lol...my wife, being from MN had never heard of, much less had an Old Fashioned. Fall of '13 was the first time she'd been to a northern WI supper club and I told her she had to try one. We were at Marty's Place North...they advertise themselves as the birthplace of the Old Fashioned :) They do make an awfully darn good version, I must say.
The Chicago folks we ran into last fall got to asking about what we drink and that ^^^ story came up. They started buying my wife Old Fashioneds as fast as she could finish them because they felt the place we were at (cannot remember the name) made them the best.
Worked out nicely for my wallet