Clean, decent happy customers, game was on. Staff was apathetic. They did not honor the happy hour special to takeout orders, which is not listed on their site. Nachos were decent. Good ingredients, good taste, but not prepared well. Won't be back, but you may like it if you are looking for a smaller sports bar. read more

I don't ever review on here but this place was gross enough for me to say something bacon on the Buffalo bacon chicken wrap was soggy and slimy af, like definitely not fully cooked, and neither were the tator tots! I get the food is never as good when you get it delivered vs. eat in restaurant but even then it shouldn't be a pile of mush. They were the OPPOSITE of crispy. Also forgot the seasoned sour cream with the tots and that is what I was craving in the first place -___- read more

I didn't know about this place until I got an email from the city of Richfield that I get every quarter informing me of current events. We don't go to the Penn side of town too often, as we are on the Lyndale side mostly. It was really fun to try a new local spot! The menu has something for everyone. The staff wore masks and were very friendly and welcoming. We chose to sit outside, their patio is really nice. The food they make has really good quality ingredients and everything was cooked to perfection! We definitely want to come back and try some other menu items. The prices aren't bad for the quality you get either. Delicious! read more

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The food and service is great. Buffalo chicken ranch wrap is a combo I wouldn't have thought would be good but is phenomenal

Fireside Foundry is the perfect local hangout spot. They have a great bar with good variety of drinks, the food is amazing (try the meatloaf- it is spectacular), and the prices are more than reasonable. All of the staff are super friendly and give wonderful service. read more

First time visiting after the Art Festival. Great food. Cold beer. You will not be disappointed. read more

Such a great bar/restaurant to go to after work or on the weekends. The staff are really nice and fun, and the food is good. I've gone there at least 20 times and have always had a good experience. read more

Love the food and I love the service. It's a great local hangout. Also the drinks are delicious!

I have been on a five-year quest for decent pizza in Minneapolis. FOUND! I have tried every pizza that can be delivered. Not kidding. Fats (hate the sauce and crust but love the cheese), Dulonos (crap on cardboard) - just to name a few. Most Minneapolis pizza is inherently low-fat low carb gross. If you can't stand pizza, get out of the pizza kitchen! I want pizza, not a few flecks of cheese on a cracker. I don't care if you cut it in squares. I can't taste the square shape at all. I want pizza. This pizza is salty, cheesy, chewy - and wait for it - SEASONED!!! Oh my God. It's pizza like when I was a kid. I grew up here. I remember pizza. This is actually pizza! I cannot tell you how happy I am right now. I've been searching for so long... Please support this pizza or I might die from hunger if it goes away. Thank you. P.s. It was delivery via Doordash. Still hot and cheesy goodness! read more

Fireside Foundry - Pepperoni pizza. Best day ever!!! So delicious! - Pizza Near Me - Richfield, Minnesota

Let's see-- I tried this place out due to all the reviews. We love thin crust pizza, so why not try it, right? We ordered the veggie pizza, the pretzel app, and the Asian salad. Overall, service was fine. We sat on the patio, where the speakers quietly played pop music. This is kind of a pet peeve of mine. I can't stand soulless pop crap in public spaces. I just wanted to relax with my lady. Why do I have to listen to that? Anyway, the pizza was mediocre, and so was the Asian salad. Pizza had too much cheese for thin crust-- it was too similar to a frozen pizza at home. He salad was filled with that iceberg lettuce that was slightly yellow. Overall, when your menu is all over the place, like the foundry, then everything suffers. The patio chairs were nice, though! read more

Dinner with friends! I was in town for work and meet up with friends for dinner. The place was really good. The onion rings rank up in the top echelon of onion rings! The beer batter is awesome. We also had the Asian fries. The meat was so tender and delicious. Paired with a fantastic sauce. I ordered the calibration and would do it again! The crust was the right blend between crispy and chewy. And the marinara sauce added a while other level of enjoyment! Highly recommend eating here! read more

