."
Photograph from AP/ASAP
Posted by Adam Kuban, April 30, 2007 at 10:00 PM
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.
Posted by Adam Kuban, August 18, 2006 at 3:21 PM
From KARE 11 TV in Saint Paul, Minnesota:
A manger at the Burger King on Maryland Avenue in St. Paul says [Randy] Bailey pulled into the drive-thru lane and demanded an "F------" cheeseburger and a F------ order of fries."
According to criminal records, when employees refused to serve him, Bailey got out of his car and "using his hands, fists and feet as weapons," destroyed the drive-up window, causing more than $1,000 in damage.
Convict allegedly makes a costly burger run [KARE 11 TV]
