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Matt's Bar

Restaurant famous for serving Jucy Lucy

Field	Value
name	Matt's Bar
image	File:MattsBar.jpg
image_width	250px
image_caption	Matt's Bar in June, 2014
established	1954
current_owner	Scott Nelson
food_type	American
dress_code	Casual
street_address	3500 Cedar Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota
postcode	55407
country	United States
coordinates
other_information	Founder Matt Bristol
website	mattsbar.com

Matt's Bar is a restaurant in south Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is known as one of two businesses that created the Jucy Lucy.

History

The bar was originally named Nibs prior to 1954 and was owned by Nibs Martin, who later purchased the Magic Bar and renamed it Mr. Nibs. Matt Bristol worked at Nibs. It was reopened with the name Matt's Bar in 1954. In 1998 Scott Nelson purchased the bar from the original owner Matt Bristol.

In a 1998 City Pages article, Cheryl Bristol, the daughter of bar founder and namesake Matt Bristol, told of how one day in 1954, a customer asked a cook to put two hamburger patties together and seal up some cheese in the middle. When the customer bit into the sandwich, he was heard to exclaim, "That's one juicy Lucy!"

On June 26, 2014, the bar's original owner, Matt Bristol, died hours before the bar he founded was visited by President Barack Obama.

In 2025 Matt's Bar launched a food truck that sells their famous burgers at various locations around the Twin Cities.

References

(March 12, 1997). "Matt's dispels report predicting the demise of Jucy Lucy cheeseburger". Star Tribune.
(2008). "Hamburger America". Running Press.
Boller, Jay. (2008-03-13). "Burger Battle". MN Daily.
Grumdahl, Dara Moskowitz. (August 12, 1998). "A Tribe Called Lucy". City Pages.
(March 24, 2000). "The Names Behind the Places". Pioneer Press.
(June 26, 2014). "Family: Original Owner Of Matt's Bar Dies Day Of Obama Visit". [[WCCO-TV]].
"Catering/Food Truck".
(16 May 2025). "Matt's Bar is bringing its Jucy Lucys on the road with a new food truck".
"Matt's Bar Food Truck".

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