Happiness is...SKILLET Street Food

I have only eaten at SKILLET one other time, and I have been dreaming about it ever since. This mobile eatery, constructed out of a converted air-stream trailer, operates all over Seattle, and often times on the eastside, choosing a different location almost daily (you have to visit their web-site, twitter, or Facebook pretty much daily to find out where they are going to be).  You mostly find them in parking lots or parked right on the street, making it pretty easy to find them.

The menu is small and changes weekly, usually consisting of a burger, a pasta, a salad, a "special" (this week it was duck ~or~ lamb tacos), a dessert, a beverage, and Poutine (ah yes, that delectable cheesy, gravy covered, french fry dish loved by all Canadians).  Prices are hefty, averaging $10-13 for a burger or sandwich, but well worth EVERY penny!  I tell you, the food is In-cred-ible! I don't know how food that good comes out of a trailer running on a generator...I'm stymied!

I got The Burger.  The grass-fed beef patty was char-broiled to perfection!  The toppings complimented the heavenly beef sublimely; fresh arugula, a disk of Cambazola cheese, and Bacon Jam (I don't know what is in this condiment, but I want it on everything I eat from this moment forward).  I truly am a "Bun Snob" and this one was just right, in that it it was fresh and crusty, not too big nor too bready, it was a perfect vessel for a perfect burger.  The only downside to this date with burger bliss was that the fryer stopped working two orders before we got ours.  No fries!  That's how good the Burger was...we still wanted the burger, sans fries.

Well that's not entirely true, we did stop at SCOOTER'S, on 24th Ave. NW, on the way home to get an order of fries.  You just can't have a burger and not have the fries. They just weren't the delicious hand-cut beauties we were expecting, all covered in fried herbs and cooked in clean oil.  What we got at Scooter's was what we expected, cooked from frozen, fried in less than clean oil, and did the job of rounding out the meal, though they lacked a good salting. 

A few things to remember:

* Hours are from 11-2 (or earlier if they run out of food). 

* Lines can get long, so leave yourself enough time to wait in line.

* There will be no seating, so eat while leaning or cop a squat on the nearest curb.

* Check the website, www.skilletstreetfood.com, to pin down the days exact location. 

* Bring cash!  Both times I've been there the credit card machine has been down. 

* This is not fast-food, just really good food!

This is a picture of my first Skillet Burger...with fries.