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| - We went here for dinner last night after purchasing a Groupon for the restaurant. It's a nice and clean restaurant with some friendly staff. I was a bit nervous because when we walked in at 6pm with a reservation I was shocked to see that there were only two other tables sat, and two more came in while we ate. The place is plenty big but just didn't draw a crowd by the time we left at a little after 7. Despite the quietness of the place, the food was excellent and the service was decent. Oh, and the best thing about going then was that Saturday's are 1/2 price bottle of wine nights, so we got a bottle for a little more than the price of one glass.
Our waitress was either new or having an off-night. We had to ask her if there were any specials and we also had to confirm that it was 1/2 price bottle of wine night. The other waitress serving some of the other tables did a much better job of informing the customers of what the restaurant offered. However, our waitress was very attentive and checked on us multiple times throughout the course of our dinner.
For an appetizer we had the salmon flatbread ($8). I was expecting a crispy, cheesy appetizer but it was four huge sandwich wedges of the smoked salmon and cold, mushy pita with cream cheese. The salmon tasted wonderful but I think I was anticipating a crunch that just wasn't meant to be.
For dinner I had the 12oz ribeye ($24) that was served with hand-cut fries. The steak was cooked to a perfect medium rare and was extremely tender. It was also one of the leanest ribeyes I had ever ordered at a restaurant. Sadly, the fries were a bit soggy and oily, but at least they were fresh and not frozen. The miss' got the seafood pasta ($16) which contained fresh, homemade pasta mixed with shrimp and scallops. The homemade pasta was awesome and the scallops were cooked perfectly.
All in all, it was a great night. The half-priced bottle of wine, the steak and the seafood pasta were all delicious. I wasn't ecstatic with our appetizer but that wouldn't stop me from going back and trying something else. I would definitely go back to Firewater again, especially on a Saturday night!
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