26 - Friday, November 21, 1986 - North Shore News MEW OWNERSHIP nechor In sai purger, NEW ownership has again weighed anchor at the An- chor In, The dockside cafe that began life as a shoe shop and has spent time as a bunkhouse for wayward sail- ors and a short-order cafe, was most recently home to the North Shore’s only purveyor of South African cuisine. Whether the current chilly polit- ical climate surrounding that coun- spaghetti I nodded twice. My condolences went to the kitchen and to the local Dungeness population. I chose an Oven Baked Lasagne and warmed up with an Anchor In Caesar Salad ($2.75) while my wife manhandled her first Dungeness. The Caesar dressing, covering a good portion of fresh Romaine let- tuce, was fuelled with enough garlic to dispatch any lurking winter ailments and most weekend company. table hopping Timothy Renshaw fare Accompanying both was a basket of crisp garlic bread. The dish again was somewhat top-heavy with garlic and the pep- peroni provided a touch more oomph than some might want from standard lasagne. The Dungeness came with a side pool of clarified butter. All seemed well from the other side of the steadily rising stack of shattered legs and shells. In the second week of each month, the Anchor In stashes its main menu and serves such special theme meals as Italian, Old Cana- dian, Seafood and Prime Rib in its Gigantic Open House Party cele- brations. Ticket prices range from $8.75 to $17.50. Open every day at ll a.m., the Anchor In serves up a basic menu at bargain basement prices — ideal for sea dogs and bargain hounds, See Top Page 27 "NEWS photo Mike Wakelle ANCHOR In chef Pierre Piourde wears a welcoming smite as he displays the dockside restaurant’s new menu. Now under new management, the Anchor In serves up pasta and hamburgers and a nightly ring-off for a The lasagne, a whopping por- free meal. try and its exports made the sale of South African food prohibitive, or the tastebuds of Northenders were just not up to assimilating the somewhat offbeat cuisine is unknown. Whatever the reason, former owners Jan and Barbara Ward-Cox packed up their recipes during the summer and drifted into Anchor In history. In August, new owner Daniel St. Laurent took the restaurant's bridge and has set it, once again, on a new culinary course. Food served has since :noved from Capetown to Montreal fur its inspiration. In doing so it has gone from the slightly esoteric to the ex- tremely economic. With its flotsam and jetsam ex- terior, its proximity to boat repair yards, drydocked hulls and a neighborhood of houseboats, the Anchor In remains the kind of place where Popeye might have taken Olive Oy) on their first date. The Anchor In Cafe, 1653 Col- umbia Street, North Vancouver, is now the Anchor In Spaghetti and Burger House, 1653 ~ Columbia Street, North Vancouver. With the new name, the current Anchor In owners have managed to get virtually the entire menu of the restaurant upon their marquee. On the burger side, the Anchor In offers three red meat ham- burgers along with one fish and one chicken hamburger. Prices stay beneath $4, starting at the almost unheard of $1.65 for a Lit- tle Devil Mini Burger, which comes with Swiss cheese, lettuce and tomato, to $3.55 for the House Burger, a quarter-pounder served with hot pepper sauce and sides of French fries and cole-slaw. On the Anchor In’s spaghetti side, patrons can choose spaghetti with three different toppings (all under $6) or with a 12-ounce steak and accompanying Caesar Salad ($12.50). There are also two styles of fettucini ($7 to $9), one rigatoni ($5.95) and one lasagne ($6.95). Those with voracious pasta ap- petites can go the whole pasta hog with an Italian Feast ($9.95), which features a portion of all An- chor In pastas presented on a single plate. But the real bargain basernent standout at the Anchor In is Dungeness Crab. After 6 p.m., the restaurant serves all you can eat for $9.95, My wife sniffed out the offer before I had time to take off my jacket. She read it aloud twice. Classifieds Sell 986-6222 tion, came smothered in moz- zarella cheese and spiced with slices of pepperoni. s There Are Some 3 Places In The Universe You Don't Go Alone. : TSTHE FAV! reid ¢ cone aman FP Te Craver pase ge set THEFLT at 2thand Pee AVINS of $:03 ond 9.39 BEER & WINE STORE Open 7 Days LIVE ENTERTAINMENT MURRAY VISSAER Nov. 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd Sat. Jam Session 2pm - 6pm Sunday Baron of Beef Buffet 6pm-8&pm 135 Pemberton Ave. N. 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