Skillets opened their first location in Charlotte (Ballantyne area) only 2 days ago. The 3 other locations are located in Florida. Everything on the menu is supposedly made from scratch. Thick cut smokehouse bacon. Enormous sourdough waffles. Freshly squeezed orange juice served in frosty beer mugs. Homemade bread. Chicago style blintzes....which I have NO IDEA what these are but 1) they look interesting 2) the owner apparently is really excited to have them on the menu here! I'm definitely intrigued now and plan to give them a try...
It's a decent sized restaurant with a small room off the side for private breakfast meetings. When we arrived there was about a 25 minute wait but we were lucky enough to find seats at the bar so we could see all the front line in action! I have to say for being day 2 since opening, they did really well and they seemed to be flowing pretty good (which isn't always the case for grand opening weekends)!
We ordered the Spanish Fritta (open-faced omelet with 3 whipped eggs) which is a famous omelet from Spain-grilled potatoes, tomato, onion, peppers, ham, bacon, & parmesan with a side of grits. It was THE BEST egg dish I have EVER put in my mouth. No lie. And it's plenty to share! On top of that we ordered two whole wheat pancakes with pecans. Trying to be good with the "whole wheat" and glad we were....they were delicious! The only complaint (which was our fault) is that we ordered too much food. Next time we'll order the exact same thing minus one of the two whole wheat pancakes!
Do yourself a favor and treat yourself to a Skillets breakfast soon! :)