This is a tough one.
We got off to a bad start. Our seating was a booth placed too close to a table of eight. My instinct was to ask for a different table but I didn't. My instinct was right because our server forgot to put in our pizza order. Our pizzas arrived twenty minutes after we had eaten our salads and appetizers. Too long.
But people make mistakes and I can deal with a lot when the food is good. So, let's talk about the food:
We ordered an
appetizer: meatballs with marinara sauce. Five very small meatballs with a steamy, just-right tomato gravy (that's Philadelphia for spaghetti sauce). Really delicious, but they could be called meat-dots.
Salads: good, cold, fresh lettuce and other leafy vegetables.
Pizza: The pizza is Italy-style, not New York style. The crust is like
Il Cane Rasso or
Cavalli's. I liked it. Crispy crust, tasty, nice sauce and cheese. Baked in big 550 degree ovens.
Now the tricky part because I want to be fair to
Fireside Pies.
Fireside Pies is a very good looking restaurant and bar. Beautiful woods, nicely finished, comfortable seating, Big cylinder-shaped pizza stoves. It's an attractive place to eat and the vibe is upscale pizza. It's a place for the younger business crowd to drink, talk, and enjoy good pizza. If that's what you are looking for I can understand going to
Fireside Pies. But for me it's an expensive pizza restaurant.
The pizzas are in the $13 - $14 range, the salads in the $12 - $13 range, and the appetizers, $8 - $15. There were four of us in our party. We ordered one appetizer, two pizzas and two salads -- our server suggested that the salads and pizzas could be shared. But, we discovered, the pizzas are small for two people, especially at $14 a pie. Our bill was $64, without tip and without beer or wine. That's not bad for four people, but considering two of the party left hungry, I think it's expensive.
Put it this way, take off the appetizer, add a 20% tip and you're at $17.00 a person for a smallish portion of pizza and salad, and an iced tea.
Fortunately, any evening Marian and I have with our son, his wife, and their daughter is a good night for me. Maybe I'm just a cheapskate. If you have been to
Fireside Pies, please comment.
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I rank the quality of the pizza in the restaurants that serve this style of pizza, thusly:
Cavalli's in Irving,
Il Cane Rosso at Times Ten Cellars,
Fireside Pies, and finally,
Patizio's at 7th across from
Fireside Pies.
There are five
Fireside Pies in the DFW area, including one in Fort Worth, and one in Grapevine.
Fireside Pies website
Fireside Pies - Fort Worth
2949 Crockett
Fort Worth, TX 76107
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