The Anchor is back — way back.
The storied dive bar, a favorite of college students and townies alike, is once again the Anchor Spa, the original iteration before it was the Anchor Restaurant.
New owner Karl Franz Williams has reopened it 18 months after the restaurant closed, combining the laid-back vibe of the recent decades with the atmosphere of the 1940s, when it was visited by locals as well as the stars working across the street at the Shubert Theater.