About the Blue Anchor

On the very east, naturally, is the mother country and the Blue Anchor, she is no impostor. In fact, the very façade of the building – the dark wood archways and leaded stained-glass windows – were shipped over, piece by piece, from its former home on London’s historic Chancery Lane.

Walking under them, as the owners claim British Prime Minister Winston Churchill often did, is to walk the history of a pub built in the mid-1800s by the William Younger Brewery. (The name, "Wm Younger," is still above the door in gold letters against a royal blue field.) And inside, it’s just as you’d expect to enjoy English fare. The floor is carpeted in a flowery Victorian design, the light diffuse from red velvet lamps and shaded wall sconces. A large wooden bar with polished, intricate inlays is at the center of the pub and World Cup football games play continually on a pair of flat screens.

All manner of great beers are on tap, from Old Speckled Hen to the classic Guinness, but the feature is four different kinds of hand-drawn beers (no gas to pump and change the flavor of your brew), two of which come direct from England. Open the menu and find just what you’d expect, too, from traditional meat pies, bangers and mash, and Toad in t’ Hole to a few pleasantries for the Yanks, a half-pound Anchor Burger and tuna salad sandwiches.

But just as the glowing red neon sign in the front says, this is a place for Fish n’ Chips, and you will not find a better example than at the Anchor.

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