Imagine that on your lunch break you purchase gourmet food from the window of a 1962 Airstream trailer. In Seattle, the chefs from Skillet are making this possible. Skillet goes to different street corners every day concocting meals depending on what's available locally and seasonally. They've become famous for their Kobe-style burger served on brioche with bacon jam, blue cheese and arugula. Besides tasting delicious, the food is also reasonably priced, between $6 and $10.
According to an article from Forbes, Skillet sells about 200 lunches daily. Chef Danny Sizemore states that he opened up Skillet, with his partner Joshua Henderson, in order to fill a void in Seattle: high-end street food. The Forbes article points out that the concept is not entirely unique. In Minneapolis, there's Chef Shack that sells bison burgers topped with homemade condiments. And, in Marfa, Texas, Food Shark offers homemade hummus and falafel with crisp romaine lettuce from a truck.
To find out where Skillet's Airstream trailer is going to be and what they're going to serve visit their site.
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9-05-2008 @ 1:55PM
Barry said...
This reminds me of Krew Krawl trunk in New Orleans. Found out about them this past spring at the Bywater Art market in New Orleans. Boudin Balls, grit fries, duck. It was all ridiculous and great. If you make it down that way seek them out. On weekend nights they're around Tipitina's
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9-05-2008 @ 3:30PM
kaszeta said...
I'm looking forward to searching out Skillet on my next trip to Seattle, since one of my friends already sent me a jar of their bacon jam (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaszeta/2828302694/)
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