FIREFLY'S BBQ, QUINCY

We ate out a lot last weekend (we're making up by mostly eating at home this week). Friends were in town, some friends were leaving town. You know how it is. That's what summer in Boston is like. This time, we were going out to eat because Evan, Tom's friend, was leaving to join the Border Patrol, so I suggested the we got to Firefly's all you can eat Sunday BBQ brunch.

We'd never been to Firefly's before. They have 3 locations, with the closest in Quincy (a 20 minute drive from Boston with no traffic), so we headed down there on a Sunday morning. We got there a little before they opened. I'd heard that there were long lines, so we wanted to get there early. Plus, by going early, it insured that the food would be fresh, and not dried out, after sitting on the hot table for hours. I snapped this pic as we sat outside, waiting for Evan and Stephanie to arrive. And no, we weren't the first ones there.

When we entered the restaurant, we realized that it's quite large. After Evan bantered with the hostess(saying he liked space and large tables), we were seated at a large empty room by ourselves. The room was off the bar, and was usually used as a performance space. We were given a big table and had the room to ourselves most of the meal. Unfortunately, the buffet was in the other room, but we ended up being quite lucky, cause our room seemed to be the only one with air conditioning. It was a sweltering, humid day, and you could feel the temperature rise every time we stepped out of our dining area.

After we were shown to our table, we immediately took off for the buffet. As I mentioned earlier, because we went right as they opened, a lot of the food was freshly cooked. Even the veggies were crisp, and those are usually the first things to go bad. I overheard a waiter mention that 90% of Firefly's menu was on the buffet, so this is a great way to try out their stuff. Here's a shot of the sides: mashed potatoes, veggies, mac and cheese, corn, beans, etc....

And here's a shot of meat: brisket, grilled pork, ribs, friend and bbq chicken, etc...It really was a generous spread.

Here's my first plate. As you can see, I picked a lot of sides. The veggies, garlic mashed potatoes and corn were all really good. The mac and cheese was dry and bland. I also got a couple of pieces of bbq chicken. The white meat was dried out, but the dark meat was quite flavorful and tasty.

They also have a nice condiment and BBQ sauce bar. Here's the one in our room. You can try 6 different types of homemade sauce (which are all served warm). And the condiments including things like pickled veggies, beets and peppers. In another part of the restaurant they also have a hot sauce bar with all different types of hot sauce. I thought Evan would appreciate that feature, but I think he was too busy eating to try them out.
And here's Tom's first plate. You'll notice it's all brown because he wanted to try a little bit of EVERY type of meat on the buffet. Sigh. For the pork and beef eaters, they all agreed that the brisket was very good.

We did go back for seconds and after that, there was a small dessert selection- brownies, red velvet cake and watermelon. This ended up being perfect because we were stuffed. I actually had too much watermelon and ended up groaning the whole way home. (We didn't eat dinner that night).

Overall, the Firefly all you can eat brunch is a fantastic deal. It's just $13/person and the food is quite good and plentiful. I think we'll be back so. Maybe I'll organize a group trip down...