I had the opportunity to visit the Firehouse Lounge twice over the past year. Most recently, I was with a group of friends for happy hour on a Thursday evening. The place was pretty quiet between 6-8 pm with only a few people at the bar and our group of 6.
The environment and atmosphere is comfortable with lots of original architectural touches throughout. While the space is fairly large, the seating is conducive for smaller intimate conversations among friends.
I was pleasantly surprised by the food. The homemade mozzarella sticks were HUGE and tasted far better than the usual frozen variety. The buffalo chicken dip was great and not overly greasy like similar dips I've had at other restaurants. Sadly, a couple of the items were out of stock like the fried pickles. I had the crab cakes as my meal and they were awesome. Moist and had great flavor.
It's a good hang out spot. If there had everything in stock on the menu, I would have given it 4 stars.