"Anchor & Hope opened to great excitement in 2008, with then-Eater SF editor Paolo Lucchesi writing that the 80-seat East Coast-style seafood shack was so in demand that reservations were impossible to come by between 5:30 and 10 p.m. The high-ceilinged Minna Street space closed when the pandemic began — temporarily, owners (and brothers) Steven and Mitchell Rosenthal said at the time. The SF Chronicle notes that the building it occupied is now available for rent." - Eve Batey