EITM: Minneso-yagoin-ta 6/26/24

What a Twin Ci-tease!

Episode Transcript

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It dawned on me, I reallydon't have that complete of a list,
so we can walk in a Skywayfestival. Mal oh yeah, put that
down. Tour slash Tour and Welland Hooters, and that's all I have

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on our list. It dawned onme, I can't wait to go.
And I remember when when I wentto Minneapolis, well really Saint Paul.
I was like, it's awesome.I have friends that have lived there and
loved it. And then it dawnedon me, I really know nothing about
Minneapolis. Yeah, I'm kind ofthere with you. I know one type

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of food because we saw it onTriple D and make it at home and
it's delicious. But I could tellyou like who is the originator of it?
Or if it's just something you findin a lot of restaurants. Oh,
so would this be like like wein Buffalo, Oh, what was
the food? Juicy Lucy's what isthat? That's when you have the cheese

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inside the patty. Oh oh,I've never had that. I like when
it's inside the dog I've had.I've had like cheese filled hot dogs.
So I couldn't tell you, waitit's the original Juicy Lucy or if it's
something that juice you find all overthe city. So it's a cheese filled
hamburger more or less. Yeah,Oh, hamburgers make me nauseous, but

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it's all I want. I'll eatone when I'm there. What do I
care? Oh you have to,I'll barf like the like Hunter Green Juicy
Lucy. There's a bunch of recommendationsfor where to eat, but city's iconic
juicy Lucy. No, no,no, But is there is there a
I don't even want to say anoriginator. But like, for example,
I'll use I'll use Philly as anexample. Right, if you go to

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Philly, what are you gonna eat? Cheese steak? Of course, Well,
if you if you were to justlook up travel logs, it would
say go to Geno's or go topat I would tell you don't go to
either one unless you are like,oh my god, I'm gonna tish my
car. This is horrible. Yeah, that's what I said. I don't
know who, right, So,like I would tell you go to Della
Soandra. I mean, there's plentyof places that are like home of the

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original. Okay, that's like RaisPizza in New York. Everything is like
Ray's original. So we shtill haveno problem finding a juicy Lucier. Yeah,
but I want a good one.If I'm gonna get sick, I
want a good one. I'll checkthe travel logs. Oh, this guy
Matt's Matt's Bar is claiming to bethe original place, going back to the

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fifties. But is it good?What doesn't matter? Like sometimes the original
there's so much lore associated with thatplace, right, I'd rather just say
I had it there, then Ihad a great one at a place that
started right after the pandemic ended.Okay, Matt's even got t shirts that
have Juicy Lucy on. Oh dothey really? What does it look like?

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The owner? I mean it justit kind of looks like a neighborhood
dive. I'd be so into it. Is it? Do you know where
it is? Is it at thefestival grounds? Now? All right?
This says the original Juicy Lucy wascreated when a local customer asked for two
hamburger patties with the cheese in themiddle, and upon biting into this new
molten hot burger, he exclaimed,that's one juicy Lucy, and a legend

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was born. Yep, that easy. M hm. And this is in
Minneapolis. Where is this joint?Hey, Christian, will you find me?
Will you find me? Real quick? Will you find me people that
are either from Minneapolis, have familyin Minneapolis, or have spent any amount
of time in Minneapolis, please eightsix six to Elliott eight six six two

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three five five four six eight againreal quick. Somebody who has history with
Minneapolis, please living there, family, grew up, doesn't matter. Maybe
you live there now. Eight sixsix to Elliot eight six six two three
five five four six eight Worth mentioningwe accept cash and local checks, no
credit cards. Local checks, Idon't even know what that is, probably

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from people in the neighborhood to havelike a Minneapolis based account. I'll bring
cash. But you say it's Minneapolis. Obviously the festival is being held in
Saint Paul. I can tell youthis. We're staying in Minneapolis. Oh
okay, So then at some pointwe're gonna have to make our way around
the city and I want to Ohyeah, no, I'm dying too,
I will. I know we're goingon a skyway. The the mall is

