5/5 Woody D. 7 months ago on Google
Want
an
authentic
cocktail
experience
without
the
“Hipster
Vibe”,
Fireside
is
the
place
for
you.
My
wife
and
I
enjoy
our
“adult
beverages”.
In
the
age
of
the
“craft
cocktail”
you
see
bars
come
up
with
some
drink
weird
ingredients
for
drinks
to
be
different,
but
we
have
found
many
places
are
just
looking
for
a
hook
to
draw
people
in.
We
prefer
more
classic
cocktail
bars.
The
Comstock
in
San
Francisco
or
Zig
Zag
in
Seattle
come
to
mind.
Having
sampled
many
of
the
new
places
in
Bham,
Fireside
definitely
fits
the
more
“old
school”
vibe.
Don’t
get
me
wrong,
the
owner
offers
a
wide
variety
of
drinks
using
all
the
light
and
dark
liquors
(including
absinthe),
but
they
are
just
presented
in
a
more
classic
way.
No
need
to
Google
a
random
ingredient
someone
put
in
your
cocktail
to
figure
out
what
you
are
drinking.
Fireside
presents
itself
as
a
music
themed
neighborhood
bar.
They
have
live
music
and
the
performance
area
has
a
“living
room”
vibe.
If
there
is
no
live
music,
there
is
always
something
tasty
playing
on
the
sound
system.
The
food
is
simple
and
good.
We
tend
to
do
a
charcuterie
board,
“The
French”
flatbread
(Brie
and
apples)
and
a
Caesar
salad.
One
of
the
things
I
appreciate
most
about
Fireside
is
the
owner
has
held
the
line
on
prices.
I
recently
asked
the
him
why
he
had
not
raised
prices.
He
told
me
he
knew
his
customers
were
getting
killed
by
today’s
high
prices
and
he
did
not
want
to
add
to
their
pain.
You
have
to
love
a
business
that
thinks
about
their
customers!
Head
on
out
to
Fireside,
for
some
great
cocktails,
tasty
grub,
friendly
staff
and
to
support
a
business
that
is
not
engaging
in
what
I
call
“Greedflation
Pricing”.
You
won’t
see
any
$18
drinks
or
grossly
inflated
food
here.