Anchor Cafe Inverness

Right, got a selection of this week’s specials for you to have a gander at.

First up is a homemade Lamb and Boursin (garlic & herb) topped Caramelised Onion & Cheddar Focaccia, served with salad, minted yogurt and chilli dip. £8

Next we have Veggie/Vegan Gyros. Covers plant based Kebabs, Roasted Vegetables, Oregano & Mint seasoned Fries, Hummus, Chilli Sauce & Salad on a homemade Naan. £10

Lastly, Cajun Chicken Salad. Slices of Chicken Breast roasted in Cajun Spices, smashed Avocado, Cucumber & Mint, Salsa, Jalapeños, Salad Leaves & a toasted Wholemeal Wrap. £10

Soup today is Golden Vegetable.

Catch ye, Versace. 🫡

Hi all. We shall be open from 10:30 - 4 as usual today
(Friday 12th July)
Please make use of the car park in order to keep the street clear when possible.

In light of last night’s incident we have decided to close the cafe today.
(Thursday 11th)

Inverness, July, the rain is that fine, wet stuff that soaks you through before you know it. Pure misery. Going to be tough to tempt you out of the house but I’ll give it a try as misery loves company and I’m a bit bored.

First up we have our take on a Mexican favourite, the “Sonoran Hot Dog”.
Bacon wrapped Pork Hot Dog, Cheddar and Jalapeño Pancakes (I wasn’t in the mood for making buns), Chilli Beans, Salsa Verde, Avocado, Mustard & Chilli Sauce. Served with Chips and Salad. £10

There’s also the “Bully Beef & Chips”, an open faced Roast Beef, Mustard & Fried Onion Sandwich topped with a Brie & Cheddar Cheese Sauce, served with Chunky Chips and Salad. £10

Here until four. All the best. ✊

It’s not often that I’m happy* to get up on a Monday morning and come into the cafe for deliveries. Today is different as I’m a bit excited as we have some exciting new drinks in from the good folk at Paisley Drinks Co.
We have Ginger Beer, Paisley Cola, Rhubarb Cream Soda, Strawberry Lemonade and Raspberry Lemonade.
All the drinks are made in Scotland and contain no artificial flavours, colouring, preservatives or caffeine.
It’s a far cry from the days of the Alpine or Solripe lorry doing the ginger supply drop.
Back with you on Tuesday. 🫡

*To be honest I could have probably stopped the post there, “It’s not often that I’m happy” 🤷‍♂️😂 Chef life pals. All the best.

Welcome to Friday, congratulations on making it through another week. May I offer you a swatch at our specials board?
Today’s soup is Thai Vegetable with Rice Noodle, we’ve got sausage rolls available and a special called “The Breakfast Belter”. It’s a home made Cheese & Onion Boule Roll filled with a Pork Breakfast Patty, Bacon, Potato Latke and a Fried Egg. Served with a side of beans. £8

We shall be closed this Wednesday (22nd May)
Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

I’ve been meaning to write this post since last night but kept getting distracted.

Last night I read about the Glasgow W***y Wonka fiasco and then finished a drawing I’ve been working on. (It’s of a cooling tower, I’m developing an unhealthy obsession)

This morning I thought that I could write it on the walk to Asda but Balloan Road was surprisingly slippery so I decided to focus on putting one foot in front of another.

So here we are, I finally got around to typing it.

First up we have some Turkish Garlic Chicken Sausage skewers, served with Couscous, Hummus, homemade Flatbread, Salad and Minted Yoghurt. £9

I also made a batch of sausage rolls. These ones are Beef and Pork, Chorizo, Cheddar and Sweet Chilli. £4 on it’s own or £7 to stay with waffle fries, beans and salad.

Pic1 Skewers
Pic2 Sausage Rolls
Pic3 Extra bonus cooling tower drawing.

