music, not food. you don't go to skipper's for the food, you go for the music and atmosphere.
if you're reading this and don't know about the joint, it's a funky, ramshackle collection of buildings and bars around a central courtyard with an open area overtopped by moss-draped oak trees. there are picnic tables there with a dirt dance pit in front of an open-air stage.
the bands that play there are eclectic. i'v caught everything from gospel with the blind boys of alabama, numerous blues and soul bands, rockabilly with the rev. billy c. wirtz and exuberant punkish funsters such as the red elvises. i saw one review criticizing the kind of music skippers has. if you're the type of tosser who watches american idol and obediently consumes whatever product the lamestreaming media industry says is popular, then stay away from skipper's. this place is too cool for you. but if you want something original, go, go, go!
and since this is a food blog, what they serve isn't half bad. it's old-school florida soul food, man. not haute cuisine, but by thetimeyou eat anything, you'll be full of beer and tired from shaking your leg on the dance floor. everything tastes better when you're in a good setting. if you haven't been to skipper's, you've missed one of the jewels of the south.