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I've been coming to Fireside for my entire life. It was my favorite pizza! Last 2 times, the crust has been mushy (when I've specified asked for it to be cooked well done) and I ask for them to cut it in squares, and they haven't been able to get it right. This time I can tell they cut it normally, and then realized their mistake, and hacked it somehow into triangles. Super disappointed!!! read more

Fireside Pizza...it's like going back an era, to a time when life was simpler, families were tighter knit, and each restaurant had its own unique vibe. My boss took our company here a couple days before Christmas. Anytime I get a free lunch, I'm bound to enjoy the meal...so that decreases the credibility of this review considerably. I'm just saying. My boss's name is Chad, so I call him Chadillac. As we sat down and began sipping on diet soda (of course you order diet soda when you're about to house an entire thin crust pizza!), Chadillac pointed to the booth where his parents had their first date. It was an emotional moment. But seriously, you can imagine that hundreds of married couples have had first dates at Fireside. It just feels like home. And the further in life I get, the more I realize how important it is to find places that make you feel at ease. Our world is a high strung, tightly wound world, and Fireside is definitively neither of those things. Beyond the nostalgia, the pizza is good, but not great. It's not in the league of Savoy's or Pizza Luce, but if you're in the neighborhood, you will not be disappointed. read more

Excellent pizza (had many options and all good!) and the Asian Shortrib fries are spectacular!!

This was a recommended restaurant from the hotel I was at. It was further than others but thought I would give it a try. Great outdoor seating, friendly staff and the pizza was great. Several local beers on draft which is also a plus. I travel here a couple of times a year and it's now on my must stop list. read more

A lot of promise but someone needs to tell the chef to dial back the salt. I'm not a salt sensitive person but everything- burger, sandwich, pizza was inedibly salty. Most of it went in the garbage. I suspect most of the five star reviews here are from bar patrons and long term locals who are forgiving for nostalgia reasons. If you're a few drinks down and having a good time, you might be more forgiving but bring it home to your family and you'll discover it's a "one and done type of new restaurant." Save yourself the 'one.' read more

Cool atmosphere. Prices are high. The appetizers cost just as much as a meal. I recommended going during happy hour. They do charge for ranch and extra sauce. Service was good. Food was great. The Asian fries are delicious. Parking lot is small. read more

Extremely tasty food. The menu is more than just pizza. Everything we had was delicious. Love the decor and overall vibe of the place. read more

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I want the old Fireside back please. It's a very interesting theme for a pizza place, I do believe they are steam punk sorta themed. We sat outside, there is a fire so that was nice. There were only a few tables filled when I was there but if they were all filled I don't see how anyone could get out without asking people to get up and move. Service was a little slow, but friendly. There are a lot of other things on the menu besides pizza. We enjoyed sharing the a pepperoni and the Fireside Special. I was not a huge fan of their red sauce. Also it's thin crust pizza. read more

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This was what book club picked for a restaurant. I always look at the menu before I go in case we get to talking and it's hard for me to concentrate on the menu. There were so many things I wanted to try! Thai chicken kebab, seared tuna, Parmesan walleye, "big kid" mac & cheese, thai pasta, walleye sandwich. I ended up with the $14 steak salad. The steak was not hot and it was OK, not the best steak salad ever. One of my become ladies did not like her steak salad. Some book club ladies ordered half salad and half burger to split and this was done perfectly and generously. Our waitress was amazing, putting up with six people who all arrived at different times getting them drinks, splitting the entrées, making sure the water glasses were full, giving us all separate bills, all while consistently smiling and being uber friendly. She even made me entire pot of decaf and kept my cup warm all night. Although my food was not perfect, it was decent and affordable and the service was amazing. The ambiance was quite nice too, we were able to talk easily. I will be back to try another entrée! read more

Fireside Foundry - Fries with Asian sauce - Pizza Near Me - Richfield, Minnesota

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Great ambience, lots of variety on the menu with decent prices. There is a bar with tv's inside. Good happy hour selections. There is a small parking lot or street parking. I highly recommend the spinach and artichoke dip with the bread! So cheesy and divine. read more

Fireside Foundry - Buffalo chicken pizza - Pizza Near Me - Richfield, Minnesota

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Great food, pretty atmosphere, and wonderful service. Fun local place, nice parking lot.

