Seattle's 10 Essential Food Trucks | Eater | April 2018
Eater's picks for must-eat mobile food in Seattle: The diner-style food like the original burger with blue cheese and arugula, fried chicken sammy, and poutine fries.
25 Drop-Dead Extraordinary Sandwiches | Seattle Met | March 2014
Is it the tenderness of the chicken? The intrigue of its crunchy, gently fennel--flavored crust? The fact that great heaps of it are piled inside the soft potato roll or that it’s so winningly accented with pickled jalapeno aioli and ruffles of fresh kale? Who knows and who cares—the Fried Chicken Sammy is a stunner, one of this nouveau diner’s finest hours, and ridiculous with fries.
The Best Diner In Every State | Business Insider | November 2014
The Skillet brand has evolved from a chef-driven street food experience to a full-blown restaurant chain, with three locations in Seattle. The food uses fresh, locally sourced ingredients and continually redefines the meaning of comfort.
The Best Kale Salads in Seattle | SeattleMet | August 2014
The greens come with croutons, parmesan, garlicky dressing, and cured anchovies—and where diners can, brilliantly, request the addition of fried chicken thigh. This one even merited This one even merited inclusion in Food and Wine’s Best Kale Dishes in the US.
6 of Seattle’s Best Bloody Marys | Seattle Met | February 2015
Brunch’s signature cocktail, from subtle to skyscraping. Plenty of places use bacon-infused vodka in their brunch cocktails, but Skillet’s kicks up the spice into five-alarm territory. Balancing the heat with simple ingredients and garnishes keeps this brunch staple from obliterating your palate.
Twelve Iconic Seattle Meat Dishes to Try Before You Die | Eater | July 2014
Every now and then, you come across a dish that is the stuff of food legend. Bacon Jam at Skillet Diner: This sweet, smoky, and wonderfully fatty condiment quadruples the deliciousness of any dish it graces, from the Skillet burger to a skillet of mac and cheese.
Seattle's Five Meltiest Grilled Cheese Sandwiches | Seattle Refined | April 2016
Skillet's Ultimate Grilled Cheese is made with brie, cheddar & American cheese on brioche toast. Add on a side of soup and you've got an unstoppable combo... or if you're feeling extra daring, add on some bacon jam and BOOM-- day made.
This local restaurant spent a year perfecting their burger buns | Seattle Refined | June 2016
This place is becoming a local household name and understandably so. I went up to the Capitol Hill location and had the honor of trying their new tallow beef burger buns and it literally blew my mind.
Best Veggie Burgers in Seattle | Zagat | August 2016
This Seattle Center diner stacks its seasonal veggie and farro based burgers high with locally sourced mushrooms, parmesan cheese, tomato, pickled shallots and greens ($14). Buns get a dollop of triple peppercorn mayo to finish them off.
Searching for the Best Shake in Seattle | The Stranger | April 2018
Skillet has a lot to offer, including a fantastic $6 vanilla milkshake, which features ice cream from Snoqualmie Farms, comes in a chilled metal cup, and is both sippable and spoonable, depending on your preference. A timeless and tasty shake all around.
The Seattle Brunch Guide | The Infatuation | November 2017
No matter what you order, you’ll end up sticking your fork into your friend’s biscuits with sage gravy. So you probably just want to order them for yourself. Make a reservation for your people and you’ve already won Saturday morning.
Best Restaurants 2012 | Seattle Met | October 2012
Want your lemonade in a mason jar? Your waiter in a plaid shirt? A side of fennel tater tots or caramelized grapefruit? Then pop over to Skillet Diner, the breakfast nook of Pike/Pine that grew out of an Airstream trailer (the original mobile dining operation in Seattle).
Happy-hour news: Cheap eats, late nights and more | Seattle Times | December 2017
There are $2-$4 snacks, including cheddar bacon hush puppies ($3), garlic fries ($3) and a cheeseburger slider with signature bacon jam ($4). Wash it down with a $2 tallboy. Happy hour 3-7 p.m. daily.
Skillet, a roving kitchen that stakes out different street corners during lunch hour, is known for a Kobe-style burger served on brioche with bacon jam, blue cheese and arugula.
