After spending seven seasons with the North Stars, Tom McCarthy finished his NHL career in Boston, but still couldn't shake his Minnesota roots. In 1991, he transformed an old St. Paul gas station into a full-fledged fish shack. Father and son Dan and Tom Flanagan have since taken over the operation and grown Mac's into a restaurant named one of the five best locales for fish and chips by CBS Minnesota, serving hand-battered cuts of fried cod, walleye, and halibut with baskets of hand-cut fries. Cheese curds and homemade bites of salt water taffy offer tempting treats to finish the meal.