Typing the heading of this entry made me realize I don't include locations of the restaurants when I post. From now forward, I'll only post the location if it is outside of Seattle.
After climbing Mount Hood, we were looking to get some food because getting back to Seattle around 9pm was not going to be conducive to eating at home. Driving through Government Camp didn't show anything interesting and we decided to give the Skyway Bar and Grill a try. From the outside it looks like a typical dive type BBQ joint. But upon entering we found it had more character and some Oregon style.
The waiter brought out the menus and we looked them over for a while before he returned. He then told us of the soup of the day, and explained that all menu items were made in house. (Or "from scratch" as he said.) The restaurant smokes their own salmon and cures their own bacon and pastrami as well. After that description we needed more time. House cured bacon sounded delicious, but a BLT wasn't the appropriate dinner after what we just did. BBQ items sounded good too. What should we do?
I was lured to the Reuben sandwich due to the house cured pastrami and scratch made sauerkraut and dressing, in addition to the restaurant's use of Painted Hills natural beef. We decided to get a large mac & cheese for the table with bacon in it to get an taste of both of those dishes. Matt got pulled pork with mashers and the beets. Josh opted for a brisket sandwich with no sides. I also got a side of baked beans.
The food was delicious. The flavors were fairly standard, but brighter and better. And I would definitely recommend the Skyway to people visiting Mount Hood or heading out to Eastern Oregon from the Portland area. Heck, I'd recommend them even if the food was fairly average because I think it is good to patronize a place that does everything in house. (I believe the waiter said the only things they don't make are the cheese, milk and butter.) They even had BBQ tofu as a vegetarian option not often seen in a BBQ joint! The one complaint I have about Skyway was our waiter. While I found him authentic and enthusiastic about the food he had some service issues. Maybe it was due to it being a crowded Saturday night? Anyway, he initially brought out the wrong dish for Matt and he kept promising to bring some samples of BBQ sauce that were never delivered.
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