Chris Wolfgang
As luck would have it, we picked the weekend when Sugarfire s bar was coming online for our arrival. The bar opens to the dining room and a modest patio. Besides beers and cocktails, there s a small selection of bites from the bar menu. We tried some pork belly hush puppies ($6.99) and fried mac-and-cheese balls ($2.99) while we perused the menu from the socially distanced patio. The hush puppies were a deep-fried gem; savory and smoky flecks of pork belly sparkled in each bite. The mac-and-cheese balls, two racketball-sized globes to an order, were an inviting combo of crunchy exterior and creamy interior. We appreciated the shaving of Parmesan and the marinara, but they could ve used a touch more salt.