Popular Seattle-based diner-style chain Skillet has announced the closure of three of their restaurants. Two Skillet locations already closed on Wednesday, November 12: the Capitol Hill location and the Post Alley location. The Skillet Regrade location will close on December 12.
“Times change and it is now time to shrink the Skillet footprint,” Skillet wrote in an Instagram post announcing the closures. “Like many other businesses, we have been unable to survive the balance of what we can charge for a meal with the increasing costs of what it takes to produce a meal.”
Skillet first opened in Seattle 18 years ago, operating out of an Airstream trailer. The closed Capitol Hill location was their original brick-and-mortar restaurant. The Skillet menu includes breakfast as well as lunch and dinner. They’re known for casual comfort food such as a burger with bacon jam, a fried chicken and cornmeal waffle, and a bacon jam-infused Blood Mary.
Now there will still be some remaining locations open. The Skillet in the Seattle Center Armory will remain open daily with counter service. And if you find yourself traveling through SEA Airport, the Skillet locations in the N Terminal and the C Concourse will still be there.
Regarding their employees at the shuttered locations, Skillet also included a plea to the Seattle hospitality industry in their post: “If you’re hiring, please reach out at hr@theskilletgroup.com to connect with our talented staff.”
Skillet has joined our list of Seattle restaurant closures this year, along with mbar, The Whale Wins, and Eden Hill to name a few.