Not a bad little day today. We made plans to go to the Cardinal Bar in Minneapolis and the first baseball game ever at Target Field. Jason & Tarsha Rice, Nate Pischke and me drove down to the 38th street light rail station which is right next to the Cardinal Bar. We jumped on the light rail and took that to the new ball park to watch the Gophers take on Louisiana Tech. The Gophers got their asses kicked but the stadium was beautiful!
After the Game we jumped back on the light rail and headed back to get out burgers. The Cardinal bar as Nate described it is a local watering hole. Its set in a neighborhood and had quite a few drunks in it at 4pm already. Including one guy that gave me bunny ears in our group photo. He was very apologetic and offered us beer from his pitcher to make up for it. The Cardinal large bar but is pretty dark and kind of out dated. Its your typical dive bar minus one thing. They have amazing hamburgers. They have a giant mural painted on the outside of the building and another giant mural painted on the inside of the restaurant. They just hosted an episode of food wars for the Travel Channel. The Cardinal was a neutral site to determine the winner between Matt’s Bar and the 5/8 Club which are both on our list. I am excited to watch it.
The Cardinal is known for their exceptional burgers and among those burgers is another Juicy Lucy. Jason and I both went with the Juicy Lucy with fried onions. I got onion rings with mine and he went with the fries. I can’t remember exactly what Nate and Tarsha got. The Juicy Lucy is a pretty good Value at $4.95 but does not include anything else. Fries are an additional $1.50 and onion rings were an additional $2.95. The wait time was about 20 minutes which is what the menu said it would be and pretty typical for a Juicy Lucy.
The burgers came in a basket with the sides and a pickle. I noticed right away that the buns were toasted which I love. Other wise it was a normal plain hamburger bun. I tries my onion rings first which I have to admit were some of the best I have ever had. I tried some of the fries also which were nothing special. The Juicy Lucy itself was so good which was a relief after last weekend at the convention grill which were so so at best. I put this Juicy Lucy right up there with the Nook for taste and quality. They lost a few points for atmosphere but other than that are in the running for best Juicy. The meat was perfectly cooked and the cheese was almost perfectly melted. Not quite the liquid mess that poured out of the Nooks burger but close.
I would stop by the Cardinal Bar for a burger anytime. It is going to be a great place to park by before a Twins game. I look forward to catching the light rail to a game and then going to get a burger right after. Make sure you read the street signs carefully because Jason had a parking ticket on his car when we got back to the vehicle. You can drive down another block and there is plenty of parking with no signs. I highly recommend a trip to the Cardinal; they had good service and plenty of room for a large party.
CARDINAL BAR
2920 E 38TH ST
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55406
Phone: 612-724-5837
Email: rrcasey@cadinaltavern.com
Website: www.cardinaltavern.com
Juicy Lucy Rating: 1-5
Atmosphere (3)
Presentation (4)
Bun (3)
Flavor (5)
Juiciness (4)
Cheesiness (5)
Value (4)
Side items (3)
Wait time (4)
Total Score 35 out of a possible 45
After the Game we jumped back on the light rail and headed back to get out burgers. The Cardinal bar as Nate described it is a local watering hole. Its set in a neighborhood and had quite a few drunks in it at 4pm already. Including one guy that gave me bunny ears in our group photo. He was very apologetic and offered us beer from his pitcher to make up for it. The Cardinal large bar but is pretty dark and kind of out dated. Its your typical dive bar minus one thing. They have amazing hamburgers. They have a giant mural painted on the outside of the building and another giant mural painted on the inside of the restaurant. They just hosted an episode of food wars for the Travel Channel. The Cardinal was a neutral site to determine the winner between Matt’s Bar and the 5/8 Club which are both on our list. I am excited to watch it.
The Cardinal is known for their exceptional burgers and among those burgers is another Juicy Lucy. Jason and I both went with the Juicy Lucy with fried onions. I got onion rings with mine and he went with the fries. I can’t remember exactly what Nate and Tarsha got. The Juicy Lucy is a pretty good Value at $4.95 but does not include anything else. Fries are an additional $1.50 and onion rings were an additional $2.95. The wait time was about 20 minutes which is what the menu said it would be and pretty typical for a Juicy Lucy.
The burgers came in a basket with the sides and a pickle. I noticed right away that the buns were toasted which I love. Other wise it was a normal plain hamburger bun. I tries my onion rings first which I have to admit were some of the best I have ever had. I tried some of the fries also which were nothing special. The Juicy Lucy itself was so good which was a relief after last weekend at the convention grill which were so so at best. I put this Juicy Lucy right up there with the Nook for taste and quality. They lost a few points for atmosphere but other than that are in the running for best Juicy. The meat was perfectly cooked and the cheese was almost perfectly melted. Not quite the liquid mess that poured out of the Nooks burger but close.
I would stop by the Cardinal Bar for a burger anytime. It is going to be a great place to park by before a Twins game. I look forward to catching the light rail to a game and then going to get a burger right after. Make sure you read the street signs carefully because Jason had a parking ticket on his car when we got back to the vehicle. You can drive down another block and there is plenty of parking with no signs. I highly recommend a trip to the Cardinal; they had good service and plenty of room for a large party.
CARDINAL BAR
2920 E 38TH ST
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55406
Phone: 612-724-5837
Email: rrcasey@cadinaltavern.com
Website: www.cardinaltavern.com
Juicy Lucy Rating: 1-5
Atmosphere (3)
Presentation (4)
Bun (3)
Flavor (5)
Juiciness (4)
Cheesiness (5)
Value (4)
Side items (3)
Wait time (4)
Total Score 35 out of a possible 45
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