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Matt's Bar is a
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. It is known as one of two businesses that created the
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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!" It was depicted in an iconic painting by Michael Birawer On June 26, 2014, the bar's original owner, Matt Bristol, died hours before the bar he founded was visited by President
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. In 2025 Matt's Bar launched a food truck that sells their famous burgers at various locations around the twin cities.


See also

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List of hamburgers This is a list of notable hamburgers. A hamburger consists of a cooked patty of ground meat usually placed between two slices of a bread roll. Hamburgers are often served with lettuce, bacon, tomato, onion, pickled cucumber, pickles, cheese, and ...
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Jucy Lucy A Jucy Lucy (or Juicy Lucy) is a stuffed cheeseburger with the cheese inside of the meat instead of on top, resulting in a melted core of cheese. It is a popular, regional cuisine in Minnesota, particularly in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis an ...
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5-8 Club The 5-8 Club Tavern & Grill is a restaurant in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1928 as a speakeasy, the eatery is one of two Minneapolis establishments that claim to have invented the Jucy Lucy, Juicy Lucy cheeseburger in the 1950s, the othe ...


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