Good to know that Obama went to the right place for a Jucy Lucy.

[geardaddy]

[Brickbat]

1. Thank you for spelling it right.

Also, did you hear that Matt died a couple days before the visit?

[geardaddy]

2. Yes, I did.

According the article he died hours before the Obama visit. He didn't know that Obama was going to Matt's.

[dflprincess]

3. Sadly, Matt Bristol, the original owner, died a few hours before the president went to the bar

His obit includes the story of how the Jucy Lucy came to be (including the spelling).

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http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/265625981.html

For Matt Bristol, each Jucy Lucy he grilled was a work of art, the molten cheese melted just so between two pancake-size beef patties, and three pickles on the side.

With buns warmed and onions caramelized, he crafted each burger to such perfection that the orders routinely backed up whenever he was cooking.

At Matt’s Bar & Grill — the 3.2-beer joint he bought in 1954 — the burgers became an icon, and so did he.

Bristol died at 89, of nonsmokers lung cancer, on June 26. He never knew that a few hours later, President Obama ate a Jucy Lucy at the landmark eatery that Bristol had owned for 36 years.