Brooklyn / Williamsburg
Get directions | 355 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hours | Sunday 5pm-11pm, Monday 5pm-11pm, Tuesday 5pm-11pm, Wednesday 5pm-11pm, Thursday 5pm-11pm, Friday 5pm-12am, Saturday 5pm-12am
The year was 2011. Williamsburg was cool, its residents were called ‘hipsters,’ other people liked to talk about their mustaches and fixed-gears, and a neighborhood steakhouse called St. Anselm opened with a signature steak that cost $15.
Fast forward to now. That steak is $28, Williamsburg is objectively not cool, and mustaches are just mustaches. But St. Anselm is still one of the greatest places to eat a steak in New York City.
That is, if you can get in. It’s a narrow room with maybe eight tables and a long row of seats overlooking the open kitchen, where you can watch your two-pound ax handle being showered with salt and cooked on an open grill. The room is covered in brick and wood, and makes you feel a little bit like a medieval knight in a cabin upstate. There are no reservations, and if you don’t show up before 7pm – especially on weekends – you will likely end up needing a new dinner plan.
But St. Anselm is worth the effort of arriving early, explaining to your visitors why you’re waiting two hours for steak and mashed potatoes, and getting drunk while you wait for your table (in the backyard of Spuyten Duyvil next door if it’s summer, or at the wine bar Have & Meyer in the winter).
718-384-5054
stanselmrestaurant@gmail.com
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DINNER MENU
Salads
Iceberg & Blue
warm bacon dressing, bleu cheese
$13
Gem & Frisée Salad
radish, cider vinaigrette, fried shallot
$12
Burrata
romesco, squash, buckwheat
$16
Grilled Halloumi
pea greens, long beans
$13
Smalls From The Grill
Artichoke Hearts
aioli
$11
Mixed Peppers
shishito, sweet yummy, lime
$11
Flatbread
herbed whipped feta
$12
Berkshire Bacon
$13
Skull Island Monster Prawns
garlic butter, lemon
$26
Fresh Sardines
pickled lotus root
$13
Diver Scallops
chimichurri, english peas
$20
Wine Braised Octopus
crostini
$17
Yellowtail Collar
garlic butter, lemon
$15
Clams
garlic butter, lemon
MP
Bigs From The Grill
Beef
Butchers Steak
hanger steak, garlic butter
$29
NY Strip Steak
pink peppercorn au poivre
$47
Ax Handle Rib Eye*
(to share) sizes range from 45-65 oz *allow 45 min cook + rest time
$3.85 per oz
Lamb
Shoulder Blade Chop
salsa verde
$31
Saddle (London Chop)*
mint yogurt, sizes range from 15-30 oz *allow 30 min cook + rest time
$3.95 per oz
Pork
Bourbon Brined Pork Porterhouse
$28
Poultry
Sweet Tea Brined Young BoBo Chicken
$26
Fish
Whole Trout
lemon, garlic butter
$24
Salmon Steak
lemon, garlic butter
$29
Bone-in Skate Wing
capers, white wine sauce
$25
Vegetables
Rainbow Carrots & Brocolli Rabe
chickpea aioli, hazelnut
$18
Sides
Spinach Gratin
$12
Pan-Fried Mashed Potatoes
truffle oil, lard
$12
Fennel
parmesan, hazelnut, herbs
$13
Fingerling Potatoes
charred scallion aioli
$11
Broccoli
ranch, breadcrumbs
$12
Long Beans
garlic butter
$11
Scallions
$9
LUNCH SPECIALS
Steak & Eggs
hanger steak, grilled garlic fingerling potatoes, two fried eggs
$28
Anselm Burger
lettuce, tomato, grilled onions, seeded potato bun
$14
cheddar, gruyere, or blue cheese $2
grilled bacon $3
aioli $1
BLT
thick cut berkshire bacon, lettuce, tomato, aioli, focaccia
$13
fried egg $2
DRINK SPECIALS
Mimosa
$12
Kir
$11
Kir Royal
$11
Shochu Bloody Mary
$13
Montanaro Spritz
$12
Fresh Squeezed OJ
$5
Espresso
$3.50
Americano
$3.50
French Press for 2
$7
AFTER DINNER
Cheese Plate
chef’s selection of three cheeses, apricot mostarda, fried almond
$19
Pot de Crème
chocolate & salted caramel, whipped cream
$9
Vanilla Ice Cream Sundae
brandied cherries, caramel, cacao nibs & almond
$9
Basque Style Cheesecake
orange liqueur curd
$9
Rum Sticky Toffee Cake
whipped cream
$9 (+ à la mode $3)
Angel Food Cake
coconut & whipped cream
$9
Manhattan Special Espresso Float
$8
Sorbet
2 scoops
$7
