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As one of the dueling "original" Jucy Lucy restaurants (5-8 uses the "i" in its Juicy), you'd expect the 5-8 Club to offer a classic rendition. And so it does, serving up a large, competent patty stuffed with plentiful (if not terribly flavorful) American cheese. The onions are a stringy, caramelized mess, but otherwise the bun and toppings are of solid quality. The club is surprisingly antiseptic and chain-restaurantesque, but that cuts both ways; it's easy to get seated, and there's plenty of room.
5-8 Club has dedicated the entire month of November as a celebration of the Juicy Lucy. Events include a speed-eating contest, a canned food drive, and various giveaways. Festivities began this morn... More »
The 5-8 Club has declared November as Juicy Lucy month, and to celebrate they're giving away free Juicy Lucys from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Monday at all three locations in Minneapolis, Champlin, and Maplewo... More »
We're serious when we say only the original Ju(i)cy Lucy will do. But the latest trend around town is expanding the selection of Juicy Lucy burgers to include the weird and flat-out disgusting oozing ... More »
The cheese-stuffed Ju(i)cy Lucy hamburger is a south Minneapolis icon, a native-born food with murky 20th-century origins and a penchant for provoking arguments. In the spirit of "news you can use," we present a fact-driven evaluation of three... More »
burgers. cheesy burger. fries. beer.
I think this place has the best Juicy Lucy's
I've been here on two occasions and both times were wonderful, though busy. And the Juicy Lucy's exceeded their hype and beat Matt's by far! And the vintage movie posters decorating the walls are an added bonus!
Just as Geno's and Pat's stubbornly battle for the title of Best Cheesesteak in Philadelphia, so too are Matt's and the 5-8 Club locked in an eternal struggle over who created the cheeseburger that has been called "the Cheesesteak of south Minneapolis": the Juicy (or Jucy) Lucy. The sandwich exerts so great a gravitational pull on the local imagination that an entire website has sprung up to taste the Lucy in all its incarnations, with the eventual goal of naming the best in town. Matt's... More »
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