midwest vacation: splendid table + anchor bar and grill

anchorbar0708.jpg One of our favorite restaurants of the vacation was the most serendipitous. Before we left I loaded my ipod with a ton of podcasts, one of which was the Splendid Table. I wasn't super familiar with the show, but I figured it was about food and aired on NPR, so it had to be up my alley. I was so right... I couldn't get enough! If you haven't listened, check it out here. Each program begins with a segment called "Where we eat" by Jane and Michael Stern. Basically they travel the country and hit up random, but extra tasty restaurants and then tell lucky listeners about it. What do you know they mentioned a place called the Anchor Bar and Grill in Superior, Wisconsin which was right on our way. I couldn't believe our luck, so I looked up directions on my fancy new phone and we made plans to stop by on our way back from Minnesota. As we drove down the exit ramp I got a little nervous that the directions were wrong. The landscape looked a little desolate, with big patches of grass situated between sad looking buildings. We drove a little further and then we saw that awesome blue awning that read "Anchor Bar & Grill". We parked the car and made our way in. The darkness was blinding. We had to stop ourselves for a minute while our eyes adjusted to the dim lighting, but alas, we found a seat and perused the menu that sat waiting on the table. As we were trying decide whether to go for the cheese and cashew burger, or just stick with a good old cheeseburger, our waitress arrived. I looked up to see a t-shirt that read "All stressed out and no one to choke". Awesome. I mean, I really couldn't imagine this experience getting any better. We both decided to be boring and ordered a cheeseburger and fries. A mere five minutes after the order left our mouths, a paper plate piled high with fresh cut french fries and a juicy burger was plopped in front of us. I think Aaron's fries were gone in seconds, they were that good. And the burger didn't take much longer to go down. It was hands-down top notch bar food. For dessert we got to watch our waitress smoke a cig and watch her soaps. Find a reason to go down my the water in Superior, Wisconsin and hit up the little hole in the wall called Anchor Bar and Grill. You won't be disappointed.
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