Skip's: The OG Restaurant for Diners Who Don’t Always Love OG Restaurants

Skip’s delivers in ways that not all old guard restaurants do.

Note: This is another post in my series of OG (old guard/“original gangster”) restaurants for cozy winter dining. More to come! This review is for paid subscribers only—join today so you never miss a post. (Have you forgotten what OG means in restaurant terms? I explain it here.)

Skip’s Stands Out

Review of Skip’s Restaurant
4000 Fleur Drive; (515) 287-1820
No reservations accepted.

The very first dining column I wrote for The Des Moines Register was a review of Skip’s, and we had such a fine time that evening, I remember that as we left, Mr. Sportcoat remarked, “Wow! Great gig!”

Ha! If only.

If only all restaurants were as consistent and caring and thoroughly dedicated to their craft and their guests as this place; if only all I had to do was report on restaurants that were this good. But, as you know, not all of them are. And there’s no joy reporting on them when they’re not.

But in a sea of so-so, Skips stands out for so many reasons.