Post #216549 by mbonga on Wed, Feb 22, 2006 12:24 PM

Also, Anthony's Fish Grotto. A longtime San Diego icon.

I have mixed feelings about Anthony's. Before my family went there in 1967, we heard how one person we knew got sick from the food there, but we went anyway. I had an abalone sandwich there that day, then had to threw it up when I got home. A few years later, in 1970, a lady riding with us on I-8 pointed out the Anthony's in La Mesa and said she still got a queasy stomach every time she passed that place because she got sick from their food when she ate there.

I heard that two of the three Anthony's closed, including that one in La Mesa, and given how many people got sick from their food, I'm not surprised. But to be fair, shellfish is prone to accumulating toxic organisms from seawater, and it might not really be the fault of the restaurant. Maybe things have improved since then. Also, obviously the restaurant has been around a long time, so I appreciate that fact even though I personally wouldn't risk eating their food again.

BTW, I have a vintage Anthony's menu I can scan and put online if anybody is interested.