GRDine

There is a new player in the Grand Rapids area that goes by the name Wild Fire Grille (not to be confused with the Wildfire chain by Lettuce Entertain You).   Located on East Paris in the same complex as Bone Fish and Daniel’s, Wild Fire Grille has replaced Naya.  When I first heard about the arrival of Wild Fire I was excited that a Lettuce Entertain You restaurant would be coming to Grand Rapids, but I was sadly mistaken.  Lettuce Entertain You operates over 31 different restaurant concepts, of which most of them are extremely popular and delicious.  Ok, so now I was able to push that wrong association to the side, I could give Wild Fire a fair shot.

We had reservations for last Saturday around 5:30…which is extremely early, but we were celebrating my mother-in-laws birthday and had other activities planned for the evening.  I make a point of the time because when we arrived, the parking lot was entirely empty and we were likely the first to arrive.  It got a little bit more traffic later, but the house was definitely not packed.  Perhaps due to the lack of patrons were escorted to a private dining area, and the service was very attentive (maybe overly so…in fact the server seemed as though he joined us for dinner.  I would have been happy to pull a seat for him.  He was very nice however.).

The menu is very diverse but places a focus around seafood and steak.  Entrees range between $15 and $30.  We started out with a couple orders of their “famed” Sticky Lime Fried Shrimp ($8).  I would compare this to the Bang Bang Shrimp for Bone Fish, but sweeter.  I could have used an entire meal around the shrimp alone, just amazing.  I went with the Lobster Asiago wood fire pizza($15).  It was very good, but a bit on the rich side.  Another popular dish as the table were the Scallops St. Jacque (Sauteed Sea scallops, buttermilk whipped potatoes, braised spinach, finished with sherry mushroom cream sauce. $17).

The food and service were good, but there are a lot of good fine dining restaurants in Grand Rapids.  I don’t see myself going out of the way to dine there again anytime soon.  If anything, it made me miss Bone Fish.  Do I sense a Bone Fish entry coming soon?

-Jon

Tags: Bang Bang Shrimp, Bone Fish, Daniels, East Paris, GR Dine, Grand Rapids, Lettuce Entertain You, Naya, Scallops St. Jacque, Sticky Lime Shrimp, Wild Fire Grille, Wildfire

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