We saw this place and knew they had their own version of a juicy Lucy (where they stuff the burger with cheese) The blue door has the "Bluesy" which is blue cheese and garlic. We sat ourselves and our server came fairly quickly. I had read the reviews saying the service is slow. Do keep that in mind. We had plenty of time and this places wasn't too busy at the time we ate. It appeared to be one, may be two servers on. The ambiance was cool but the bottles in the cases are VERY dusty! The tables also felt a bit sticky. Not dirty, just like a coating is coming off? The food: we got a beer and sangria. Both were excellent and came fairly quickly! We got the smoky wings and those had a nice dry rub on them! The ranch was garlicky and runny (sooo good) The bluesy was cooked well and had a good flavor! The fries were basic. **Traveler beware! We couldn't stop burping after this meal and with all the garlic it smelled gross! Would not recommend if you are getting on a plane super soon! The wings would be safe hahaha. Overall this place is pretty average. If you don't see them busy, they could be worth going in. read more

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Two part review - service and food. 1. Two wait staff on duty, a woman really hustling because it was busy and the other, a guy who did his job but at a pretty leisurely pace. I'm curious how much more she made in tips at the end of the day. $$$ 2. I wonder how this claims to be a 'St. Paul Original'. Maybe because the real 'Jucy Lucy' is Matt's Bar in Minneapolis and not in St Paul?? I have been to the two famous contenders, Matt's and the 5-8 Club. Both good but Matt's has always been the best IMHO. The Blue Door at MSP is not even close to either of those. The tots were good, the 'Bacon Blucy' burger was fair. Both delivered to the table kind of luke warm+. No worries about scalding melted cheese here. Flavor was OK but little bacon or even bacon flavor. There was no 'condiment caddy' with catsup, mustard, salt/pepper, etc. Diet cola was excellent. My own impression: this is a wannabe but I'm not aware of any history of the Blue Door version of a juicy Lucy. I assume the name is legal since they don't actually call their burger a 'Jucy Lucy'. The Como and Longfellow locations get better ratings. If I had the time and a vehicle I would have gone to Matt's! Besides....the last time I was there I got to sit with Bob Lurtsema!! read more

As an airport option it was ok, but $17 burgers that don't even include a bag of chips...service was good, it's actually in a nice food court atrium with runway views. read more

Blue Door Pub - Impossible burger with tots - chicken sandwich - Pubs Near Me - St Paul, Minnesota

Yeah honestly a pretty miserable experience at the Minneapolis St. Paul airport. The main reason I'm giving such a low score is for the negligent service. If you're trying to grab a quick meal while you're at this airport for a layover, avoid this place!!! The waiters are super slow, even if it's not that busy and with constant reminders. My entire experience here took almost 2 hours!!! A long time to get a menu, a long time to take my order, a long time to make my food, and finally, a long time to bring me my check. I was low key considering dine and dashing lmao. The food itself was also incredibly underwhelming. I decided to try the juicy Lucy, which is a regional specialty where the burger has melted cheese in the middle. My burger had like a tiny block of cheese in the middle. It wasn't even runny. Below average burger tbh, you could do better at Carl's Jr or Wendy's. The ambiance is alright, the venue has a couple of tvs playing sports. But the service overall is slow and terrible. Looking back, avoid Blue Door at the airport. You might miss your connection. The food on the airplane might even be better. read more

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The service is just... like laughably bad. Fire everyone front of house. Irredeemable. The bar tender too. Just clean house at this point.

This spot is fine for an airport restaurant, but nothing worth going out of your way for. The space itself is great with tons of seating and a nice, open setup that makes it easy to relax before a flight. The salad was actually the highlight. It was way bigger than expected with super fresh, crunchy lettuce. Definitely exceeded my expectations for airport greens. Unfortunately, the chicken was a total miss. There was barely any on it, and the upcharge for the small portion was ridiculous. Service was extremely slow. I wouldn't recommend eating here unless you have at least an hour to spare before boarding because everything from ordering to getting the check took forever. All in all, it's an okay option if you're not in a rush, but between the overpriced add-ons and sluggish service, there are definitely better choices in the terminal. read more

Blue Door Pub - Caesar salad with grilled chicken - Pubs Near Me - St Paul, Minnesota

