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Another Capitol Hill food and drink staple born on the move is making a few changes.

Earlier this week, CHS reported on farmers market-born Kedai Makan’s decision to close down on Bellevue Ave after a decade of Capitol Hill food and drink.

Skillet was born 15 years ago in a converted Airstream trailer at the dawn of the modern “street food” era and vaulted to the next level of Seattle comfort food status with the 2011 opening of its first diner on Capitol Hill.

Now part of a four location family with Skillets also parts of the scenes at Seattle Center and Sea-Tac airport, the E Union diner is adding more evening hours and overhauling its menu with new appetizers and dinner items, the company announced.

The redesigned menu features Skillet classics and new additions including “unique spins on Southern comfort food staples such as gumbo & grits, Nashville hot chicken, and mac and cheese” developed by Executive Chef Nick Taseris who joined Skillet earlier this year, according to the press release.

The 14th at Union Skillet is also extending its hours and is now open until 9 PM on weekdays and 10 PM on weekends.

After its growth as a mobile food truck, founder Josh Henderson opened the original Skillet in the newly constructed Chloe building at 14th and Union in 2011 adding a bonafide diner setup to Capitol Hill’s food and drink lineup. When it first opened, the plan was for late night hours with midnight closings and last call service up to 2 AM on the weekends. Times have changed.

Lost Lake followed with its booths and diner swivel seats in the heart of Pike/Pine in 2013.

Henderson has since left the company but the Skillet brand has carried on with plans for opening a fifth restaurant — a second at the airport — in 2023.

Skillet Capitol Hill is located at 1400 E Union. You can learn more at skilletfood.com.

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