Matts Bar
(612) 722-7072
3500 Cedar Ave S
Minneapolis,
MN
55407
44.9395
-93.2475
Neighborhoods: Powderhorn Park, Powderhorn
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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.
User Reviews
62266
April 20, 2009
My grandfather took my mom and her two sisters to MATT'S back in the 50's he drank LEINENKUGEL'S, they had JUICY LUCY burgers and shakes. I just went for the first time, great staff very nice as well as efficient. The place was packed, because of the great food, after a short wait my mom and I got seats at the bar. I had a LEINENKUGEL'S and a JUICY LUCY the place couldn't have been better.
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willin2try
April 08, 2009
You don't go to Matt's for the kind and sympathetic wait staff who have time to wash their hands every 20 seconds. You go to Matt's (it's a bar, remember) for beer and inexpensive, but great, burgers. And Matt's delivers! The Jucy Lucy's are amazing; and the fries are hot, the beer cold, the atmosphere is loud, eclectic and local (that's part of the fun), and the prices can't be beat. If you can't deal with an old-fashioned bar, a staff who work flat-out and have little time to coddle you, stay at home. But if you crave a great burger - head to Matt's!
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MattsICK
March 12, 2009
Today was my first experience in Matts. I was excited to have my first Jucy Lucy. My friend and I had went there today and right away things didnt go so well.When we got there, there was no seating except for 2 bar stools at the bar. The waitress asked us what we needed and we told her we would wait until a table became available and sit at the bar stools. Finally after what seemed like forever, a table became available. To my surprise the waitress who we ordered our food through sat the people that just walked in at the table. I asked the waitress why we had not been seated there. She then told me that since we were sitting at the bar, we will have to wait until there is no line to get seated at a table. So we had to eat at the bar. After being brushed off by the RUDE waitress, there was more yet to come. My friend and I noticed that they do not use gloves at this establishment. I mean i guess that would be okay if the wait staff washed their hands before handling the food with their bare hands, but this is not the case. We witnessed (since we were sitting right at the bar by the grill) the bartender go straight from handling money and running the register to picking up a burger with her bare hands, REPEATEDLY!!! THEN, to our astonishment, two of the burgers must have requested no onions because she then took the buns off two of them and brushed off the onions with her still unwashed filthy fingers and put the burgers back together and send the food to the table. Then after my friend and I finally recieved our Jucy Lucy's, we didnt receive our french fries. We asked the crabby bartender about our fries and she then threw a basket of fries on the bar in front of us and walked away. I do have to admit, those burgers were good, but is it really worth our health?? Disgusted...
read full reviewThe Details on Matts Bar
Where to Sit:
Just 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 Go:
Lock the car and don't leave anything tempting in it. This corner sees its share of break-ins.
Category:
Bars & Pubs, Neighborhood Bars, Restaurants, Taverns
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Cuisine:
Hamburgers, Traditional American
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Smoking Permitted:
Yes