We are blessed in Minneapolis for having a 5 star airport. Every single step of the experience is stellar. From the airport agents before security, to the fast & efficient security lines, to the food in the terminals - you can't go wrong. I'm not usually one to eat at the airport, but due to the timing of my flight I needed to eat something. Lucky for me, we have lots of options. I settled on a sit down staple - Blue Door Pub. This is an outpost of the brick and mortar locations in the Twin Cities. I started off with a giant glass of Sam Adams Octoberfest. Tis the season and all. It was the only Oktoberfest they had on draft and man was I feeling it. I then got a lighter meal, as I don't like to feel stuffed while on the plane (and know I will eat PLENTY of snacks). I got the Bowl-o-rama. This is lettuce, tomato, red onion, crema, green onion, cilantro coconut rice, avocado, and corn salsa. I topped it with grilled chicken for a little bit of protein. If you are in MSP Airport - you can eat here with confidence! ___ read more

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I am so impressed with Blue door! We searched for the best restaurants in the airport and this came highly rated. We have been to the location by the U and have always loved it. We arrived early for a dinner before our flight and I ordered the bacon blucy. It was exactly as described cheesy on the inside with lots of bacon bits. It caked with pickles so it was a good to have something some what fresh. My husband had a blucy as well and he ordered the tots. I thought paying for only one side of tots would be enough for the both of us and it was. Since the blucy doesn't come with a side of fries or tots just getting one order is the way to go. I thought the service was fantastic and food great! Will definitely be coming here again read more

Blue Door Pub - Pubs Near Me - St Paul, Minnesota

My first time in the Minneapolis airport and this place was right under my gate (C26) and I'm obsessed. The place was pretty empty when I was there so my mom and I sat at the bar and immediately were greeted and taken care of. This is the perfect restaurant/bar to hang at while you wait for your flight for numerous reasons. First, there is plenty of tables and bar seats, and some even have chargers at them. Second, staff is friendly and attentive. Third, although I didn't eat anything the food looked so yummy. If I had more time I would have ordered some. Also, there is a bathroom right next to it hidden in the back under the stairs so it is very empty and private which is rare for airport bathrooms. There is also a water bottle refill station right outside the bathroom. Highly recommend this place if you're in terminal C and have time. read more

Stopped to grab a drink and a snack before our flight. The cocktails were well made, especially the espresso martini. We tried the juicy blucy was which was nice as well. Our only complaint was that everything took a little longer than we expected. read more

Blue Door Pub - Pubs Near Me - St Paul, Minnesota

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Keep walking! This is airport dining so make sure you are in NO HURRY to catch a plane. My meal took well over an hour from sit down to payment. Understaffed and food is a major let down. Ordered their Classic Juicy Lucy and it was not even close to juicy or lucy! The burger was tiny and so overdone that it didn't have any flavor, and the cheese that is supposed to pour out when you bite in, was non-existent. Such a let down because this place used to be better. Burger, horrible, and tots were not much better! Over cooked too. My suggestion is that if you want "sit down" dining, eat before go get to the end of terminal C or go back to the fast food court and eat at Smashburger if you want a decent burger. read more

Blue Door Pub - Bacon Blucy w/tots - Pubs Near Me - St Paul, Minnesota

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In Minneapolis International Airport in St. Paul, I was pretty starving. I stopped by The Blue Door Pub, hoping to find a salad. On the menu posted on the wall, I noticed they had the Bowl-o-rama salad. The Blue Door Pub has a very relaxed bar look to it. I ordered the salad, my travel partner got a beer. My salad was brought out pretty quickly. It was very large, but it wasn't super fresh. This salad had some nice flavors in it from the corn salsa, and from the cilantro coconut rice. The lettuce wasn't the freshest. There was also avocado, onion and tomato in this salad. The rest of the vegetables were pretty fresh. The waitress forgot to bring the beer. When she was reminded about it, she didn't charge us for it. The Blue Door Pub is a good place to get a quick bite or a beer at Minneapolis International Airport. read more

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Great service. Great airport price. Delicious food. Iced cold fountain coke too. Yum. read more

Blue Door Pub - Bacon bluccy - Pubs Near Me - St Paul, Minnesota

I had the crispy chicken cesear salad. It was delicious! A great portion of all components. The dressing is a little untraditional but really good nonetheless! I sat down at 1130am and left at 1210, so I wouldn't recommend if you're in a huge rush. The service was good though! The space is cute and there's plenty of seating for all solo or group travelers. Would stop again! read more