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attached to the airport essentially, Andnow I have juicy What is the name
of the place Matts Matt's Bar andthey remove the got our flight stuff yesterday.
Oh, customer demand grew so quicklyfor the Juicy Lucy week forgot to
add the eye, so it's spelledj u c y no I and has

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now become a local culinary hero.If it's spelled correctly, you're eating a
shameless ripoff. Yeah, we're goingto match the only other thing that I
know I want to see. Ican't say the only other thing. One
thing that I do want to see. And this is just me being nerding.

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I do want to see the baseballstadium, like just to pass by
it. I don't have to goin it. I don't have to tour
it. I don't even know ifthe Twins are at home. I just
want to see the stadium. I'ma nerd like that. What is their
layout in terms of their athletic venues. Well, I know Excel is in
Saint Paul, but I think isn'tthe Target Center where the where the Timberwolves

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play. You've got the US Gymnasticstrials there. Okay, the uh that's
very current, that's happening. Ohthat's going on now? Yeah, no,
but that won't be there. Whenwe're there. No, but I
don't know if they're close. Ihave no idea. I know that the
baseball stadium is in Minneapolis in theHockey Era is in Saint Paul. Right,

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so there's a baseball stadium. Yeah, and then Target Center is right
there. Oh it's right next door. Yes, well essentially, so you've
got a complex. Sweet, allright, I want to see the baseball
stadiums. The only time anyone's everbeen excited to be told you have a
complex. Now, like when Ican see them, all, I'm excited.

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So I'm gonna eat a burger andI'm gonna look at a baseball stadium.
I need stuff. So we're inSaint Paul. Is the Excel.
It's not by where the festival.The festival is essentially right on the water.
Yeah, it's in that Harriet HarrietIsland or Harriet's Pond or something.
I don't know. The then Excelis in Saint Paul. And you're saying

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that, like I can picture thaton a map. I cannot. Well,
it's not I don't think it's righton the water. I think it's
close to the water, but Idon't think it's right on the water.
Cool Stadium Arena. Hi Elliot atthe morning. Hello, I hear you.

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Hello, I got you all right? Back on hold, that's all
right, that's all right. Lineone, Hi Elliot at the Morning.
Hey, this is Jen from Fairfax. Hey Jen, how are you do
you have? Do you have tiesto Minneapolis? Yeah? I grew up
in a suburb Rossi and Paul,So I've been in the DNB for about

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eleven years, but I grew upthere in my whole life. Now we're
like in terms of, like,listen, I'm stoked to go. Honestly,
I was there once and I rememberliking it, but we didn't do
a whole lot out of outside ofgoing to like the hockey game. What
is the Although now we have Matt's, we're gonna go to Juicy Lucy that
I'm very excited about. Give mesome notes, give melts. Yeah,

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I was gonna say Matt's. There'sthere's actually kind of a fight between Matt's
and the five A Club on whooriginated the Juicy Lucy. I'm a fan
of matt but five A Club alsodoes Juicy Lucy's and those ones. You
can choose the type of cheese getMats you just get straight up cheddar.
That's what I want. I wantMatt to decide. I want Matt to
decide what I'm getting exactly. Yeah. The other big thing, and you're

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gonna think this is dumb, butthe cherry and spoon sculpture is a major
setting for some reason in Minneapolis.The cherry and spoon, yep, cherry
and spoon sculpture. It's it's massive. It's like in many pictures of Minneapolis
Saint Paul. It's at the MinneapolisSculpture Garden. And is it like what

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is I mean? Is it literallya spoon and a cherry? Oh?
You know what, that's kind ofcool looking. Can you You can't sit
on the spoon, right? Idon't think so. No, But they
I think they just repainted it.It was a big deal for everybody.
And yeah, for some reason,it's you know what, that's kind of
cool though not what it reminds meof. Yeah, the shuttlecocks in Kansas