Amazing local find... food is beyond spectacular and a very large menu, WOW... try the Thai Kabobs appetizer = YUM. Highly recommended... two major thumbs up! read more

Courteous prompt service. Some of the best pizzas and food around. Open for business during this these hard times. John is running the front of the house and he's doing a spectacular job despite these stressful conditions. The quality of the this exemplary and John service ensures that you'll get your food hot and on time. I can't wait for this place to open back up the atmosphere is just incredible read more

Had the double cheeseburger for lunch, it was cooked perfectly and had great flavor! The tots were crispy and not greasy, a glass of ice tea also. All for ten dollars with a coupon that came in the mail. Great decor and will be back soon!! read more

Onion rings and pizza were tasty. We were among the lucky ones to be served within 90 minutes of placing our order. As I write this, we've been here nearly two hours, and three at our table have not yet been served (others who ordered at the same time have finished their meals). Surely you can do better!! Update: the manager came out and offered to "discount" the 3 meals that were over an hour late. We stated we wanted them REMOVED from the bill. She protested that "we don't typically do that, in light of the fact that mistakes can be made". WTF. She did eventually comp the meals, but this should not have been a fight. Downgraded to one star. Fail! read more

Exceptional Food and the people that work there always brighten my day, Kono and Sam make the best drinks and everyone there is always so friendly. The food is spot on from the best pizza to the rich and creamy Alfredo I have always been amazed! read more

This was our go to restaurant for awhile. Really fun location, nice fire pit outside, good food! They don't have any gluten free options so we don't go here any more but highly recommend it to others! read more

I'd take a photo, but it is too late... my meal has already been devoured. My hubby and I split their brunch special; 1/2 chicken club sandwich with wild rice soup and washed it down with Foundry Bloody Mary's. The drinks come with a skewer filled of appetizers, topped with their yummy house made meatball. Where else can you get Minnesota's flavors of Surly Furious or Schell's Deer Brand as a chaser? We highly recommend the house made wild rice soup, my hubby claims it is better than Lund's and Byerly's, but he tends to be wrong... a lot. Looking forward to the patio opening in August when the MN weather finally cooperates : ) read more

Smaller, more intimate atmosphere with great, prompt service. Super good food too- tried some of what feels like everything and it was all delicious. read more

Hesitant to post this bc this is my neighborhood bar so I'd like to keep this gem to myself but I can't! They don't do anything wrong here. The pizza is amazing and I'm hard on pizza, I have very high standards. The tuna salad.. fresh, delicious. My husband loves the Buffalo chicken wrap. Simple right? You have to try it! The drinks are typical bar drinks but the pepper infused vodka bloody! damn! read more

Great Minnesota mule by Kayla! Made with prairie organic vodka, cock n' bull ginger beer and a fresh lime. Served in a traditional copper mug. The chicken bacon club was great too. Also had the boneless chicken wings with the Thai sauce. The sauce was very sweet. They have 4 different hot sauces at each table. We tried only two but they were not spicy at all. I really like the hot sauce that tasted like apples. read more

Fireside Foundry - Beer - Pizza Near Me - Richfield, Minnesota

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Pizza is good. Don't go to the restaurant if you want service. If you want a drink you get priority. They are on a role the last 2 times appetizers take an hour and come after our pizza. Bummer. Seems like a fun spot. read more

Before the remodel, my sweetie and I used to love Fireside; we'd go there every month or so for a chill date night. After a rocky first visit back, we've been there a few times and are happy that their delicious thin-crust pizza hasn't really changed from "the good old days." Unfortunately with the higher prices and how loud the dining room is, we don't go out of our way like we used to. read more

