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Anchor and Hope

06/27/08 12:07 pm

Anchor & Hope

(restaurant)
Google Maps Link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=83+Minna+St.,+San+Francisco&sll=37.739145,-122.417376&sspn=0.011844,0.019312&g=410+Cortland+Ave.,+San+Francisco&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr

2009 EDITOR'S PICK: Best New Restaurant

The team behind Town Hall and Salt House has done it again, this time converting a former auto-body shop downtown into an East Coast–inspired seafood shack with a NorCal twist. The big space is softened by distressed wood, antique light fixtures and lengths of nautical rope—the overall effect is more chic than kitsch.

Eats:What's on your menu.: <p>If it’s fried fish you’re looking for, or creamy chowder studded with white corn and littleneck clams, or a lobster roll bursting with chunks of meat, then Anchor &amp; Hope is the place. In addition to raw bar offerings (shrimp cocktail, crab claws and oysters) and all of the above, the kitchen also turns out a superior monkfish-and-mussel stew—with tiny chorizo meatballs, kale, roasted peppers and slices of potato—and some turf options, such as roasted, stuffed breast of guinea hen and the ubiquitous steak.</p> <p>MUST ORDER: Angels on Horseback</p>
04/10/0812:06 pm

Doug Washington Talks Anchor & Hope

(blog)



The dynamic trio behind Salt House and Town Hall (Doug Washington and Mitchell and Steve Rosenthal) are at it again. Their latest venture, Anchor & Hope, is an oyster and fish house with a San Francisco sensibility—it’s opening April 21 (83 Minna St., 415-501-9100). Here, Doug Washington (the front-of-the-house man) dishes on the new spot.

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