Jessie v. Food Part 2

Last weekend when Joe and I were making the 4 hour drive from Minneapolis to Minocqua we knew we would need something in our bellies to give us some good driving energy. We recently saw an episode of Travel Channel's Man v. Food where Adam was in Minneapolis trying to pick the best Juicy Lucy in town. There are two bars that are famous for the Juicy Lucy, Matt's Bar and the 5-8 Club. Adam never revealed a true winner but the Food Network's Food Feuds did and it was Matt's Bar. After looking at both websites it was clear to us that we needed to go to Matt's Bar because it was more of a dive and the menu was small.

The outside of Matt's Bar.

Right when we walked through the door we saw we were joining a line of customers. At first I panicked thinking we wouldn't have dinner for hours, but I calmed down after I asked the girls ahead of us how long we would wait and they said not very long. They were right, we waited at the most 10 minutes and were ushered to a back table by the one single waitress working that night. The inside of the bar was straight from the 1960s, brown vinyl and wood everywhere and dim lights. Somehow it seemed welcoming and not as dirty as it probably was. Once we sat down we did have a bit of a longer wait till we ordered. As I mentioned there was only one waitress and in addition to her there was one bartender and one cook....pretty low overhead. So we had plenty of time to look over the menu.

This was the menu at our table but they also have one large menu on the wall behind the bar.

You will notice that the Jucy Lucy is spelled without an "i". Apparently when the original menu was ordered the printer messed up and forgot the "i"; they decided to never fix the mistake. A Jucy Lucy is a hamburger stuffed with cheese, at Matt's Bar it is American Cheese. Once it is cooked on the grill top the cheese melts inside the burger, yum!

Joe and I ordered two Jucy Lucys, one large basket of fries, and two cold draft beers. It was a good thing we ordered the beers because it was probably a 20 minute wait until our food arrived....well worth the wait! The bartender delivered our basket of friends and two Jucy Lucys wrapped in waxed paper. She also warned to take small bites at first because the MOLTEN core can be rather hot. Well after my first small bite my molten core exploded onto the wax paper....guess my burger had a leak in it! After my initial disappointment I ended up dipping my burger in the cheese with every bite. The burger came plain although you could order it with fried onions on top. It was put a top a toasted bun and all we did was add ketchup.

THE MOLTEN CORE of the JUCY LUCY!

The burger was delicious and Joe's molten core stayed inside his burger! We thought it was crazy that there was just one cook and we could see him the whole time behind the bar.

The chef making a bunch of Jucy Lucys!! Note: That is not my head.

The meal was very filling and provided us a lot of energy for our trip through the state of Wisconsin. If you ever fly into Minneapolis I would highly recommend you stop by Matt's Bar for a cold draft beer and a delicious Jucy Lucy. You won't regret it!