Firepit Kitchen + Bar... where Fresh meets Fun! (Now closed)

The Firepit Kitchen + Bar, on Richland Drive in Lancaster, serves Greek and Mediterranean inspired fare. We stopped in on a Friday night at 5:30 after dropping the littlest spawn off with the ex. It was Myself, Himself, and the Teen. We were seated immediately, but they filled up quickly after we arrived. The place is decked out in impeccably clean modern decor with warm earth tone colors and metallics.

The menu is not huge. I've noticed that's a trend restaurants are leaning towards and it is one I agree with wholeheartedly. I would rather a restaurant have 20 things they do perfectly, than 50 things they do okay. Worse, when they pre-make food and keep it on hand for days, reheating it for service.  (Enough whining.... back to the restaurant.)

Our waitress was friendly. She took our drink orders and gave us time to review the menu. Himself got a Fat Tire Amber Ale and I got a house mixed drink (lemonade, raspberry schnapps, and vodka). It was tasty and not too sweet. (The Fat Tire is what it is.  A good solid Ale, crisp and tasty with a meal).

We perused the menu at our leisure, and finally settled on the The Firepit Spread ($8) for an appie, and The Village ($9) for a salad . The Teen got a Bacon BBQ Burger ($14). Himself: The Wild Mushroom Burger ($13). 

Then, there was me... let me preface this by saying I LOVE Greek food. I love Greek flavors... but have you ever looked at a menu and everything looks so good that you just blurt something out and have to go with it because otherwise you will feel dumb? Yeah so that was a thing that happened. 

I got the Pork Flatbread with Greek Fries. Yes, that is right. I ordered the LEAST Greek flavored thing on the damn menu, mostly because I am an idiot (Insert sigh here). But hey...I got the Greek Fries right? (Insert sad face emoticon here).

The appie was tasty. It came with plenty of fresh veggies and pita points to put the tapenade, baba ganoush, and hummus on. It was delicious and definitely house made (I bit into an olive pit in my tapenade. It made me cranky, but it was still delicious!) 

Then there was the salad! It was so FRESH! Lots of cucumbers, tomatoes, olives, feta, red onion, with a house made Greek Dressing. It was outstanding! It came with pita points to soak up all the delicious Greek dressing. The dressing was the perfect amount of tang and sweet, and herbs. I should have gotten the chicken kebabs and made that remarkable salad my main dish. Alas, I did not. 

My main course was a pork BBQ flatbread with broccoli slaw on it. It was.. okay. It needed more barbecue sauce. Tasted individually, the components were disappointing, but eaten as a whole the flavours melded well. Would I run back for that particular sandwich again? No. 

The house cut fries were perfect, though. They were crispy and well seasoned. The tzatziki sauce they were served with the fries was good too; very tangy and bright in flavour. 

The Teen said his burger was really good, and his bacon was prepared exactly to his taste. He would have liked more BBQ sauce on it as well. He too loved the fries and he also enjoyed the pita points with cucumbers (It was fun having him interact with our reviewing process). 

As for me (Himself), my burger was fair. It arrived a bit skewed on the plate, and needed some assembly to become burger-ish. Now, maybe that was cute plating... or maybe it all just slipped a bit.
The mushrooms, melted cheese, and sauce (garlic aioli) all complimented the burger decently.  It wasn't in the 'best burger' running, but still a good workmanlike offering (I tasted his burger, it was pretty darn good. I should know I am a burger connoisseur! )  As herself said, the fries were good. Hand cut, fresh from the fryer, but lacking in seasoning a bit to my taste.  Go figure.

The restaurant seems to be set up in 'areas'.  A small bar area, a dining room area, etc.  There are lot's of focal points to keep the ambiance from boring patrons, not the least of which is a big cooler stocked chock full of interesting beers.

Overall I give Firepit:
4.25 out of 5 forks for flavor
4.50 out of 5 forks for atmosphere
4.75 out of 5 forks for location
4.15 out of 5 forks for service
4.4125  forks overall