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To anyone who is thinking of eating at:
McGrath’s Fish House
(541) 342-6404
(541) 242-2879
1036 Valley River Way
Eugene, OR 97401

Let you be warned now! The place s@cks! Talk about a low class joint.
I had high hopes for the place at first, the Clam Chowder was good. And that is where the good ends.

The Shrimp platter was poor tasting. Not sure what was in the sauce but it had a tang that I just could not put my finger on but it was not a pleasurable adventure. They offered coconut shrimp as part of the meal - when I asked if we could substitute them for another shrimp I was told NO! They can not allow that. Why the h3ll not! Had to ask for cocktail sauce, it is not part of the meal. And the whopping drop they give is good for 1/4 of the meal.

My son ordered the kids clam strip plate and I ordered the main meal clam strip plate. SH!T!, my 10 dollar plate had the same amount of food as my sons 4 dollar meal. Let me assure you, his child plate was not as large as a main plate!!! His fries were dripping with grease. Yes I know what do you expect with fries, but when they drip with oil to the point where even a child refuses to eat them, that is bad. My meal was cold. The bake potato was cold, so cold that the butter balls on top never melted. Not even a bit.

Our waitress was as bright as a burnt bulb during a blackout!

The quality of the food over all was about the same level as the fast food joint LongJohn. You would be better offer driving up to Portland to eat at Red Lobster before McGraths.

But again, I will give credit, the soup was good. I guess it is hard to scr@w up a can!

School shootings are an unthinkable action. But here in the
“it’s a great place to live and raise kids Oregon” it seems that school shootings
are high on the list. Maybe the liberal life style this area lives is
catching up to them.

May 21st 1998 - Two students killed, 22 others wounded in the cafeteria at Thurston High School by 15-year-old Kip Kinkel.
Kinkel had been arrested and released a day earlier for bringing a gun to
school. His parents were later found dead at home.

Feb 23rd 2006 - - The 14-year-old accused in the high school shooting that
wounded a 16-year-old classmate apparently fired additional large-caliber
bullets into his victim after the teen was already down, police said Friday.

Feb 26th 2006 - Florence Oregon, All school classes have been
canceled do to a bomb threat!

But have no fear, per the local news channel KVAL, this is good, there have
only been two school shootings and this is only the third bomb threat in Oregon schools. Compared
to the rest of the country this is a safe place to be.

Yea Right! With the whole freaking state of Oregon being just larger in population than JUST the County of San Diego, it does not seem all that safe if you ask me!!

Just had a friend bring this to my attention:

http://www.downandderby.com/trailer.html

I look forward to finding a copy of this moving. It is TRUE TO LIFE for so many!

Cheers

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For anyone who cares - My birthday is this month and if enough of my family members get together they could all share in the joy of getting me this camera!

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