Yes! The KLASSY metal pails with the condiments…how could I forget?! Those condiment bottles probably had a lot of dead flies buried them…

I actually went to this craptacular joint a few years ago. Some of my mom’s sisters (and their families) were visiting from out of town and my ‘rents thought it’d be a good idea to take them to happy hour at the ole “Crab Shack” (and invite me for some reason.) I remember sitting at this ridiculously long Pub-height table that had the salt/pepper/ketchup/tartar sauce/napkins inside a metal pail (WOO HOO, class-sy!) I didn’t have any of the warmed-over dreck they were serving, but I did have a few too many of their 2-for-1 Bud Lights (what can I say, my folks were buying, and I needed to dull the pain of enduring stories about how much of a shithead I was when I was 3 years old.) I remember getting up and walking over to Subway across the street (Moore Lake Plaza – another Dumpy Strip Mall!) for some real food in an attempt to sober up for the drive home.

Anyways, I’m really getting a kick out of all of these Anoka County posts. I’ve lived in Anoka County for 21 years, and haven’t realized how run down some of these places have become (well excluding those wonderful abandoned malls on Coon Rapids Blvd.) until seeing it through someone else’s eyes…