Report from the Field II: Modest Proposal Examined

After Mass on Saturday evening we dropped in on Matt's place in South Minneapolis, an unannounced inspection of a hamburger joint that was supposed to be pretty good according to a recently published book.

And then after the matinee at the Park Square Theatre on Sunday afternoon, one of Steve Dietz's more linear plays, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, (see the surprisingly realistic struggle between Holmes and Moriarity at the Falls below) we did a similar check on Club 5-8, a little further down on Cedar Ave South. Both of these places had the specialties of two thin patties of beef with cheese in the middle served on a fairly good bun, and curiously enough both called "Juicy Lucys" though Matt's spelled juicy as "Jucy."


There wasn't much to choose between the two. Club 5-8 had some really good onions on the side and Matt's had a better bun, but as far as the hamburger itself they were very similar and very good, though not to die for. I would recommend them if you are in the neighborhood, maybe equivalent to a 1 star * place in a Michelin Guide. Both were friendly neighborhood corner bars with families there on a weekend early evening with pleasant waitresses (especially the one who recognized that we were strangers to Matt's and warned us that we needed to let the cheese cool down a lot before we bit into it and to be careful because it sometimes squirted out at odd angles.)