Bigfire
At first glance, Bigfire looks like standard grilled-meat stuff—a huge open-grill kitchen dominates the space—but on closer inspection, you’re pleased to note that it imbues its all-American menu with an urban panache not usually seen in Themeparkland. Even so, its ingredients don’t stray too far from the usual crowd-pleasers: its mac-and-cheese has accents of smoked pork, the Cobb salad is laden with meats and honey mustard dressing, smoked brook trout is spiked with tarragon tartar sauce, and the short-rib pasta is flavored with sherry cream sauce. Meant to stylishly evoke a lakeside lodge (outdoor tables abut a fire pit and you can order s’mores-making kits), it serves honest-to-goodness adult cocktails and takes care that its meat is cooked properly, not slung off an assembly line. It’s classic American comfort food, but smarter.
At first glance, Bigfire looks like standard grilled-meat stuff—a huge open-grill kitchen dominates the space—but on closer inspection, you’re pleased to note that it imbues its all-American menu with an urban panache not usually seen in Themeparkland. Even so, its ingredients don’t stray too far from the usual crowd-pleasers: its mac-and-cheese has accents of smoked pork, the Cobb salad is laden with meats and honey mustard dressing, smoked brook trout is spiked with tarragon tartar sauce, and the short-rib pasta is flavored with sherry cream sauce. Meant to stylishly evoke a lakeside lodge (outdoor tables abut a fire pit and you can order s’mores-making kits), it serves honest-to-goodness adult cocktails and takes care that its meat is cooked properly, not slung off an assembly line. It’s classic American comfort food, but smarter.
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