Katie B.
Yelp
My husband and I have driven past Jucy Lucy countless times. Naturally a place that is called Jucy Lucy caught our attention, because of Minneapolis's famed Jucy Lucy burger, and because they have a quite large outdoor space that's covered with umbrellas.
We'd discussed stopping by for a burger several times, only to realize that it wasn't open. Harrumph.
Finally, this Saturday as we were making our way back from Brooklyn to Queens we saw people outside dining and knew that this was our shot to finally try it out!
The place itself is cute, you walk in through the side of the patio/deck situation and walk right into a dark, air conditioned bar, then directly adjacent to that door is another one that leads straight to the deck/patio. It was beautiful out, so when we were told we could sit wherever, we went straight to the deck. The thing was that it was just a bit TOO sunny outside and with the slowly setting sun, the nice, expansive umbrellas didn't do much. The staff, however, was very gracious and moved us as far into the shade as space would allow.
Once we were in the shade, we started reviewing the menu and the what the folks around us were ordering. Not a lot of evidence of the eponymous jucy lucy. I saw one burger labeled the Jucy Lucy, but it wasn't quite what I was expecting, just two patties with copious amounts of cheese on top of each patty. It was still a good burger, and at $12, I can't be mad at it. At $12, it's just the burger, but it's still substantial. We saw other folks with fries and they didn't look like anything to write home about, so we opted for the onion rings, which were good. The rings came with a little side of ketchup, our burgers did not. We had also requested a little side of mayo upon ordering our meal. It did not come with our burgers. I know it's a tough market for restaurants to get workers these days, but it seemed to be only two people in the front of the house, who were serving, waiting, and bartending. I feel for them, but we did have to ask several times for ketchup and the mayo - at one point I had to even go to the bar to inquire, when the waiter saw me coming in, he was like "your drinks are almost ready!" I had to remind him, that this was not what I was asking about and he ran like a chicken with it's head cut off to go retrieve our request.
Their cocktails on the other hand, I am told were tasty, though you may have to request the good booze, otherwise you'll get stuck with some well stuff that may not be up to your standards. BUT, they were served with a bright pink straw with a flamingo on it, so all was forgiven.
