Matt's Bar
Minneapolis, MN 55407-2339
Phone: (612) 722-7072
- Price:
- $
- Specialties:
- Dive Bar
- Best of Citysearch:
- Hamburger 2008, Cheap Eats 2006, French Fries 2006
- Hours:
- Mon-Wed 11am-12am, Thu-Sat 11am-1am, Sun 12pm-12am
Editorial Review for Matt's Bar – by Amy Goetzman
In Short
From the outside, Matt's looks like just another dark, old neighborhood corner bar sporting faded Grain Belt and Bud signs. Inside, it's just a long, skinny bar with a row of plain booths and a jukebox featuring the standard mix of classics. But legions of sports fans, families and locals make regular trips down Cedar Avenue to order thick, handmade burgers stuffed with bubbling, salty cheese and nestled against a heap of hot fries.
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Insider Tips
Where to SitJust about any order buys your seat for as long as you want it--which is why people do their homework and write their novels here.
Know Before You GoLock the car and don't leave anything tempting in it. This corner sees its share of break-ins.
User Reviews for Matt's Bar
08/21/2008 Posted by niquelouise
My boyfriend and I ate at Matt's first to try their "JUICY LUCY" and it was GREAT!! Very flavorful and my first one ever. The we went to the 5-8 Club. Nothing like Matt's. Matt's is ABSLOUTELY the BEST by far. 5-8 CLub's was very dry!!!! not MATT's!!!!!
Pros: THE BEST JUICY LUCY
Cons: Not a GREAT neighborhood because I live around here!!!! hehehehe
07/21/2008 Posted by edofloat
Okay, this place is a throw back to the fifties, in fact, I would have to say the decor is the same as it was when it opened. The fun of going to this place is that it totally flies in the face of uptight, rude high brow types. Yes it took 45 minutes to get our food, they had a waitress, a grill man and a beer tender. These people know how to work and work they did. It was amazing to watch how efficiently they ran the place. I was very pleased by the prices $1.25 for a tap beer? What year is it again? I must say the staff was friendly and the main feature of courses the Jucy Lucy. If your stuck up and think you're special and are in a hurry you better skip Matt's Bar. I have eaten in many high end restaurants and spent the previous three days eating out while in Minnie for business downtown and paying real money for a meal like $100 a person. Yes I'd much rather have been to Matt's and it was worth the trip out of the way. And if you can't figure out the neighborhood parking and can't figure out why your car got broken into, then there may not be hope for you. One of the comments below complaining about the bathroom really amuses me, if you need an extra clean bathroom and are expecting such in a place like this I have one bit of advice for the ladies, just hold it but most women can do that no problem, right? I for one recommend Matt's. I did not wait to bite into the Jucy and the cheese flew out on to the wax paper, but you can scoop it up with the fries and this burger was a gift, now my life is complete. Thank you Matt's and thank you Jucy Lucy!
Pros: Awesome burger, disgustingly greasy yet delightfuly tasty!
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