Blue Door Pub - Crispy chicken cesear - Pubs Near Me - St Paul, Minnesota

Stopped here since it was one of the places with large seating. The sign when entering says seat yourself so I did, then proceeded to wait 20 minutes until I flagged down a server - who was extremely rude. An example of the rudeness- walked away while I was ordering (I was trying to order a burger and fries and she was walking away as I said burger, I didn't even get a chance to finish talking). I also try not to be rude to others, so it was not like I was yelling after her to call her back, I just let her walk away. Spent over an hour here waiting to order, waiting for food, waiting for the check. Since I spent so much time here, I can tell you for a fact that the restaurant is disgusting. Plates are cleared from the tables but NOTHING is wiped down. Tables are held up by crumpled up napkins (which is actually the only photo I have of the place). The food was ok, but knowing how gross the tables were I don't even want to think about how gross the kitchen is. I regret going here so much! read more

Blue Door Pub - Pubs Near Me - St Paul, Minnesota

The thing about here is that The Blue Door Pub is famous for having one of the best juicy lucys in MSP (metropolitan area, not just the airport). Given that information and the existence of this place in the airport, I had to give it a try, knowing exactly what to focus on. I had a 4 hour layover coming from Seoul, so I figure the time is perfect. Some of the reviews talked about long wait times for the food here, and sadly I experienced similar, with my food not coming until 30 minutes later. Again, thank god I have a 4 hour layover so it didn't bother me too much, but I can see how it'll drive someone nuts. I had the bacon blucy, which is smoked bacon cheddar cheese and bacon inside the burger patty. It was good enough for me to consider trying it again at a branch outside the airport, but my impressions were lukewarm compared to the hype this place gets. I've been to The Nook before, and as of right now I do like their juicy lucy more, but again perhaps a future visit will say otherwise. Service was, as mentioned, slow. On par with the other reviews. My recommendation is if you have less than 2 hour layover, I wouldn't come here. read more

Stopped here when traveling through MSP. The ambiance was fine, playing some classic rock at a reasonable volume. Several different TVs had a variety of shows going between sports and food channel. The server I had was timely, attentive, and friendly without being overbearing. I ordered the bacon blucy and the Minnesota sampler platter (I hadn't eaten for about 8 hours at this point). Needless to say my eyes were much bigger than my stomach. The burger was disappointing to say the least. The patty wasn't well seasoned and the interior was lacking a significant amount of cheese - to the point where I didn't taste any until about the last bite. The sampler was a medley of typical deep fried goodness. Nothing overly audacious but nothing significantly better than any I had before. The cheese curds could've done with about a minute less in the fryer seeing as how they were all exploded on the platter. Overall I'm unsure if I'd give it another chance. The food and the cost (I know airport prices but still) being my main concerns. The other aspects of the restaurant were fine for what I had been expecting. read more

Food was ok. I had a rice bowl. Thought it was weird in the salad section. Well it turned out it was a salad with a scoop of rice along with a bunch of other stuff. It was good. Kinda dry but that was fine I'm trying to lose some weight. Wife's says the Cobb salad was very good. Lots of TVs with sports on. Nice place to kick back during a long layover. read more

Blue Door Pub - Inside - Pubs Near Me - St Paul, Minnesota

If you're flying out of Gates B or A in Terminal 1 at MSP, this one of your best meal options. Although the Juicy Lucy's here don't pack the punch of the original Blue Door, they are still solid. I'm a fan of their breakfast menu too. Friendly staff. read more

Debated three stars, but the service (or lack there of) dropped it down to two. Our waitress was completely emotionless, didn't seem to want to put any effort into her job, and never even came by when we needed her. Walking up to it, you'd expect things on the slightly fancier or nicer side. Unfortunately was quite the opposite. The menu is very limited, and the food as well. Portions were pretty small for what you paid as well (yes, even by airport standards). Definitely a pass for next time! read more

