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Dinner At Firefly's
Jan. 9th, 2008 10:57 amLast night ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
beowabbit took me to Firefly's BBQ in Quincy. Yum! This was a completely delicious and entertaining dining experience, and I'm so glad he discovered it.
The menu is hearty and full of Southern goodness.* It was hard to choose, but I decided on brisket, since it's my BBQ favorite, and Wabbit got a ribs and jerk chicken combo. There were a good number of BBQ sauces to choose from, and I picked a delicious North Carolina sauce. These dishes came with bountiful sides, as well as a sweet and tangy cucumber salad that made me actually like cucumbers (which I tend not to). We had tasty cracklin' bread as an appetizer, as well. We didn't have room for dessert, but I declared that next time we come here, at appetizer time I'm ordering red velvet cake, before I'm too full for it.
Another aspect I really enjoyed was the background music, which was old classic blues and zydeco. I feel that careful attention should be paid to pairing cuisine and music, and the wrong music can ruin a meal for me (I recently turned on my heel and left P.F.Changs without even sitting down because they were blaring incongruent country western music). Food and music need to match. Firefly's got it right, though. You simply can't go wrong eating hot BBQ to Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
When they give you your check, instead of mints they give you Atomic Fireballs. There was an entertaining framed poster I caught for a BBQ festival which said "MEMPHIS: 4th Fattest City In America. And We Won't Rest Until We're #1!"
It's a tiny 3-restaurant chain with other locations in Framingham and Marlborough. I hope it stays small, to retain the coolness. Chowhounds provides very mixed reviews for it, but Chowhounds is always like that. I definitely recommend giving it a try if you have car transportation and can get yourself there. Good eatin'!
* It is of note that I have never been to the Southern US, unless you count Austin TX, which you shouldn't. So my appraisal of Southern Goodness at any restaurant is based upon whether I liked it, not upon Southern authenticity, with which I am without an iota of experience. But this Yankee liked her meal.
beowabbit took me to Firefly's BBQ in Quincy. Yum! This was a completely delicious and entertaining dining experience, and I'm so glad he discovered it. The menu is hearty and full of Southern goodness.* It was hard to choose, but I decided on brisket, since it's my BBQ favorite, and Wabbit got a ribs and jerk chicken combo. There were a good number of BBQ sauces to choose from, and I picked a delicious North Carolina sauce. These dishes came with bountiful sides, as well as a sweet and tangy cucumber salad that made me actually like cucumbers (which I tend not to). We had tasty cracklin' bread as an appetizer, as well. We didn't have room for dessert, but I declared that next time we come here, at appetizer time I'm ordering red velvet cake, before I'm too full for it.
Another aspect I really enjoyed was the background music, which was old classic blues and zydeco. I feel that careful attention should be paid to pairing cuisine and music, and the wrong music can ruin a meal for me (I recently turned on my heel and left P.F.Changs without even sitting down because they were blaring incongruent country western music). Food and music need to match. Firefly's got it right, though. You simply can't go wrong eating hot BBQ to Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
When they give you your check, instead of mints they give you Atomic Fireballs. There was an entertaining framed poster I caught for a BBQ festival which said "MEMPHIS: 4th Fattest City In America. And We Won't Rest Until We're #1!"
It's a tiny 3-restaurant chain with other locations in Framingham and Marlborough. I hope it stays small, to retain the coolness. Chowhounds provides very mixed reviews for it, but Chowhounds is always like that. I definitely recommend giving it a try if you have car transportation and can get yourself there. Good eatin'!
* It is of note that I have never been to the Southern US, unless you count Austin TX, which you shouldn't. So my appraisal of Southern Goodness at any restaurant is based upon whether I liked it, not upon Southern authenticity, with which I am without an iota of experience. But this Yankee liked her meal.