I have to say, I think it is time for consumers to take back the service industry! There used to be a time when "the customer was always right." Not anymore. If this were a different time, maybe we could have spoken to the manager. Maybe we could have requested something be taken off of our check. Maybe we could have refused to pay the check entirely. Maybe, we could even have just spoken with the manager and requested an apology from the sorry excuse for a waitress we had to endure this evening. First off, when we walked in, there was no clear communication. The hostess looked at the server while she was actually talking to us, so I had no idea we'd been acknowledged and was confused when she started walking toward a table to seat us. It was pretty loud because of the live music they had playing, so communication was important. They also had the singer's amps up too loud for such a small section and my boyfriend and I had to shout over the music to hear each other. Plus, the live one-man singer/guitar player was a bit out of place here. He was good and all, but it may have fit better in a sports bar type place. That being said, his music was good and he chatted with the audience between songs, giving it a welcoming environment. Unfortunately, the server cancelled that out. She never smiled once or asked how it's going or anything. She took nearly 10 minutes to even get to our table for drink orders and when she did, she didn't say anything, just whipped out the order pad and stared. Then, she brought the pitcher of soda without a word and didn't even pour the first servings. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like that is standard practice. Hell, even Perkins does that when they bring a coffee pitcher. Then, after it took almost 20 minutes to get our appetizer (cheesy bread) she dropped it off, again, without a word. The pizza came out relatively quickly after that, but again, tossed onto the table without a word. No "Here you go, guys, enjoy!" No "Need anything else right away?" Nothing. The cheesy bread we had was some cheap, store bought "French" bread that was barely toasted and came with, I'm sorry, cheddar? Really? Cheddar on Italian cheesy bread? I guess... But what made it worse for me was it had barely a hint of garlic. Again, maybe this is just me, but I feel that cheesy bread should always basically be garlic bread with cheese on it. Couldn't stomach more than one piece of it. To make matters worse, the sauce that came with was some generic canned tomato sauce with barely any flavor to it. I greatly appreciate a good marinara sauce, so this was just a culinary sin to me. My boyfriend says his pepperoni and sausage pizza was salty and barely had any toppings on it and mine came out burnt and was very salty as well. I think if they had replaced about half of the canned olives that came on it with some fresh tomatoes, it may have helped balance it out a bit. So I've heard this place has been around for 60+ years. That's cool, I guess. But it was pretty evident that the place hasn't had a deep clean since it opened all those years ago. I went to the bathroom to wash up before our food arrived and found yellow stained toilet bowl, trash can with an easily visible layer of grime, baseboard buildup like I have never seen before (visible splashes of dirty mop water on the wall about 5-6 inches up) and grime (mold, maybe) buildup behind the sink faucet. I got back to the table and started looking around when I noticed the server station/bar area had the same nasty build-up. It was completely black at least 6 inches up from the floor and you could see where it faded into the natural wood color. Gross. Then my boyfriend went to wash up and I could see when he came out he was holding his dripping wet hands up and looking around. As he passed the server station, spoke with the waitress briefly before she scurried off, he shrugged and helped himself to a stack of napkins. He came back and reported to me that he asked her about the paper towels/napkins and she said "Yeah, whatever," and shrugged him off. Now that's what I call service! Oh yeah! And we never saw the server again until we flagged her down for boxes on her way to another table. She didn't offer to box them for us, ohhhh, no! She never even cleared any dishes and expected us to box our own leftovers on a cluttered table full of dirty dishes. I had to get up and use a neighboring table for this. Then when I went up to the counter to pay, she greeted me with nothing more than a dirty look...Here's a tip for you: Bad food+bad service=No tip! The food was all either canned or frozen and, to be honest, I could have made a better dinner at home. To top it off, for 2 sodas, one order of cheese bread, one large and one small veggie pizza, I paid about $45 for the whole mess. My SMALL veggie pizza alone was $15.99 and was no bigger than your average frozen pizza. Watch out, this place is a triple threat: bad service, bad food and dirty facilitie read more

