Quick, call the Health Department! Skillet Street Food, Seattle's den of takeout iniquity, will roll again Jan. 16 after a string of health-code violations last fall forced a two-month hiatus.
By Cody Ellerd | January 8, 2008
Convergence Zone
Who would have thought that the saga of a hash-slinging trailer would have more twists and turns than a Talladega night? The latest dispatch from Skillet, the mobile kitchen that serves up superior street food from a restored Airstream, is that the company has temporarily shut down while it waits for a Health Department permit.
By Monica Fischer | October 24, 2007
Josh Henderson, co-owner of mobile eatery Skillet, which serves breakfast and lunch from an Airstream trailer at locations throughout Seattle, promised Monday to continue to operate his "private tasting club" in defiance of the health department. Last Wednesday, Public Health Seattle & King County cited Skillet, which it defines as a restaurant, for numerous health code violations.
By Monica Fischer | September 25, 2007
Convergence Zone
At around 3 p.m. today, we heard through the grapevine commonly known as the blogosphere that street-food outfit Skillet had been shut down by Public Health Seattle & King County. According to the department's Web site, Skillet was closed Sept. 19 because they were operating without a valid permit, operating...
By Monica Fischer | September 21, 2007
People like shiny things. That's part of the reason Josh Henderson and Danny Sizemore decided they wanted to run a restaurant out of an Airstream trailer. They also like the idea of a mobile lifestyle, opening the door for business each morning in a fresh location with new customers. Most of all, they like food. So the idea of really good food being served out of something big, mobile and shiny sounded absolutely brilliant.
By Cody Ellerd | August 6, 2007
