Cal's Fine Food Spirits - Carlisle

Great place for driving up and running... Food is for... Spicy shrimps and Tuna fillet are food of the gods...

Came here for the first time. The ambiance is dark-low lighting, dark wood and carpets. I had bow tie pasta with tomato basil sauce and blackened chicken. The sauce was flavorful with large tomato chunks. Service was good. Plenty of parking. No military discount. This quaint little place is fabulous

Haven't been to Skips in so long, so we decided to stop by today for lunch. It was packed, but we got seated right away. I have never been here during the day and it is still rather dim in there, at night it is rather dark. We ordered the Steak sandwich and Chicken jalapeno pasta. The steak was cooked exactly how I like it and I also ordered the side salad with their house made balsamic vinaigrette. Their balsamic vinaigrette is what started me on vinaigrettes and a good one is hard to find. The chicken jalapeno pasta was good, but the taste reminded me of vegetable cream cheese spread. It might just be me. We went during lunch, and they were busy, but it seemed like everything took a really long time. We were there for an hour and a half and ended up having them pack our dessert to go, as it was more than 10 minutes and we still hadn't received it.

One of my favorite restaurants in the Des Moines area. I tend to eat here at least once a month if not more since it's within 5mins of work for me. The blackened chicken pasta is my all time favorite and is easily one of the best pasta dishes I've ever had. Not only is the food top notch but the atmosphere for dine-in is very welcoming and enjoyable. The staff have what's gone above and beyond and are very respectful to all customers. Recommend enthusiastically.

Went for a business lunch (yes those still happen), ordered the jalapeno chicken pasta because it's amazing, that plus the garlic bread was perfect as I kept half the pasta for lunch the next day. The other order was the BBQ prime rib sandwich which I was told was fantastic. If you haven't been here you really should, its a gem!