Skippers Seafood & Chowder House
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| Formerly | Skipper's Fish and Chips Chowder House Skipper's Seafood 'n' Chowder House |
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| Type | Independent, nonexclusive, site-specific licensees |
| Industry | Fast food, seafood, licensing, retail |
| Founded | 1969 in Bellevue, Washington, U.S. |
| Founder | Herb Rosen |
Number of locations | 50+ (2024) |
Area served | Pacific Northwest |
| Products | Fish and chips, clam chowder, seafood |
| Parent | Harbor Wholesale |
| Website | skippers |
Skippers Seafood & Chowder House (historically Skipper's Seafood 'n' Chowder House) is an American quick-service seafood restaurant brand from the Pacific Northwest, known for its fish and chips and clam chowder. Founded in 1969 in Bellevue, Washington, by businessman Herb Rosen, the chain grew to more than 200 company-owned restaurants in the western United States and British Columbia, at one point ranking as the fourth-largest seafood restaurant chain in the country.
After Rosen sold the company in 1989, the chain passed through a series of owners and steadily contracted. Its operating company, Skipper's, Inc., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2006 and was dissolved the following year, with the surviving restaurants sold to independent operators who continued under trademark licenses. The brand's intellectual property was held by Starway Restaurants, LLC from 2007 until January 2022, when it was acquired by Harbor Wholesale, a food distributor based in Lacey, Washington. The brand today comprises independently owned "Flagship" restaurants and "Fleet" grab-and-go outlets operating under license across the Pacific Northwest.