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| - FireRock is the crossroads of fine and casual dining. This review, shares my first hand experience enjoying the blending of fine and casual dining in FireRock.
It was my brother who recommended FireRock. We had finished hiking up in the Bristlecone Trail, when my brother who lives in the north part of the valley recommended this place. The food is so good that he has been here a few times since it replaced Shoney's last year.
One of the reasons that I never heard of FireRock besides the fact that I live in the opposite side of the valley is that this is the only other location. The original FireRock location is in Casper, Wyoming.
When we walked inside the steakhouse around 7 pm on a Saturday, it was busy. Instantaneously my olfactory scent caught the delicious smell of grilling steak over an open flame. Concurrently, the hostess informed us of a 30 minute wait. During the wait, I took in the interior scenery. The interior design was cookie cutter at the same time it was elegent. My eyes took in wood, stone, pictures, lamps, and a central bar. At the crossroads of casual and fine dining, I observed well dressed couples on dates to families dressed in jeans and t-shirts. There was nothing stuffy or phony about this restaurant.
After the hostess yelled out "Daniel party of two," she walked us to our table. A few minutes further our waiter introduced himself by saying his name at the same time that he wrote it in crayon on the table cloth. My mind would be on what to order.
The expansive menu offered choices from the spectrum of casual to fine dining. At the fine dining level were the Angus beef steaks and seafood. At the casual dining level the abundant choices included varieties of cheeseburgers, a Ruben, BLT, pasta dishes, Philly cheese steak, and so on. From years of experience, I am cognizant of the fact that steakhouses serve first-rate hamburgers. Regardless, deciding what to order was difficult. I decided that I was going to order the delicious steak sandwich that he told me about. On the other hand ordering the drink was easy. I ordered a Coke.
Our waiter placed a bowl of hot just baked house bread on the table. It held us over until he brought the next bowl of bread on the table that held us over to dinner. There were a few things that he would neglect to place on the table. I would have to ask him for my tableset of a napkin with utensils. After my food arrived, I had to ask for ketchup. The following paragraph leads off with the biggest bloop.
I ordered the steak burger where my brother ordered the BBQ pork sandwich. In a turn of events that would lead to me reviewing my first BBQ pork sandwich, a second waiter delivers our food to the table. He asks who ordered the burger. Apparently he confused a steak burger with the pork sandwich causing a swap in our orders. After I took my first bite it was the point of no return.
The first BBQ pork sandwich that I recall eating tasted fine. Between two warm challah buns, the sandwich overflowed with slow roasted pork, bacon, peanut Cole slaw, and caramelized pepper. There was just the right amount of barbecue sauce. I did not have to keep reaching for a napkin to wipe sticky sauce off my hand. The BBQ pork sandwich is certainly quality. I could just imagine how delicious the steak burger across the table from me was. Or the burgers that my brother alleged are huge. Instead of reaching for a napkin, my hands were reaching for the steak fries that took up half the dish. The steak fries nicely complimented the sandwich.
The prices are another example of casual meeting fine dining. The steaks and seafood at the upper tier of the menu is what you'd expect to pay for them. At the bottom tier the prices are competitive with Danny's. Here are a couple of examples. The cheeseburgers average $10.50. The steak burger is $11.50. And the BBQ pork sandwich that I ordered is $9.50. I will argue that the dining environment here is much nicer than Denny's.
After we left FireRock and walked in the parking lot overlooking US 95 and a KFC, I was in a good mood. FireRock served me a competitively priced diner that even though it was the wrong order tasted fantastic in a casual and classy setting. If I lived as close to FireRock as my brother does, there would be followup visits to try their steak burger, one of their cheeseburgers, and possibly steak. Hopefully I will be back in FireRock in the future.
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