Hello, it’s been a while. Got some specials on this week that I would like you to cast your eyes over. 👁️👁️⬇️⬇️

First up, home made Chicken Samosa, Couscous,Lentil Daal, Pickled Veg & Minted Yoghurt. £9

Turmeric Roasted Cauliflower with Wilted Spinach, Chickpea & Lentil Daal, Pickled Veg, Minted Yoghurt (dairy free available too), Houmous & toasted Potato Flatbread. £9

Home made Biscoff French Toast topped with Banana, Nutella, Biscoff Crumb & Maple Syrup. £7

All the best. 👌

We shall be closing at 2pm on Saturday, 17th of February for a catering event.
All the best. 👌

Public Safety Alert No: 3734(a) disregard all others.

The snow is on the melt everywhere but in our car park.

It’s like that time that Jerry out of Tom & Jerry turned the fridge on high, opened the door and left the taps on.

It’s on my bucket list to do the same, one can dream.

Be careful out there.

I’m not going to suggest that you come to the freezing tundra that is Tomatin Road unless you already have to.

Now that our disclaimer is out of the way and you can’t sue us if you fall on your bum may I interest you in some soup?

It’s chicken noodle with sweetcorn and it’s like a hug in a bowl (it’s as near as you’ll get to a hug from me 😂 unless it’s New Year or I’m tipsy).

We’ve also got some white chocolate blondie, Biscoff millionaires slice and Celebrations & Party Ring slice if you feel like a sweet boost.

Be careful out there lads. 👌

Today’s special has a story… and a drawing I did, that’s how seriously I take food industry history.

From the 1970s until 1994, Wolfgang Meier’s battered Mercedes van was a welcome sight for soldiers of the British Army (BAOR) taking part in exercises in the Soltau training area, located in NW Germany.

Wolfgang’s “Bratty Van” offered Bratwurst, Frites, Zwebeln und Senf oder Mayo (Long grilled German sausage, French Fries, Onions and German Mustard or Mayonnaise) along with steaming hot coffee and cups of tea. In summer it was filled rolls, ice cream and cold drinks. There was always a good supply of Yellow Handbags too. A Yellow Handbag was a cardboard box of ten 0.33l bottles of Herforder Pils, and the box was bright yellow.

Meier’s ability to always find the overnight laagers of the troops was uncanny as they often wouldn’t know themselves until moments before. Some thought that he had to be an East German spy 😂.

Wolfgang Meier retired in 1994, the profits from the van were put into the purchase of a campground which is still in the hands of the Meier family.

Story time over, let’s get to business.

I present “Wolfgang’s Grill Shop”.
A triple deck of toast, Berliner sausage, Frankfurter sausage, smoked ham, Bavarian smoked cheese, sauerkraut, gherkins, tomato, mustard and mayo. £9.

All the best. 👌

Oooft… it’s been a busy week, almost time to go home.

First though it’s time to let you know when we’ll be open over the next wee while.

Many thanks to all of our customers for keeping us going in these uncertain times.

Best wishes to you and yours from all of us at Anchor. Cheers🙏

How’s your Christmas shopping going? In need of any sugar based stocking fillers by any chance?
Morag who makes our ever popular tablet will have a wee pop-up stall in the cafe from eleven o’clock on Thursday, 21st December. This stuff normally flies out the door so get in whilst you can. Cash sales preferably if possible. 👌

We’ve also got a couple of specials on for the final run up to the big day.

One last thing whilst I have your attention, Thursday is your last chance for any Christmas pre-orders(see previous post for details as I’m too lazy to type it out again).

All the best.

As we sail collectively towards Christmas it’s probably time to announce that we'll be taking pre orders for the following items:

Pork, Bacon, Cranberry, Sage & Onion Stuffing Sausage Roll £4

Black Pudding, Caramelised Onion, Pork, Beef and Mustard Sausage Roll £4

Veggie/Vegan Pigs In Blankets with Cranberry, Caramelised Onion & Stuffing Sausage Roll £4

Turkey, Gravy, Cranberry & Stuffing Pastry Bake £4

Smoked Cheese, Roast Potato & Pickle Pastry Bake £4

Full trays (12 or 24 slices) of the following: White Chocolate & Caramel Slice, Biscoff Millionaire's slice or *Peppermint Slice (*can be made fully vegan and gluten free) £24
Half trays (6 or 12 slices) £12

Scones: Fruit/Plain/Cherry/Cheese/Apple & Cinnamon or Treacle £2 each or 6 for £10

Cinnamon Buns £2 each or 6 for £10

If we could have your orders in for the evening of Thursday the 21st for pick up on Saturday the 23rd or Sunday the 24th. Feel free to send your order via Messenger or pop in to the cafe.