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City. Yeah, absolutely, absolutelyabsolutely, I'd be totally honest. It
is. It's cooler than cool.It's ice cold. I hear that later.
No, but this to me,now, you'll see this. I
bet in tattoos you'll see it onT shirts. And that was the same
thing with the shuttle cocks we had. We didn't get it. If you
have no idea, if you don'tknow, you don't know. And then

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you go to that art museum andyou see them all on the field.
But this is the same thing.That is that's that's really awesome. Like
for example, I'm not a I'mnot a Twins fan. I do want
to see the baseball stadium, soI would never go like, oh,
I got myself a Twin shirt,but I would wear a cherry and spoon
shirt. And again people would justeither go, that's a weird shirt.
But those who get it get it. That's awesome. That's a great one.

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Ma'am. Hey, can I askyou this? Yeah, everyone wouldn't.
Is the is the Mary Tyler Moorestatue in Minneapolis? Or do I
have that wrong? Yeah? Itis. It's downtown. It's not very
big, it's maybe the size ofher, not much bigger than a regular
person. But yeah, she's downthere. Because I remember talking about I've
never seen an episode of Mary TylerMoore, but I remember like people talking

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about you know, I can't rememberif it was redone or they polished her
face or whatever it was. Butthere was some with Mary Tyler Moore.
But that but that is there,right, that is there? Yep?
Well, I can put a CAP'sjersey on her. What was you doing?
Yeah, don't get people in thetown past and dinky Town and is

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another area. It's changed a littlebit. It used to be funkier.
But Bob Dylan, I believe,was there for a while. And that's
kind of a funky little place prettyclose to the University of Minnesota campus.
And what is it called, BinkieTown? Dinky Town? Yep, Well,
I like the name. Oh,I like the name. That's pretty
cool. All right, very good, you've been very helpful. You've been

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very helpful. Dinkytown, dinky Town. So Mary Tyler borrs right between Target
Center and Target Field, is itreally? And then US Bank Stadium,
so it sort of splits those two, the football and the baseball. But
then only a mile away is thatspoon Bridge and Cherry. Oh, we
got to do that. I gottatake my picture with both. It's a

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nice loop there. That's good.That's good. Oh, I like that.
I like that. Look at thatfirst call and we're out of time.
What is the long that's the thing. Yeah, by the way,
you can see from the Excel Centeryou can see the regional park where the
festival is. Oh you can it'sclose. Oh that's cool. That's cool.

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Hey, what is the what isthe really famous? Obviously Paisley Park,
but what is the really famous?What is the nine thirty Club?
Is it First Avenue? You alwayshear of that venue. I don't know
if people would say it's like thenine Club, but is But I feel
like it's a very famous venue forsure. Yeah, for sure. I
don't know. I know Soul Asylumbroke out of First Avenue. Where in

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town it is, I'm gonna guessit's probably on First Avenue. I hope
it's in our loop right of TargetCenter. Yes, yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes, yesyes. And they said it's so they
shall merch your downtown dance Attyria sincenineteen seventy. No, I don't want
to go to a dance attier.I mean that's what they call it that.
But it's a live venue. You'realso probably not going in. No,
I want to buy a shirt atten in the morning. I want

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to buy a shirt before the festivalstarts. I'm coming home with I've got
a Cherry and Spoon shirt. Youknow, I'm getting a mattz Berger shirt.
Yeah, I got juicy, Lucy. I got everything going on now.
I like my list that I'm puttingtogether. And you thought you were
just getting a Hooters T shirt atthe mall hi Elliet at the morning,
which I will do. Hi,who is this six three two one?

