Tucked away in the east end of the State Thomas neighborhood is a new Asian street food restaurant. Owned by Michael Kim of One Esca Concepts, Anju offers a variety of Asian dishes and small bites served tapas-style.
Kim also owns Blackfriar Pub, and while he takes pride in all of his businesses, he admitted that he was bored with many of the bars in Uptown serving the same types of food.
“I know a lot of people, when they think of Japanese food, they think sushi,” Kim says. But there are a lot of tapas-style small plates and cool dishes to put in the middle for everybody to share and enjoy. I want people to have multiple different eating experiences while drinking and conversing with friends.”