Gothamist
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.
Gothamist
Listen Live
Food
Williamsburg Meat Mecca St. Anselm Finally Open
By
John Del Signore
Published May 7, 2010
Modified May 7, 2010
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
Never miss a story
Email address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .
View all 7
By
John Del Signore
Published May 7, 2010
Modified May 7, 2010
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
We rely on your support to make local news available to all
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
The team behind Williamsburg beer mecca Spuyten Duyvil and BBQ mecca Fette Sau has finally added a third mecca to their portfolio: St. Anselm. After a long delay, co-owner Joe Carroll began serving a limited lunch menu this week (seen here), and expects to extend that into dinner on Monday. But he won't be offering the full, meat manic menu for another month or two, and today he explained the hold up.
Bureaucracy, naturally! Before Carroll can pick up his liquor license (he's planning an expansive wine list with plenty of half-bottles) he needs a "letter of no objection" from the Buildings Department, which has a slight issue with his water main service. And until he can offer beverages beyond root beer floats, Carroll's keeping the menu limited to sliders, deep fried hot dogs, and Newark dogs: two deep fried hot dogs with fried peppers, onions, and potatoes, served on pizza bread. There are also four house-made sausages, including a sun dried tomato and Aleppo pepper sausage; as well as house-made Scrapple.
Once fully operational, Carroll sees St. Anselm (so-called after his grandfather's middle name) as a comfort food snack bar specializing in hamburgers and hot dogs, as well as a premiere destination for offal, organ meat, and delicacies such as braised oxtail and chicken a la king. We're told the full menu as seen on Menu Pages is "preliminary" but basically correct. And if you're loathe to consume a Newark dog without a beer to wash it down, Carroll says that while they're waiting for the liquor license, everyone's welcome to take their food next door to Spuyten Duyvil's epic backyard.
St. Anselm // 355 Metropolitan Avenue, near Havemeyer Street, Williamsburg // (718)384-5054 // Open 12-4p.m.; starting Monday 12-11p.m.
Tagged
brooklyn
meat
menu
newark style hot dog
offal
photos
st anselm
williamsburg
John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
Read more
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
MORE food
10 dishes that demonstrate the delicious diversity of curry in New York City
The global dish is shapeshifting and ubiquitous.
By
Robert Sietsema
Published Sep 12, 2026
Frozen yogurt is back in New York City. So are the super long lines.
Is it worth the high price and ridiculous wait? Gothamist needed to find out.
By
Sonia Rao
Food
Frozen yogurt is back in New York City. So are the super long lines.
Is it worth the high price and ridiculous wait? Gothamist needed to find out.
By
Sonia Rao
5 NYC banana puddings as good as Magnolia's
By
Hannah Frishberg
Where to eat in Greenpoint, Brooklyn right now, from Polish to Sichuan to Iberian
By
Robert Sietsema
Can a congressional candidate's dumpling diplomacy win over Queens’ immigrant communities?
By
Caroline Shin
Never miss a story
Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily.
Sign upEmail address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .