Farmerbrown's Little Skillet

Little Skillet is a walk-up window on Ritch Street, which is really more of an alley. There are two good things about this: you can walk right on up with your dog, and you can get Blue Bottle Coffee right next door at Cento. Little Skillet specializes in chicken and waffles, with sandwiches and grits thrown in the mix. At $6 for a large piece (or two smaller pieces) of fried chicken and a hefty waffle, this is one of the more affordable meals in the neighborhood. The chicken is pretty good, but the kicker is the waffle and syrup. The syrup is thin and not too sweet. So when it soaks into the waffle and chicken...YUM.

Seating is on the loading dock -- so yeah, pretty casual. Every once in a while a car will come through the alley, so do keep an eye and a leash on your pup.

As the second stop on the Yapsie Pupcrawl (the first was The Creamery), Little Skillet has been a place I've wanted to go for a long time. Their lunch lines during the week (and weekends too) are usually super long so it's been tough getting out there in time to snag a 2-piece meal with waffle on work days. They had to close their window a bit early to get out to Outside Lands, but we still managed to get our order in before everybody head off for the day.

With a huge pan of chicken in front of us, it was time to dig right in. It had just come out of the fryer and the meat was so juicy and tender. I don't know what kinds of spices they use in their batter, but it's easily better than the colonel's. I still need to try their waffles which I hear are divine, but that will be on the next trip for sure!

The restaurant is really just a takeout window so you have to enjoy your meal outside, most likely on the dock across the alley. Since it's completely outdoors, it's completely dog-friendly of course. The startups in the area are mostly dog-friendly too so it's not uncommon to folks bringing their pups to lunch. The staff was super helpful in getting us set up for our event and I can't wait to go back!

Food: 9/10

Service: 9/10

Price: $

Atmosphere: 8/10