The Laughing Crab Gallery & Tasting Room 1341 Bay Street, Florence, OR 97439

"Very expensive! Rude owner, had a great band but could not believe my bill at the end of the night! Night! Over $60 for three beers and a dinner that was more like an appetizing salad. Ridiculous. Never again."

"While traveling through Florence I went in for some chowder, wine tasting, and live music on a Wednesday evening. Chowder is absolutely delicious and the atmosphere is friendly and welcoming. I met some locals and decided to extend my stay in Florence so I can go back next week :)"

"Friendly service. Great local art with a wide price range available. The wine tasting was phenomenal. We did both the white and red and only tried 1 wine we didn't care for. So. Good. We would return here again and again and again."

"We commissioned a smaller version of a large metal laser sculpture of a whale fluke we had seen previously in the gallery. The result was incredible! I was concerned that reducing the size of the larger piece, would somehow affect the beauty of the smaller version. Nothing could have been further from the truth. The finished piece brought tears to my eyes, it was gorgeous! The movement of the piece is uncanny! At times it seems as though the water is really flowing from the fluke, and at others just sparkling from them. The other remarkable aspect of the piece are the colors. Depending upon the sun's reflection, or not, the colors vary so amazingly that the fluke will be more blue, or even orange at any given time! We will always be grateful to the artist, Gary T. Manos, for this lovely treasure, and to his wife Kim for facilitating this whole wonderful process!"

"This place is awesome due to the gallery ownership run by the wife & husband team of Kim & Gary. We have now ordered 4th and fifth pieces. Reasable prices excellent workmanship and a large variety of scenes and objects that Gary can make out of steel. The 1st picture is when we checked the pieces and installed in our home. Highly recommend this place Added perk is other items made by local artisans. Go check them out!"