by Brian E.
Avoid. Period. In the name of all that's Eugenean. Pretty please, with sugar on top.You really want detail? Okay, here goes: The new owners are from California. The husband is rich (and at the prices the place charges, he's getting richer by swindling the dwindling pool of customers). The trophy wife is really too good to be working there, as she will happily tell you, and is just contributing to make hubby happy while she takes a break from law school.Yes, she had the gall to tell us as much. I swear on my mother's life I'm not making up a word of it.The food sucks. The new folks tossed the venerable, beloved old menu in favor of whatever was trendy in Los Muchodineros, or wherever they came from. Of course, there's still plenty of disgusting greasy stuff - but no more simple, halfway healthy, and reasonably-priced breakfasts. They tossed out the great employees, some of whom had been there for years, too.You can rent yourself a hookah and smoke tobacco through it for $8, but please don't. It causes cancer, and you deserve better. Much better. It wasn't bad enough that a couple of jerks took over a great tavern and turned it into something utterly without merit - they've gotta be death merchants, too.Yes, they still have beer and other overpriced drinks - but the place has zero heart. A fine, decades-old south Eugene tradition utterly destroyed by out-of-towners who simply don't give a damn.Try Turtles on Willamette Street. Better atmosphere, far better food, better prices, and less repugnant ownership.
by Sam S.
Everytime I go in this place it keeps getting better. The new owner has been here for a while now, and although a little slow out of the gate, has been making steady and solid improvements. The staff is steady and solid, the menu and food is good withe regular specials, and the bartenders really know how to make a good drink. If you enjoy a friendly low key neigborhood atmosphere, good sports on tv with the usually pool tables, juke box, and games then give it a try.
