Firefly

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  It can be hard to find a place in VT, so I was really happy to not only find EXACTLY what I was looking for but also find a place with great beers and decent food.  My girlfriend really liked the Spanish Olives with capers and rosemary.  Great place for what I wanted, which was beer and wings, but I'm not sure about the rest of the menu.  I'll go back for sure.

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  Posted on 07.07.13 Andy G.

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  We loved it the first 2 times, but the 3rd time......they had just lost kitchen help, and our poor server had to Bartend, Wait Tables, and Wash Dishes! So sure, the service was excruciatingly slow, and she was in a foul mood - poor gal.  No excuse for the Chef/Owner not to have a backup plan. The Tacos were awful- so over-salted and barely edible. The Chili was also over salted, and the Cilantro Tequila Lime Shrimp that we loved the 1st time was not nearly as good, with no detection of Tequila. The margaritas taste watery. Best thing I can say is the beer and beer glasses are very cold! Sure $1.00 Tacos are a great deal- if you can enjoy them! $3.50 margaritas (both on Tuesdays) - if they tasted decent.
  Well, I hope they find the extra help they need ASAP. We won't be back for at least a while.

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  Posted on 10.10.12 Susan R.

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  We've been meaning to try this little place ever since it changed hands and started offering tapas, which we love. Given its proximity to my favorite yarn shop, we had no more excuses for avoiding it. We went late on a Saturday afternoon, when there were just a few people (who managed to make rather a lot of noise, though we don't blame the restaurant staff). Our server offered prompt, gracious attention. We liked the choices of salads, including sizes, and thoroughly enjoyed our house and warm goat cheese plates of greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions and carrots. The tequila lime shrimp and steak and mushroom tapas proved tasty, as well as the perfect size for two people to share. The prices seemed in line with most Manchester eateries. We now have a new restaurant to add to our list of food attractions in Manchester.

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  Posted on 03.05.12 Alex H.

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  this place is absolutely poor! it is NOT a place that you should go to unless you like paying 15$ for a salad made of 4 (literally) lettuce salks and a hunk of chicken...it is a place to go for an appetizer and a drink..i feel frustrated that we fell for the "non partial" reviews and wasted 40$ on 2 salads that we could have gotten from macdonalds from 12$..took the time to write this to keep others from suffering the same fate!!! what a royal ripoff!

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  Posted on 10.14.11 Lou J.

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  You know you live in a small town when wing night at the local pub gets you excited.  Comprising the third point of the "golden triangle" (work and coworker's apartment/crash pad being the other two), Firefly is a frequent haunt for Mancunians seeking to fraternize with locals and maybe a few passers-through with good taste.  It's not uncommon in warmer months to see the massive backpacks of Appalachian Trail hikers piled by the front door.  
  
  Firefly serves lunch and dinner and has a decent sized menu, including some tapas (I guess we're in a small town - the menu explains what tapas are).  But here's all you really need to know:
  
  - Poutine. It's amazing.  It must be that the closer you get to Montreal, the better the poutine gets, and here you're a few hours closer than those in Boston or NYC.
  
  - Wing Night.  Learn it, love it . Thursday nights you can get as many as you can devour for 35 cents each.  Conveniently, a dozen comes out to $4.20.  Typically offered are BBQ, Buffalo in varying degrees of heat, and "Asian".  I feel a little perverted ordering "a dozen Asians", but they sure do taste good.
  
  - Taco Tuesdays.  $1 tacos and cheap margaritas.  They may not be "taqueria from a spanish speaking neighborhood" good, but they're miles ahead of Taco Smell and cheaper than anything in the area.
  
  - Beer.  Not an extensive tap list but they've got the locals covered (Switchback, Northshire, Magic Hat) as well as PBR for $2.50.  They knock off 50 cents on Sundays during football.  Golden Triangle guy loves to boast that this saves him about $20 a week.

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  Posted on 10.06.11 David V.

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