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Hey? Yeah, my name isZach. I actually work for the city
in Minneapolis. What like you workfor like like the electric company, or
like you like the board of Tourism. No, I technically I work for
the police department, but I'm anemployee of the city. You know what,
I'll say this, and listen.I know that there's obviously crime,

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there's crime everywhere. But I willtell you this. A buddy of mine
might actually my old buddy, BrianPhillips, he used to live he worked
in Minneapolis. He was a programdirector there. He said that, and
listen, Brian loses everything. Brianmust have lost his computer and his wallet
a hundred times when he lived inMinneapolis. And I asked you not,

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he said, he got it backevery single time. That it is that
the nicest people in the world andhe just like leaves it on a park
bench and somebody turns it in.No, like, he leaves it on
the hood of his car and drivesoff and it falls off. But he
always said the people in Minneapolis werethe nicest people in the world. Yeah,
I mean Midwest nice is definitely athing. There is parts of Minneapolis

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and Saint Paul that I would sayare worst another but for the most part
yet relatively safe, and everybody isfriendly and nice. Hey, where was
the where was the Now that we'regoing to Minneapolis, my computer is listening
to the show, so I getsent stuff. Where is the where's the
area where they found the body wrappedup in the mattress and the tarp in
the woman's car? That was likenorth or north part of the city.

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Kind of I doubt you would goup that way. Oh God, that
so far wrapped up in the mattressin the tarp. Yeah, you don't
have a choice. But that's anegative. Hit us with a positive.
Where should we go? Yeah,give me, give me, give me
something we should hit definitely, Andfor you guys would be first to have

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The outside wall has been signed byhundreds, if not thousands, of artists
who have come through there a bigthing for Prince. I mean otherwise the
sculpture park that was brought up withanother good thing that Juicy Lucy is definitely
something that I always bring out oftown people to to try because it's iconic

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for Minneapolis and it is pretty delicious. Yeah, the what you call it?
The is there Nanny Ben is fromMinneapolis. Is One twelve Eatery a
famous restaurant. I don't know ifI would say famous. I mean it's

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popular here. Oh yeah, NannyBen was like, go to one twelve
Eatery, Like, do they havehamburgers with cheese built into them? Yeah?
I mean most places here are goingto have some form of their version
of Juicy Lucy. There's a coupleof bars downtown that claimed to be the
first or the original, right,and you guys are talking about Matts,

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But yeah, I mean everybody kindof around here has their own their own
place. I got you. We'regoing to Matts. Matt's our joint.
That's our joint. Did you noticehe said first is it? Do people
know you're out of town or ifyou say first Avenue? Oh, that's
a good question. Do I justrefer to it as first average. Do
I just call it the dance ataria? No? I mean I I've never

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heard of a dancitaria. I meanit's it's pretty well known at a very
small venue. But like I said, it's I mean outside, it's all
signed by bands that have been therefor the longest time. Do people just
see Dave Perner walking up and downthe streets all over the place, Not
that I know of. Hey,here's the other thing, last thing,

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real quickly, can I put youon hold? I want to get your
number, God forbid Diane ends upin jail. I need I'm going to
need a police officer. Yeah,yeah, that would be perfect. I
would love that. All right,very good? Hold on, are you
going to the festival? Unfortunately,probably not. I have to work that
weekend, work the festival. Justtell everybody you're arresting me and take me

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to the festival. All right,very good, Hey officer, hold on
one second, Hold on one secondfor me, please, this is good.
Now getting all geeked up. Nowyou mentioned Paisley Park. Yes,
do you have any sense of wherethat is in the in the Twin Cities?
And is that like a I don'tfull day thing or well not for

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us it is, you know,but you know what I mean, Like,
do you have to do it infive minutes? You have to carve
out a few hours. Well youdon't have a few hours, right,
Yeah, the mal tour is likeninety minutes. The Why do I believe
that Paisley Park is Actually I don'tknow why I'm saying this Paisley Park Isn't
Paisley Park like forty five minutes outsideof the city. Oh is it?

