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Nordeast Bars by Perfect Landing
Endorsing Northeast Minneapolis drinking establishments, but not usage of the nickname “Nordeast.” I have yet to hear anyone who actually lives in Northeast use the word… (correct me if I’m wrong)
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I, for one, would love to attend a tumblr meetup Matt’s — mainly because I almost never make it to the home of the “original” Jucy Lucy, and would love to have an excuse. Then to Dusty’s?
Dusty’s Bar, Minneapolis by Tim Kiser
The fallout continues from my Jucy Lucy post. You must understand that the southside was a strange and mysterious place to me with their “two burgers with cheese in the middle”. I mean, my uncle was a bartender here and I ate the Dago sandwiches until they came out of my ears. I haven’t gone to Matt’s yet to correct my lack of Jucy Lucy appreciation, although Andy emailed me not that long ago about getting together there.
Maybe some good can come out of this and we can set up a Minneapolis tumblr Jucy Lucy meetup at Matt’s in the near future. Event planning is not my strong point *cough* Colin *cough*, but if people want to reblog or email me (stuffaboutminneapolis@gmail) maybe we can work something out. The first question would be do we have it before or after the holidays? And so it begins….
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]Occasionally as I’m out and about in my adopted home of NE Minneapolis, I like to play a little game: in any given location, look around and count the number of church steeples (or domes, as the case may be for some of the Eastern Orthodox churches) within visible range. The minimum score seems to be one, and I think I’ve maxed out at about five.
This area is known for the ubiquitous houses or worship, but an unacknowledged side-effect is the frequently audible church bells. It’s also one of the simple things I love here — they’re pleasant to listen to, and an occasionally useful reminder of the passage of time. Lately, however, I’ve become aware of a strange and somewhat unsettling phenomenon:
Nearly every time I hear church bells ringing, AC/DC’s “Hells Bells” pops into my head.
What to make of this? Not sure. I’m not really even an AC/DC fan, I don’t think I’ve ever owned one of their albums in entirety. And I’m sure there’s plenty of fascinating history behind the tolling bells — that some might revel in the years of tradition they represent. But here I am, waiting for the guitar riff to kick in.
In the epic battle between loud music and established tradition, chalk this one up as a victory for Rock ‘n’ Roll.
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One of the things I’ve been meaning to write about here for a while is the Northeast Audio Walking Tour Workshop, which I have been participating in for several weeks. It’s a diverse group of 25 Northeasters, and the goal is produce three different audio tours of Northeast Minneapolis.
The group I’m working with is mainly covering the Bottineau Neighborhood, and one of the stops on that tour is Jax Cafe. Jax has been in the Kozlak family since 1910, and is quite a fixture here in NE. Their website has a decent amount of historical information, including a menu from bygone days that features $1.75 sirloin steak and a healthy selection of booze — I’m intrigued by the “Zombie (???)” under “Fancy Drinks.”
So here’s where you come in. I’m hoping to get a few folks who have encountered the Jax Cafe patio to recount their experiences on tape. This would be a pretty minimal time commitment, and part of your interview would hopefully end up on the audio tour — which will be available in NE libraries and as a podcast in August.
Interested? Shoot me an email: amdayton at gmail dot com.
(photo by anglerove on Flickr)