Blue Door Pub - people sitting at tables - Pubs Near Me - St Paul, Minnesota

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Decided to check this place out as I needed more protein to balance out the carbs from the falafel plate. It should be noted that none of the burgers here are gluten-free as the add breading to the burger meat. Service - 3*. I didn't see anyone when I came in and had to pull up the menu on my phone. Then after I was ready to order and went to the bar. The waitress showed up with a menu. Let her know I was ready to order before she disappeared. At the end of the meal before I could even ask for an Irish Coffee she brought the check and asked if I wanted another Arnold Palmer. I guess no coffee? Ambience - 3*. It's at the complete end of the C gates near nothing else. Not a good view (gate just out by the window) and relatively open seating. Charging ports at the bench seats. Standard Blucy - 3* not sure what's so special about it. There's not a lot of blue cheese but what is there flavors the meat well. It's just that not all bites will be like that. In addition, less pickles than the Bacon Blucy. Overall, not worth $11. Bacon Blucy Burger - 2* what kind of BACON stuffed burger has neither bacon nor cheese?!?! I dare you to identify the bacon in my pictures. Those of you old enough to remember the "Where's the beef?" commercials; that sums up my feeling on this burger. There was less cheese than the Blucy and more pickles to make up for the bland flavor. There was no identifiable bacon in either the cheese or inside the burger itself. Not worth the $0.40 upcharge from the standard Blucy. read more

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Keep on walking. Trust these bad reviews...There's a McDonalds close by that will make you a better burger. I was looking forward to a stuffed burger. Instead I got a dry falling apart meat sculpture with no cheese and no flavor. The only redeeming quality on my plate were the crunchy tots. Which are really hard to mess up. Ore-Ida froze them perfectly. I hope whoever in management reads this does something about the lackluster quality. The bartender was personable but lost credibility when she handed me the crumbling hockey puck with a pickle. If you decide to eat here anyway...may the odds be ever in your favor... read more

There was a line at the bagel place, so I thought - grrrr - I'll just try this place for an early Friday morning breakfast. I was sick of the same old fare at the lounge, so here I was. First of all, the waitress was amazing, quick, competent, and filled my old-fashioned thick-walled diner mug with coffee three times without grumbling and always just when I wanted it. The breakfast was great. Again, this is a good ol' diner in the middle of the airport. Bad reviews? I suppose the guys wishing for a quick burger and five beers before catching their flight might be wishing for something more. But a good breakfast? I'd walk down here from the main concourses any time. read more

We are here while waiting on our flight. We were really surprised at the quality of airport food. I had a blucy classic burger and my husband had the mother clucker. Both were excellent. We split an order of fries and it was really nice that they divided the order for us. An easy stop after a stressful start to our flight. Everyone seemed relaxed in this casual restaurant. read more

This might be the worst food (so so salty!!) and worst service (30 min between server visits - in an airport!!!) I have ever had. Just wow. Not even busy. Just no one actually working. read more

Had a very nice meal here during a layover. I sat at the bar and the bartender was very attentive. Decent dry rub wings and a tall cold local IPA. No complaints. read more

Blue Door Pub - Dry rub wings - Pubs Near Me - St Paul, Minnesota

Absolutely terrible service and insane wait for food to come out- when it did, it was the most pitiful chicken sandwich I've seen. A tiny piece of burnt chicken, and while the tots were shockingly good, this place is not worth the stop. (Never mind the attitude when I asked that this be sent back to the kitchen...) Highly recommend NOT going here and it should be avoided at all costs. read more

Blue Door Pub - Kluck Kluck Chicken Sandwich - Pubs Near Me - St Paul, Minnesota

I've been coming there for many years and service is perfect every time. Today? Not so much. Maybe it's just the Sunday crew. Horrendous. read more

Horrible service. My wife and I stopped in for breakfast during our layover. The staff was very slow and not very friendly. My food was delivered 10 plus minutes after my wife's. The food was good, but not good enough to eat there again. There was plenty of staff to serve the small amount of customers, but they never came back to offer more coffee or if we needed anything for our meals. I do not recommend. read more

The service was fantastic, so I am super glad I stopped here. The Cobb salad is tasty, fresh, and in a bowl that (literally) topped over when I speared the greens. (I couldn't help but attach a picture so you know what I mean:-) ) The salad has a third of an avocado, a whole boiled egg sliced, relatively happy tomatoes, bacon which I wasn't looking for, and three very sad cucumbers. Granted it is May, so cucumbers are completely out of season and have to come from Peru or somewhere far far away. The IPA is a winner. The location has sun spilling through high windows; it lands in wooden tables which stretch with lots of distances between the tables. The noise level is low, even on a Saturday afternoon. I'm taking bites while holding my breath, given the current variants and lack of a mask mandate. I could not imagine a much better airport meal. I'm new to ordering beer at an airport. The salad was $13, the beer was $12. Well worth the money. read more