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I want to say that it is. And I don't know why I'm saying
that. It is almost an hourfrom the festival site. There you go.
I don't know why I know that. Damn that is out there?
Like how far west it is?Okay, well, you know he doesn't
live by first have But what didn'the love the fame? Yes, if

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anybody was like put the spotlight onme, it was print ever seeing one
photo of camera. Oh here heis at Matt's and here he is at
the Cherry and Spoon. Yeah,I don't know why I knew that it
was like far away. You maynot see it, Diane, Hi Elliot
in the morning unless the jail isright there. Hello, Why am I

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going to jail because the cop needssomething to do because of that mattress sense.
By the way, that mattress incident. Dude, that story is bizarre.
They even go as far as totalk about what direction the head was
facing in the backseat of the car. Yeah, it's really bizarre. Anyway,
I'm sorry, Yes, who isthis four or five? Okay?

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This is Christy. I went tohigh school in Minneapolis about thirty years ago.
But you love polar bears and atKilin Park and Paul they have polar
bears. Here's my problem, though, I don't know that I have time
to go to go run around thezoo. Yeah, it's not in Minneapolis
Zoo. It's a smaller park,kind of like Maymar and Richmond. I

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got youa chan hassen chan hassen,right, But that's like I said,
that's got outside. I got thirtyminute drive from the Target center. Yeah,
yeah, you're not going to that. I'll be at Mary Tyler Moore.
All right, very good, verygood, thank you, ma'am,
thank you. Can I grab linesix real quick? Are you writing down
Como Park or no? What isComo Park? The one that she just

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said? No? Oh oh sorry, man. The well, no,
you do we I don't think wehave time to start going to a zoo.
What is it in our loop?In our loop it's in Saint Paul.
No, but she said it's nota massive zoo, it's small.
I'll write it down here. I'mwell, hold on, let me see.

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I'm going to check on the maphere, CMO Park, Como YEP
Park. And is that anywhere nearfirst av the dance Materia. It's probably
forty minutes from there. I'm checkingbecause we know first to have falls in
it. Let's see it at tenmiles. That's a long wall you get

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across the Mississippi. Oh, you'llcry seriously. If anything our show trips
have shown us limited time, ishow mighty and just awestruck that river?
Well, I mean makes you interms, do you want to get really

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much of the US? It covered? No, you want to be get
really sentimental? Yeah? Do youremember when well, of course you remember,
we all remember you cried when wesaw the Mississippi in New Orleans.
Yes, I know that's all theway down south. We're going to be
all the way up north. Yougot it. And it's the same river,
the same water that is going toflow through there and run right through

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Minneapolis, will make its way downto New Orleans. The whole steady lyrics
will be that much more poignant.Hi, elliot in the morning, Hey
is this same? Yeah? Hi? Who's this missus? Jordan? Hey?
Yes, real quickly? What canI do for you? Then?
I gotta get rolling, all right? You need to go find you a
local bar and go get a getinto a meat raffle and some poll tabs.

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A meat raffle, yes, ameat raffle, and some pole tabs.
It's right up your alley. Pulltabs like the old school beer cans.
Nope, it's gambling. So youput you go, you go,
get you a stack of these polltabs, however much they are. They
got different price points on them,and you get like three three of the

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same symbols in a row when youpull them. Then you win a certain
amount of money. But at thosesame establishments they do meat raffles where you
legit buy raffle tickets, and theygot coolers full of meat, ke bones,
ribs. This is beautiful. Theyby the way, by the way,
it's the best thing ever. Tylerjust pulled it up. There's like
a roulette wheel with meat all stackedunderneath it. Yes, Yes, it's

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amazing. Is there a barred oror a place best known for this?
Uh, they're everywhere everywhere. Weused to go to one that was clear
up north of the cities. Youcan't. That's where that body is in
that mattress. The cop told menot to go. There is there a
place that spells raffle without the eye, dude, If you don't think I'm

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going to meet to bring back that'sawesome, all right, dude, I
appreciate it. Thank you my foreverfor him coming with that luggage. No,
we have to go to get anew carry on. I'll get it
at the mall. Absolutely,