Comments on: Skip’s Restaurant of Chelmsford, Mass. to close after 60+ years

By: Marcia

Marcia — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:14:56 +0000

I live in CT and for at least 50 years, several times a year, our family would stop at Skip’s for a meal while traveling to and from Maine. It was a family tradition. Last week my Mom and I drove up to find Skip’s gone and a new building in its place. We couldn’t believe our eyes — we were so disappointed! If anyone knows of another place that is easy off and back onto the highway we would appreciate finding out.

Thanks, Skip’s, we will miss you!

By: John Visnaskas

John Visnaskas — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:19:48 +0000

Dammit! Yet another childhood memory and life-long hangout gone. I even used to bring my little girl in there twenty years ago just to meet and mingle with the Chelmsford old-timers. Granted, it wasn’t quite the Wursthaus in Harvard Sq., but now that it’s gone I realize what a big part of my life it was.

My Dad used to buy me ice cream there as a kid, in the late 60’s the back parking lot was a hippie mecca, In the early 70’s it was my favorite place for lunch (I still want that lentil soup recipe Fred), in the late 80’s I ate there often with my little girl on our weekends together, and even throughout the 90’s my buddy Gary would drive out from Newburyport just for their fresh orange juice for breakfast.

Hey Freddie-if you see this go over to Facebook where a few of us 60’s guys have reconnected…

By: dinerhotline

dinerhotline — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:12:54 +0000

Dave, Thanks for the update! That collection you have must be overflowing your storage facility. I saw some interesting ones peeking out the window the other day when I went to the capitol Diner for breakfast. Thanks also for reading the weblog old friend.

By: dave waller

dave waller — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:59:47 +0000

They will be bulldozing Skips next week, but at least the neon signs will be saved. “The Embers” will be displayed in the Johnson & Wales Culinary Museum in Providence, and the rest will be restored and go into my neon sign collection where, hopefully, I can exhibit them in a future show.

By: beth

beth — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:16:17 +0000

Thanks for the update! I always enjoyed stopping at Skip’s not so much because of the food, but the ambiance. The food was fine, but I loved stepping back in time. Will have to stop by before it closes!