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Jul. 9th, 2014 02:19 pmDinner at Skillet at 14th & Union last night with Temptress. I had a fantastic fried chicken sandwich from their food truck at Pride, so I wanted to try their restaurant.
Be warned: this is not the place to go if you're vegetarian or watching what you eat. It's a caloric meatfest with some class. Service, decor, feng shui? Right on. We sat outdoors in the blessed sunshine. She had the smoked watermelon (!) salad and I had the pork pastrami Ruben. I have to say, I liked her entrée better, but my drink was a peanut butter milkshake with bourbon - apparently Skillet is known for its "boozy shakes" - so it worked out well. And despite the shake, I ate half of one of their strawberry shortcake-like thingies because it was that good. In summation, nom.
I gotta love the fact that across 14th from Skillet is Restaurant Zoe, which apparently moved up from Belltown, a bear bar, and Chop Suey all in a row. Hanging from the balcony of an apartment right across Union was a Pride flag - upside down. (Temptress didn't know that the red stripe goes on top until last night, either.) Maybe there's hope that the Hill will stay weird.
A sunny walk around the Hill holding hands where I showed her where some of my erstwhile usual haunts were (ETG, CHAC), a beer at the Wildrose, and then a ride back to my place. Sure, it was almost as PG as two queer women on a date can get, but it was also happiness.
Be warned: this is not the place to go if you're vegetarian or watching what you eat. It's a caloric meatfest with some class. Service, decor, feng shui? Right on. We sat outdoors in the blessed sunshine. She had the smoked watermelon (!) salad and I had the pork pastrami Ruben. I have to say, I liked her entrée better, but my drink was a peanut butter milkshake with bourbon - apparently Skillet is known for its "boozy shakes" - so it worked out well. And despite the shake, I ate half of one of their strawberry shortcake-like thingies because it was that good. In summation, nom.
I gotta love the fact that across 14th from Skillet is Restaurant Zoe, which apparently moved up from Belltown, a bear bar, and Chop Suey all in a row. Hanging from the balcony of an apartment right across Union was a Pride flag - upside down. (Temptress didn't know that the red stripe goes on top until last night, either.) Maybe there's hope that the Hill will stay weird.
A sunny walk around the Hill holding hands where I showed her where some of my erstwhile usual haunts were (ETG, CHAC), a beer at the Wildrose, and then a ride back to my place. Sure, it was almost as PG as two queer women on a date can get, but it was also happiness.
