I ended up visiting Wildfire twice on my four day visit to Minnesota.
We chose Wildfire on the first visit because it was adjacent to the Cinema. My companion and I both ordered a flight of wine, red for me, white for her.
After we placed our order and our server (who was pleasant and personable) walked away, we noticed that they also had a martini flight, hence the second visit!
Accompanying our wine flight was a pepperoni pizza. Wildfire is a steakhouse, and doesn't pretend to be anything it's not. That said I was pleasantly surprised by the pizza. It was a smaller, thin crust pizza with no red sauce, and the perfect size for two if you need a bite on the go.
The wine flights are pretty standard fare but exactly what we expected.
On our second visit we had a different server who wasn't as attentive as the first, even though he only appeared to be waiting on one, maybe two other table (one with a single patron).
We ordered the intended Martinis, a flight for her, a Gin Gimlet for me. I know I'm always rolling the dice when I order a gin gimlet because it's more of a traditional vs modern cocktail, but when you inform someone it's gin, simple syrup and fresh lime, they still get it wrong 75% of the time. I made sure to ask if they had simple syrup instead of lime juice ahead of time and was assured that they did. Even so, it came (per usual) with lime juice.
The dead giveaway is when the martini is clear instead of Cloudy. Lime juice is usually clear, traditional simple syrup is not. You shouldn't be able to see through your beverage clearly (like a glass of water)! My companion seemed satisfied with her Martini flight.
On this visit no one was overly hungry so we ordered another small pizza. Mushroom this time.
Surprisingly the mushroom pizza was just as tasty as the pepperoni from a few nights prior.
Oh! I almost forgot the bread! I'm generally not a huge fan of the bread that's brought to your table prior to a meal, but the bread at Wildfire was so delicious we requested a second loaf.
Due to the great service, atmosphere, and fare on the first visit, but the sub-par second visit, I'd prefer to give Wildfire three and a half stars. However, being that this is a steakhouse and I didn't try any of their fine cuts of beef, I think a four would be more appropriate based upon my companions prior experiences and input. read more