One of the blogs I follow is Food Gal, a blog about cooking, restaurants and food written by Carolyn Jung, who was Food Editor at the San Jose Mercury News before the most recent round of layoffs and buyouts. This week, she notes, there’s a new restaurant in San Francisco:

    New And Fishy

May 1st, 2008
From the team with the golden touch responsible for Town Hall and Salt House (both in San Francisco), now comes Anchor & Hope, a new fish house.

Located at 83 Minna St. in San Francisco, Anchor & Hope is the brainchild of the Brothers Rosenthal (chefs Mitchell and Stephen) and their best bud and front-of-the-house maestro, Doug Washington. …. READ MORE…

I was curious, so I went to the restaurant site and, of course,  Anchor and Hope
has an extensive wine list, conveniently posted on line. Nothing about beer.  So I scanned the menu and found Guinness Battered Skate Wing (skate is a fish that figures in a lot of famous dishes.) Hmm. So I e-mailed the restaurant. Do you have a beer list I asked?  Do they ever:

Draft: Drop Top Amber Ale, Anchor Steam Porter

Bottles: Alaskan Summer (Kolsch), Scrimshaw Pilsner, Franziskaner,  Alagash White , Czechvar (the Czech Republic Budvar Budweiser), Session Premium Lager (Full Sail),  St. Peters Organic English Ale 500m.

Firestone ‘Union Jack’ IPA, Dogfishead 90 min IPA, Stone IPA, Fullers ESB, Fisher Blonde Flip Top 650m, Duvel, Tremens Delerium, La Choffe, Deschutes ‘Mirror Pond Pale Ale.

Unibroue ‘La Fin de Monde’, St. Bernardus Tripel, Rogue ‘Dead Guy Ale’, Lost Coast Downtown Brown, Wolavers Brown, Three Philosophers, Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout, Ole’ Rasputtin, Young’s Double Chocolate Stout 500mL, Duchesse De Bourgogne.

Prices are middle-of-the-road, entrees in the low $20 range. Not cheap, but obviously a place to go with someone special. One question. They have great beer. Why in the hell don’t they advertise it?