20050722 The Fireside

The restaurant's gone, but the sign lives on. On H near 56th.

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illtakeyourphoto! says:

When they were tearing down the buildings here, I inquired about this sign. He said he wanted it to stay. I would guess it is still there right?
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Tom Spaulding says:

Yes, as of July 22, 2005. There's all new construction going on behind the sign.
Posted 53 months ago. ( permalink )

Tom Spaulding says:

I just drove by there today. The building is finished, and there's a Starbucks is in the corner. The sign is gone.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

illtakeyourphoto! says:

I was back in Sacramento last month, and noticed the same thing. Wonder if the landlord kept it for himself?
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

From the Sacramento Bee, January 8, 1989:

The granddaddy of T-bones is still the undisputed King of Carnality, a 30- ounce tank that is the legacy of the Fireside Restaurant on H Street. For 20 out of the 40-or-so years the Fireside has pushed steak, the T-bone has held tightly to its legendary dimensions.

It arrives like a sizzling doormat at your place setting. It's been aged nearly six weeks, is at least 2-inches thick and remains cradled in an outer skin of out-of-style fat. Chef Ed Hull, who with his mother, Jerry Pirtle, owns the Fireside, keeps the T-bone at the top of the menu, even though a sandwich outsells it. Only 60 or 70 T-bones are sold a week, Hull says. They're grilled over charcoal with just salt and pepper. Hull wouldn't change a thing about this steak. ""We have a lot of people in here with a craving,'' Hull says. ""They're real meat eaters, and they need a fix.''
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

johntodd says:

Another one that I put off for too long. I always wanted to have a meal here, and now it's too late. It always seemed like a real "Rat Pack" kind of place.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

taylortwin says:

I just love these vintage neons, I wonder what the guy did with it, and for that? If anyone had one? what would they do with it?
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

littlelovelies says:

I was so sad when that one disappeared!
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

mikespublicmail says:

Every time my dad and I drove by The Fireside he would tell me about how a guy robbed a bank or a store nearby and walked into The the place and ordered dinner to avoid the police. The police somehow figured out where he had gone and arrested the guy during dinner. He told the story more times than I can remember and I never once told him that I had already heard the story 100 times already because I liked it so much haha.

Wish I would have eaten there. Now I live one block away on 56th between H and J.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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