ROB ANDERSON

Rob Anderson is a writer, chef and entrepreneur.

As an opinion journalist, Rob worked for the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, The New Republic and the Center for American Progress. His most recent writing has been published in the Atlantic.

In 2013 Rob left his desk job to open the Canteen in Provincetown, Massachusetts. As its co-owner and chef, he steered the Canteen from startup to successful, community-centered institution — proudly led by a team of LGBTQIA, female, immigrant and PoC workers. As a beloved summertime destination and year-round economic engine on Cape Cod, the Canteen has proven that a restaurant can do good and do well simultaneously.

Rob grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, and received a degree in American and African American Studies from Georgetown University. At Georgetown he co-led a successful student movement pressuring the administration to create a support center for LGBTQIA students, a first at any Catholic school. He proudly served as the editor of the university’s storied alternative newsweekly, the Georgetown Voice.

He received a masters in journalism from Columbia University. Before opening the Canteen, Rob attended the International Culinary Center and staged in kitchens around New York City.

Rob lives in Massachusetts, splitting his time between Cambridge and Cape Cod. He is currently re-wiring his nervous system and writing a book. He is the father of one son, a mini labradoodle named Tato.