5-8 Club, Neighborhood restaurant in Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, United States
The 5-8 Club is a restaurant on Cedar Avenue serving a variety of burgers, sandwiches, and appetizers made to order. Its signature item is the Juicy Lucy, a burger with melted cheese sealed inside the patty, prepared with fresh ground beef.
The place opened in 1928 when the sale of alcohol was banned, operating as an illegal bar with a hidden garage for storing and moving liquor. This background connects it to a significant chapter in the city's past.
The back entrance serves as the main way customers enter, a nod to the building's hidden past when it operated outside the law. This entrance design reflects how the place once needed to stay inconspicuous.
You can order the signature burger with one of four cheese options, each marked with a colored toothpick so staff can keep track of orders. The menu also includes hand-fried appetizers like pickle chips and cheese curds to share or enjoy alongside your meal.
The kitchen prepares several hundred of these specialty burgers each day, showing how popular the dish has become in the region. This daily volume reveals something about the dish's hold on local food culture and visitor appeal.
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