Skipper's Smokehouse & Oyster

Skipper's Smokehouse has been flying in the face of convention since 1980. The Skipper's legacy began when Air Force buddies purchased what is now one of the hottest dining and music spots in the Tampa Bay Area. The catering department is operated at the capable hands of Vicky Dodds, who has been on board since 1980. Starting out, reluctantly, at the demand of some of our regular restaurant...

Go home with some of Skipper's signature Captain Tom's Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce.

Be sure you're ready to go home early--Skipper's has a midnight noise curfew thanks to county ordinances.

A junkyard-style restaurant and oyster bar, Skippers has live reggae on Wednesday, Uncle John's Band (a long-running Grateful Dead cover act) on Thursday, and great smoked fish every night. Check their calendar for exceptional musical lineups on the weekends.

This is the most casual of casual restaurants, and if you're seeking out Skipper's for the first time, just roll down the car windows and follow the sound of music. No shirts, no shoes --- no problem! Skipper's brings Gilligan's Island-style stateside with its ramshackle atmosphere and fresh, classic seafood kicked up a notch with Captain Tom's homemade Scorch Bonnet sauce. Focusing on...

The Scene
This half outdoor bandshell, half screened-in restaurant is the area's bastion of jam and edgy roots rock. It's definitely the only sand-floor concert venue where you can pop...

Greetings & welcome to the Skipper's Smokehouse Restaurant & Oyster Bar Home Page! Skipper's Smokehouse is "the club that washed ashore" (Lonnie Mack) in tropical North Tampa, Florida and the Blues Foundation's KBA Best Blues Club in America-2001.Celebrating 25 Smokin' year, three Air Force buddies - Vince McGilvra, Tom White and Anders Bastman [bought out in 1988] purchased Skipper's in 1980.