Twin City taverns flip the cheeseburger inside out. ‘ooey, gooey sensation’.

The roots of the Juicy Lucy—oor Jucy Lucy, as it’s known in one place especially—aare cloaked in hazy mystery, as is the case with practically any great local culinary specialty.

Perhaps unique in this situation, the discussion centers on how to spell this delectable tavern-food specialty in and around the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.

Matt’s Bar in Minneapolis has the most firm and continuous claim to the original.

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At Matt’s in Minnesota, the name is spelled Jucy (no “i”) Lucy. The pub claims it invented the Jucy Lucy in 1954 because it dared to create a superior hamburger.

The cheese is pushed into the center of the beef patty.