s bar in june 2014 restaurant information established 1954 current owner s scott nelson food type american dress code casual street address 3500 cedar ave s city minneapolis county hennepin state minnesota postal code zip 55407 country united states coordinates 44 56 21.94 n 93 14 51.12 w 44.9394278 n 93.2475333 w 44.9394278 ; 93.2475333 coordinates 44 56 21.94 n 93 14 51.12 w 44.9394278 n 93.2475333 w 44.9394278 ; 93.2475333 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 . 1 this bar was opened in 1954 . 2 in 1998 scott nelson purchased the bar from the original owner matt bristol . in a 1998 city pages article 3 cheryl bristol the daughter of bar founder and namesake matt bristol 4 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 2 on june 26 2014 the bar s original owner matt bristol died hours before the bar he founded was visited by president barack obama . 5 references edit matt s dispels report predicting the demise of jucy lucy cheeseburger . star tribune . march 12 1997 . a b boller jay 2008 03 13 . burger battle . mn daily . retrieved 2009 11 30 . grumdahl dara moskowitz august 12 1998 . a tribe called lucy . city pages . the names behind the places . pioneer press . march 24 2000 . family original owner of matt s bar dies day of obama visit . wcco tv . june 26 2014 . retrieved june 27 2014 . this us based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title matt % 27s bar & oldid 743566162 categories buildings and structures in minneapolisdrinking establishments in minnesotarestaurants in minnesotarestaurants established in 1954united states restaurant stubshidden categories coordinates on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 06 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view