All the best. 👌

Every so often, the stars align and you run out of all the breads you make at the same time.

One mega bake-a-thon later and we’re fully stocked again.

We’re here ‘til four and open Saturday from eleven.

All the best. 👌

Salutations, how’s yourself? By any chance are you hankering after a big chicken samosa? If you are, we’ve got some.

This weeks special is a giant homemade Chicken Samosa served with Potato, Lentil and Chickpea Dhal, Mango Chutney, Minted Yoghurt & Salad - £9

Second photo is the “Bonjour Monsieur”, a triple deck of French Toast, Mustard, Brie, Bacon & Ham topped off with a wee bit of Cheese Sauce. - £9 It’s proven pretty popular so has been on the specials board for a while.

Soup is Chunky Vegetable, we’re here ‘til four.

Catch ye - Versace. 👌

A couple of specials on for this wet and wild Thursday.
We also have Pork, Chorizo, Cheddar and Onion Sausage Rolls on the go and today’s soup is Savoury Vegetable (I know, it’s a terrible name for a soup. It’s good though, I promise).
All the best. 👌

We’re having some time off. Back with you (hopefully refreshed) on Friday - 25th of August.
Thank you all for your continued support. 🙏

The Mortadella Melt

Available for as long as it’s popular (you know what we’re like)

Here til’ 4 😎

Hello folks. Hope that you’re well.
On Tuesday the 9th of May we shall be closed for some essential maintenance and upkeep.
We’ll be open as usual on Wednesday, 10th of May.

Hello all, after a titanic battle against a belligerent printer (Canon printers really don't like ink refills from Tesco 😫) we present our updated menu.
It's mostly the same, a few tweaks here and there and some popular specials have made it to print.
We held out as long as we could but with ever increasing wholesale costs we've had to factor this into our new, freshly printed and laminated menu.
In these troublesome times we appreciate your continued support.
All the best. 👌

Hello, we're back with you from 10:30 on Friday, 7th April.
Just in time for Easter we have these delights...
Easter Bunny Blondie
Kinder Bueno Cookie Bar
Chocolate Caramel Tart
Lemon Posset Tart
Cinnamon Buns
Raspberry Oat Slice
Mini Egg Tiffin

Hello everyone.
Bit of a last minute decision this, we have been planning on taking time off for a while but commitments or some reason not to always seem to pop up.
However, as time goes on we're getting increasingly burnt out and with this in mind we shall be taking Saturday, 1st of April until Thursday, 6th of April off for some rest and recuperation.
Best wishes.
The Anchor Team

Hello! On Saturday 25th March we shall be opening at the slightly later time of 12 noon.
All the best pals 👌.

A bheil Gàidhlig agaibh?
I don't so please excuse me if I butchered that question or come and teach me some this Thursday, 7-9pm.

Our car park is doing double duty as an ice rink today (Saturday). Please be careful.

We hope everyone had a lovely Christmas!

We will be back open on Thursday 29th, 10:30-4pm

See you then! ❤️

As Christmas gets nearer we thought that now would be as good a time as any to announce that we'll be taking pre orders for the following items.

Pork, Bacon, Cranberry, Sage & Onion Stuffing Sausage Roll £3

Black Pudding, Caramelised Onion, Pork, Beef and Mustard Sausage Roll £3

Veggie/Vegan Pigs In Blankets with Cranberry Sausage Roll £3

Port Braised Beef & Onion Pastry Bake £3

Full trays (12 slices) of the following: Malteser Slice, Biscoff Millionaire's slice or *Peppermint Slice (*can be made fully vegan and gluten free) £24

Scones: Fruit/Cherry/Cheese/Apple & Cinnamon or Treacle £2

Cinnamon Buns £2

If we could have your orders in for the evening of Wednesday the 21st for pick up on Friday the 23rd or Saturday the 24th.

All the best. 👌