Blue Door Pub - It tipped over :-) - Pubs Near Me - St Paul, Minnesota

We sat down here and the bartender took our order but never came back. We eventually had to walk out. Very disappointing, someone else was there and said there food was cold and tasted bad. Honestly, the bartender was awful! read more

The food wasn't that great, I didn't really like how the burger tasted. The place was super clean and my server was super nice. read more

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It's an airport. People move fast. People here do not. I arrive at 630 and said I needed to be out by 700. I ordered a margarita, yummmm! And I ordered. Cobb salad to go with dressing In the side. The margarita came in 15 minutes. Hmmmm..... the Cobb Salad arrived at 705 and I had to wait until nearly 715 for my bill. The salad did not have dressing on it or in the side. I had to ask and he didn't believe me and wanted me to show him that it wasn't in the bag or on the salad......seriously. He went and got me dressing. Salad was ok. Chicken was cooked really well and was delish! But service just wasn't what it needed to be in the airport. It was a $30 take out salad and drink. And it was late quality was food, service not so good so it gets a three read more

Blue Door Pub - Margarita! - Pubs Near Me - St Paul, Minnesota

I was excited to see Blue Door in the airport but this is no where near as good as their other locations. Cheese curds we're good, burger was terrible. read more

Sat down and watched 5 other tables sit down shortly after. All waited over 10 minutes for the server to even walk onto the floor. The server went to one table, took the order, and walked to the back for over 5 minutes. Walked out, took another order, another 5 minutes, rinse repeat. Tables left because of no service. I went over to the bar after my 10 minutes and was told by a guest, not staff, that the tables were closed because the bartender was the only non-kitchen staff working. She was frazzled for sure, but also very inefficient, compounding the issue, but honestly, not her fault. At a certain point, with that many tables and running solo, efficiency just dies as you run out of 'fucks to give' because staff didn't show, managers failed to schedule, or a combination of things outside of your control. To stave off this issue, management should have put up a sign, ropes, placed chairs on top of tables, or anything to indicate that the bar was the only option for seating, but they did not bother with that. Instead, they ran their one bartender ragged. Great employee care there. The food was ok, nothing super special, but my view is tainted as I stuck around to watch the dumpster fire that was this places management! read more

Just want to say that the service and the food has deteriorated this used to be my favorite place to stop. The service was terrible. Nobody wanted to wait on the table. They weren't even wiping down the tables. I ordered an appetizer and they basically cooked everything in one big lump on the sampler platter. I would caution anybody about going there folks don't care and the chefs don't either I would give it a zero if I could. read more

Ordered the Blucy. Hole in the middle of a very small burger with nothing inside! Very disappointing! Two stars because the white claw was really cold! read more

Atmosphere: It was really loud in here between the bar area, music and other diners. It was fairly clean and they have bar and table seating available. Service: Our server was friendly and personable. She had a LOT of tables so she was a bit scarce but it was completely understandable. Food: HOLY HUGE PORTIONS. There is no way you will leave hungry. Our meals got brought out about 10+ minutes a part so that was a little awkward. My husband got one of the burgers and he said it was really good and the upgrade of the tater tot side coated in hot sauce was a great compliment. I ordered the hella totchos and WOW what a huge portion. This was a really great dish except a few of the chunks of pork were very fatty. I think I'll try and replicate this dish at home for game day. Not bad for airport food. read more

Had a layover in MSP. Went here because of local reputation. No one was enthusiastic to wait on us. We had to ask for the table to be wiped off. Had to ask for menus. Placed our order right away. Server came back 15 minutes later to ask if we had a food order and if we did what was it? Mind you we have a flight to catch. Told her to forget it and walked out. Cheez-its for dinner. Argh. read more

Clean, friendly, tasty! Price is a bit high but to be expected at an airport restaurant. Atmosphere is great, nice and relaxed for a busy airport. Set off down some stairs and to the side where you can get away from the airport walking traffic. Very clean and well designed, nice and open floor plan for baggage you may be transporting. Staff is incredibly friendly and attentive, took less than 10 minutes to get a drink and my food. (Thank you Shawna) Food: portions are a bit smaller than I would like for the money but the flavor is on point. No overpowering flavors or anything, well balanced and delicious. Doesn't taste like typical airport frozen foods you may get from a lot of other airport spots. Worth the stop, if you have time I recommend stopping long enough to have a drink and relax a bit before heading to your flight! read more

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