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Cookbook author, model and all around exemplary specimen of humanity Chrissy Teigen caused a full-on fallout all over social media Thursday when she dared wander into the waters of Minneapolis cuisine. Teigen announced her presence in Minneapolis by soliciting restaurant recommendations and the people of Minnesota responded with an avalanche of enthusiasm and strong opinions.
Her initial Tweet, simply said, “...hi Minneapolis!! let's party. (eat)” was liked 16,329 16,329 times, retweeted 807 times and garnered 780 responses.
Eventually, of the many, many choices on where to dine in the Twin Cities, it is evident that the Jucy Lucy, a cheese-stuffed hamburger is a singular dish that we hang our dining hats on. Legend has it that either the 5 8 Club or Matt’s Bar created the original burger with the molten cheese on the inside, but the question as to who serves the best version of the dish. To say that debate is heated would be an understatement and this was something Teigen soon discovered.
I need a ton of juicy lucy's for my meeting today in Minneapolis. After 24 hours of extensive research, it is 5-8 vs Nook. Should I have a juicy lucy-off and get both? @andrewzimmern help!
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 16, 2017
At first, the cheese-stuffed burger novice considered comparing the two originals and then she basically got yelled at by all of the Midwestern-based Twitter users.
YOU ARE RIGHT YOU ARE RIGHT. NO 5-8. I MEANT MATT'S. MATT'S VS NOOK! Please don't kill me
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 16, 2017
Perhaps the 5-8’s fans aren’t active on social media, as she decided to drop that option and stick to either Matt’s Bar or St. Paul’s Nook.
She implored locally based, internationally famous chef Andrew Zimmern to help her choose, but he was in a car in Rome and knew better than to wade into this quagmire of a culinary Sophie’s choice.
Wow! You’ve caused a burger uproar!
— Andrew Zimmern (@andrewzimmern) November 16, 2017
I’m driving to Rome for dinner and all this burger talk is making me hungry
I would do Matt’s or Blue Door for a Jucy Lucy.
If I was home I’d make you some at our studio.
Have fun and see you soon...
In the end, she sent in a huge lunch order for the moderately sized, molten cheese-stuffed burgers from Matt’s Bar, who she’s on a formal first name basis with and addressed as Matthew.
I have never had such a passionate, heated debate in my mentions. Calling you soon, Matthew. https://t.co/eJ3MCdpezC
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 16, 2017
The Teig’s having spoken, Matt’s Bar is the evident winner in the great Jucy Lucy debate.
That wasn’t the only meal she had while in town. There was also a quick dinner at the North Loop’s lobster mecca Smack Shack.
Chrissy has left the building! Known foodie @chrissyteigen paid us a visit today. We were delighted to have her. Thank you so much and come see us again! pic.twitter.com/6yrUQ51CyP
— Smack Shack (@SmackShackNOLO) November 16, 2017
When those plastic bibs are worn as hats on runways next season, we can say the trend started right here in Minneapolis.