McMenamins High Street Brewery and Cafe

5/26/2006 5:30:47 PM, friday, may 26, 2006
This is the worst of the 3 McMenamins in town, but they have the best beers out of the 3. Food is typical and terrible service.

12/23/2005 3:34:59 PM, friday, december 23, 2005 [ Updated friday, december 23, 2005 ]
A great atmosphere - it’s an old house, so the layout is neat... fireplace and tables in the living room, more tables and booths in the adjacent smaller rooms, and a small bar in the kitchen or dining room. Was very warm inside due to the fireplace, and the lights were dim and the food smelled good. You could say that this is "just another" McMenamins, but the ambiance was very pleasent and relaxing. Drank a few glasses of the IPA and barley wine, and had the Wilber bacon, egg and cheese burger. Good food and good beer. Good setting, easy to find. Like having a pub in the neighborhood. Service was very good, even when it was packed. The bartender surprising me with some samples of their stonger beer when I ordered the barley wine. Good people who were very attentive.

3/29/2005 7:42:10 PM, tuesday, march 29, 2005 [ Updated sunday, may 14, 2006 ]
Somewhat of a hippie throwback, lots of long hair, beards and tie dyes.The usual mix of Mcmenamins brews. Great warm friendly builing this old house.

3/11/2005 5:50:22 PM, friday, march 11, 2005
Tight and crowded at 11:30pm on a thursday night. Almost no seating. It’s made out of an old house converted into a restaurant. Annoying locals. Cheap food and cheap beer. They actually made a very decent seasonal called Heavy Hand which I liked, I can’t think of any other McMenamins beers that I’ve liked as much out of the 60 or so I’ve had. This place is probably a good local spot once the originality of the other brewpubs wear off. Definately some local character in place as Gromit was noting.

1/7/2005 3:14:42 AM, friday, january 07, 2005
The only bad thing about this place is that it’s a block away from Derek’s place... Seriously, though, it’s located in what was formerly a huge house. Everywhere you go, you can tell whether you’re in a former bedroom or the living room. It’s quite cozy in that way. You will never go to a McMenimin’s for the service, period. I’ve yet to visit one where the service did not down right SUCK. If you have a 1/2 hour for lunch, hit McD’s; not here. The food is average at best. You go to a McMen’s becuase of the neighborhood feeling, at this the High Street location kicks ass. If you want to experience Eugene, visit this place.

11/9/2004 3:22:36 PM, tuesday, november 09, 2004 [ Updated tuesday, november 09, 2004 ]
I messed up my first rating of this place, wrong location. High st. mcmenamins is less than a block from my house, how can you hate that? average mcmenamins selections available, as well as a barleywine that was brewed with steelhead and wild duck for the KLCC brewfest last year, now that its aged its getting much better. Also they have chimay on tap, so if the mcbrews don’t look all that great when your there as for the chimay.