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user-inactivated  ·  4068 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: National Sandwich Day map: Hubskiers in the US, do you agree with the choices from this Slate piece?

Juicy Lucy is right for Minnesota for sure. I couldn't think of what it would be before I looked at the map, but Juicy Lucy is definitely accurate. I'm partial to the Bangkok Blucy from The Blue Door in St. Paul.





AlderaanDuran  ·  4068 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You live here in the cities? The Blue Door Pub is my favorite in town for Lucys! Love the Bangkok, love the Blucy classic, and love whatever the one is with peanut butter on it. The regular Bacon Blucy is probaby my most ordered though. I don't get the whole Matts or 5-8 Club fanboyism, they are okay, but I like the Lucys at The Blue Door or The Nook a lot better.

They opened a second Blue Door Pub in the Longfellow neighborhood in Minneapolis with the same menu, which is great, because the one in Saint Paul is always so packed.

user-inactivated  ·  4068 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    You live here in the cities?

I live just off Grand Ave in St. Paul.

    I don't get the whole Matts or 5-8 Club fanboyism, they are okay, but I like the Lucys at The Blue Door or The Nook a lot better.

I've never tried Matts or 5-8 Club, so I wouldn't know! The Nook is awesome. A group of my old college friends go there every Thursday so I'm there all too often.

    because the one in Saint Paul is always so packed.

I've had to change lunch/dinner plans many times because of this.

AlderaanDuran  ·  4067 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I live just off Grand Ave in St. Paul.

Nice, lovely area. I was born and raised in Saint Paul, went to Arlington High School (which people don't believe me how ghetto it was or the storie I have) lived downtown, lived near O'Garas off of Hamline/Summit for awhile, lived in the Como area for awhile, and most recently lived down on W. 7th in those newer apartments by Davern. I prefer the Saint Paul lifestyle to Minneapolis, it's a big city, but it's also quiet and laid back most of the time. Plus it has my favorite bar in the world, The Happy Gnome.

I'm no longer a resident though, I bought a house in Eagan with my now wife last year. Chose Eagan because I don't ever want to be any farther than that from Saint Paul.

Nice to know there's another person on Hubski from the STP though. :)

user-inactivated  ·  4067 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I prefer the Saint Paul lifestyle to Minneapolis, it's a big city, but it's also quiet and laid back most of the time. Plus it has my favorite bar in the world, The Happy Gnome.

Amen to all of this! Absolutely love the Gnome. I'm originally from Rochester but moved up here in 2009 to go to school at Hamline. I was hoping to move closer to the Cathedral Hill area but I'm definitely liking where I'm at now. I have a buddy who's living over on West 7th right in that same area.

Well if there's ever a Hubski meetup in the area at least we'll know there'll be at least two of us! :)

cov  ·  4064 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hah, Rochester. Everyone leaves Rochester, it's pretty terrible.

user-inactivated  ·  4064 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah. It was a nice place to grow up and it's nice for families. Safe, decent schools, etc. Just a pretty boring place to be a teenager/young adult. A lot of the city feels like a suburb too, which can be annoying.

It sounds like Mayo is really making a concerted effort to bring in young people and make it more of an urban center with better public transit. Hopefully that works out well.

Are you from the area?

cov  ·  4064 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I grew up there, and unlike most other people, didn't head up to the Twin Cities, but I'm still in and out of Rochester and the cities every so often.