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Established | September 2018 |
Owner | Joshua Skenes |
Chef | Joshua Skenes |
Food type | Seafood |
Location | 132 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, California, 94105, United States |
Coordinates | 37°47′35″N122°23′32″W / 37.79306°N 122.39222°W |
Website | anglerrestaurants |
Angler is a seafood restaurant in San Francisco, in the U.S. state of California. Founder Joshua Skenes opened Angler in September 2018. Praised for its food and drinks, the restaurant received a Michelin star.
The building contains dark wood and brick walls, with a view overlooking the Bay Bridge. [1] Being "microclimate-oriented" and "sealife-focused", [1] [2] Angler's menu includes a radicchio with XO sauce made from radicchio leaves, a tuna with tomato jam, fried blowfish tails, potatoes with a light cheese sauce, and a sundae with caramel, smoked salt, and cocoa; [3] drinks include wine and cocktails, such as the Don Lockwood, consisting of scotch, maple, and bourbon, and the Cutloose, consisting of gin, passionfruit, and orange. [1] [3]
Angler was founded in September 2018 by Joshua Skenes, who was a founder and chef at the two-Michelin star restaurant Saison. [1] [4] [5]
In 2018, Angler was featured on Esquire 's list of the best restaurants. [2] Angler has received a Michelin star, meaning "high-quality cooking, worth a stop". [6]
Jenna Scatena of Condé Nast Traveler magazine stated that the restaurant served "some of the best modern seafood" in the city, additionally praising the wine menu and "attentive" staff. [1] Rating the restaurant an 8.5, The Infatuation 's Will Kamensky highlighted several dishes and drinks, [3] while Eater described that Angler's fruit "tastes more like fruit than ever before". [2] Former food critic Michael Bauer compared the restaurant to "Saison on steroids". [7]