The Old Norb Andy's in Springfield (Illinois) Is Now Anchors Aweigh

From the Springfield (Illinois) Journal Star  "Former Norb Andy's to reopen as seafood restaurant Anchors Aweigh" by Crystal Thomas.

The new owner is is Jeff Moore from Peoria (evidently there is a Anchors Aweigh there also) and the new place has Creole-style seafood  in the lower level/basement of the Hickox Building at 518 E. Capitol Avenue (right down the street from the new Illinois State Capitol Building.

The building's owner is David Ridenour who bought the building in 2010 and opened Norb Andy's for a short time in 2017 before it closed.  He tried to get Moore to keep the old name, Norb Andy's, to honor the ,am for whom it was named, Norbert Anderson, who opened the place in 1937 and kept it running for 40 years.

But, then he realized that the name Norb Andy's had come to mean a place that opened and closed almost on a yearly basis toward the end.

The last ten years, every time we visit Springfield one of the first places to drive by is Norb Andy's to see if it was open again.  It usually wasn't and we'd be disappointed as it was a really fun place.

But, Things Change.  --RoadNorb