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Skillet’s “bistro-style street food” is here to stay

September 4th, 2009 by Thea

Skillet, “a mobile joint” street food vendor, has found a new home in Uptown in the parking lot of Elliott Bay Auto Brokers at the corner of 1st Ave N. and Republican.

According to an employee, beginning this week the local street vendor will be hanging out on this Queen Anne corner every Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering both breakfast (8-10 a.m.) and lunch (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.).

Here’s a sneak peak of what you might find on their menu board. One of their employees said the menu usually has a burger and some sort of fresca, but often changes depending on what’s available and what customers like.

The tacos, for example, just started this week and will probably carry on for a few more. The “Lemongrass Steak Sammy,” he informed me, would probably only be around today (so, not wanting to miss out on an opportunity, I tried one. And it was delicious. Sorry there’s no picture, I ate it too fast).

Skillet’s image comes in the form of old Airstream Trialers that they buy and refit with full kitchens. Their goal, they say on their website, is “to provide seasonally relevant, locally sourced, and impeccably executed bistro style up and down the west coast.”

See their website for more information and the menu. Check out where the park the rest of the week here.

Oh, and don’t worry if you run out of cash, these outfitted trailer-kitchens take cards!

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