Fireside Foundry - Veggie pizza $16 with my hand, to show how small it is. - Pizza Near Me - Richfield, Minnesota

Way over priced drinks and food for starters. Had metal shavings in my cheese curds and they didn't even take it off the bill. The server we had was a complete dick and the locals that go up there get wasted and talk shit about anyone who they don't know and make you feel unwelcome there. read more

Beyond excited to have this place open in the neighborhood and hopefully I can improve my review as time goes by. The ambiance is fantastic - upbeat, eclectic and funky decor. Besides from the normal issues a restaurant has when opening - slow service, lack of menu items, chaotic bar, delayed food - I will give those time to be fixed... my concern is the price point. For the neighborhood, portions, lack of quality in ingredients, presentation - it's a little too pricey. $70 for a date night with basic food and 2 drinks each is a little much for Penn Ave. We'll try happy hour next time :) Update to my review... Went in for another try of this place. Dead on a Saturday night, food tasted like it was made months ago and still overpriced. Most discouraging - it says $10 large pizza for checking in but they said "No that's no from us" and wouldn't acknowledge it. Not sure what that's about. Super bummed read more

Was so excited to eat here. We live a few blocks away and this neighborhood needs good restaurants. The decor is fabulous, definitely a step up and good use of the space. We were seated right away and our drink orders taken and delivered quickly. Good start! We ordered cheese bread to start then a small pepperoni pizza and the steak salad. Our pizza and salad arrived, but no cheese bread which I specifically said we wanted to start with. No apologies, and we finished our meal before they brought the order. We joked that it was our desert. The pizza was fine, but seems different than what they used to serve. Why change a good thing? Steak salad was blah, nothing special and two of the pieces were basically gristle. Steak served on two skewers and not cooked the way I asked. To me, medium cooked steak should still have some pink in it.... Cheese bread was also nothing special. Again, no apologies, no offer to comp it, nothing. Acknowledgement of this oversight would have gone a long way. We are currently undecided if we will try it again. Food blah, service very lackluster. They all seemed a little overwhelmed. I hope they can turn the food and service around. This restaurant has been an institution in our neighborhood and would be sad to see it fail or become simply another mediocre place. Oh, one final note, I used to always order the baked rigatoni when they would deliver. Price seems to have gone up over $4, wonder if it tastes $4 better? read more

Yet another thin crust pizza, but I won't hold it against them, because it's been around since 1960. So they could be one of the originals. They do cut in normal slices. Every place has their version of the special. In this case it's canadian bacon, green olives, mushrooms, sausage, onion, and pepperoni. Why it's not a 5, the first 2 ingredients are the dominant ones, and you can barely taste, let alone see the sauce. But I will come back to try their Italian fare. They serve pepsi in pitchers. The Fireside sign is very attractive, and I bet it would be a fun patio in the summer. The booths are interesting, as seating is all booths, probably roomy for their time, when in the 60's someone 200 lbs. would have looked enormous because everyone else was thinner. They offer specials M-Th, that look worth checking out. Great retro atmosphere and aroma. read more

Our family has been going to Fireside pizza for over 20 years and the last two years have been terrible. It seems that Fireside has increased advertising and killed the atmosphere. The pizza has changed from thick crust and ample toppings, to paper crust and hardly any toppings. I had a piece last night that had ONE piece of sausage on a SAUSAGE PIZZA! We also felt uncomfortable because at 9:00pm they started their closing duties (they don't close until 11:00pm). So while we were eating the staff were vacuuming, moving stuff around, and gathering in the front socializing with each other. Not the kind of service we are used to over the past 20 years. It's really sad what this place has come to. I can't imagine the original owner would let it come to this. We have decided that this is the last year we continue our family tradition at Fireside Pizza. We are sad to move, but our decision has been made by the management at this once 'special' place. read more