I'm surprised at the good reviews I'm seeing here. I went to the Fireside with friends and it was terrible. The food was barely bar food, unseasoned, hugely overcooked, and then literally flooded with sauce. Our sandwiches had so much sauce on them that they fell apart just trying to pick them up! The appetizers were the same way, with flavorless bits swimming in an actual bowl of sauce. We watched in disbelief as eat plate of food that the kitchen made was plated and then covered with one sauce after another until it was unrecognizable. Worse, the sauces are almost flavorless. I cannot imagine anyone with kitchen experience allowing plates like that to be served.
The beer at Fireside was good, but our server could not have known less about it, or any of their drinks. His first approach was to ask us if we had decided on drinks yet, only to slowly realize that we had no menus or way to order. Once we got menus, several of us had questions, none of which he had any notion of. He didn't know ingredients of drinks, the differences in any of the beers, or even how much drinks cost, as it was not listed. "They are regular drink prices," was the quote of the night.
I'll say that one start was for the wonderful smell of open wood fire when you walk in. If you have to go, enjoy that smell, then go somewhere else. You'll be happier for it.