Skippy's Grille & Cantina

We’ve been twice—it’s fine, with a big menu of bar food in a lively, loud room. But we had an especially rough experience last night, arriving at 6:30, placing our order and not walking out with the food (which by then we needed packed to go) at 7:37 p.m. The server tried to put a good face on it, saying there was just one cook. But if the restaurant can’t serve its guests with such a large menu and one cook, we should have been prepared by the server that we were in for a long wait. And at the 30 minute mark, already too long, he should have let us know what the situation was. We would have left. We didn’t demand anything in terms of discount, and none was offered. But there are things they could have done, like sending out at least my kiddo’s meal ahead of ours, or offered chips and salsa, something easy. Hungry and chilly in the loud bar, you enjoy it less. Everyone around us had food and seemed happy. This is the kind of blandly familiar bar menu that is best when it’s hot, as there’s not much to it. Wings, sliders, a Mexican pizza—it’s simple stuff. By the time we got it home (and several items clearly sat in the window for fifteen plus minutes while they worked on the rest of the order), it was the least enjoyable version of this type of fare, congealed and lukewarm, damp with the moisture of the styrofoam boxes. We probably won’t go again. When I said so to the server, he seemed genuinely surprised—but he gave me no argument as to why I should reconsider.

Recently moved to the area and came in and sat at the bar. Was served a beer, but was never given a food menu or checked up on once. Bartenders were talking to and serving everyone around me except me. I was ignored the whole time. I won't come back. I had service at Lucky Lou's so that will be my local bar to hang out at. After I left Skippy's I went there to eat.

A very local bar. Small but very grand. As usual, I tried their Chimichanga and he had the green Burro. So very good. Generous portions. Excellent service! Next time it's Tacos and Tostadas! The Valintine special looks very appealing.

It was my first time visiting. We went for the special weekend menudo. It was so good that I was calling friends after to tell them about it. I don't know if it will be a regular on the menu, but it should be! All the sides came with it, cilantro, onions, oregano, lime, and hot or mild salsa, and a pan tostado (bolillo)! The salsas by themselves were outstanding in flavor. They accommodated me as I thought that I only wanted a small cup and I wanted to order a separate breakfast, but the menudo hit the spot! I did order the Skippy Bowl and perhaps it was an off day, but the hash browns weren't all that good and the eggs were overcooked. Would I try the dish again? Absolutely! In fact, there are so many items on the menu that I want to try, so I will be back! P.S. Plenty of TVs to watch NFL!

We visited on a Monday morning around 10am. My husband isn't a breakfast guy, and we're always looking for places where he can get a burger and a beer early. The server said, "no problem!" and went to grab him the regular menu, while I ordered off the breakfast menu. Hubby ordered a burger, he likes them rare and they were able to accommodate. I couldn't decide between biscuits and gravy or the machaca omelet, the server recommended a half order of the biscuits and gravy so I could try it. The biscuit was large and fluffy, and absolutely smothered in gravy with large chunks of sausage. It was very good. The omelet was a little on the spicy side, but not too spicy. I'm a spice wimp and really enjoyed it. Hubby ate every bite of his huge burger and fries and said it was very good. We'll be putting Skippy's on our list of places to revisit. The only complaint was they only have one IPA beer, Church Music, which is great, but they were out. More IPA selections would be nice.