When you go to the restaurant with the largest BBQ buffet in Massachusetts there is no reason to get anything other than said buffet. Despite what other BBQ establishments you may have seen on the internet claiming the same thing, don’t believe them, Firefly’s is the one. When all you can eat BBQ is the option of course you never get anything but all you can eat BBQ, which is why I never had their nachos before. Fast Forward to our current dystopian hellscape where buffets are outlawed and only outlaws have buffets, and suddenly it has magically become the perfect time to try Rachel’s Rockin’ Nachos.
I don’t know who “Rachel” is, but I do know both “Rockin’” and “Nachos” so to prove my credentials, as Meatloaf says, two out of three ain’t bad. Another thing I know is that BBQ places can be a little hit or miss when it comes to nachos. You’re going to get meat on your ‘chos, that’s not in question, but whether you get much more than just that and cheese is a whole other question. Perhaps to emphasize the “Rockin’” nature of the dish, these have quite a few toppings, but I added the pinto beans as well to jazz things up even more. And lo, I was both rocked and jazzed.
I’m going to do something crazy here and make a comparison between these nachos and some of my all time favorite ‘chos. When I say that the nachos at Bigfoot Food & Spirits at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport (to quote a Tripadvisor review “Much better food than Newark Airport”) are great, you’re going to think I’m kidding you, but I’m not. These nachos at Firefly’s, while not quite as good, have enough similar ingredients in the similar ratios that it sent my mouth down memory lane. TL;DR, these are not quite as good, but they are still very good.
As you can see in the above picture, these are very colorful nachos, and not because of multicolor chips or anything cheap like that. I’m becoming more and more a proponent that the more colorful an order of ‘chos is (minus colored chip chicanery or something along those lines) the more flavorful and better it’s going to be. So you’ve got the full range of toppings, and then on top of that you add pulled pork, the BBQ pinto beans, and a little of their Beelzebar sauce. If that’s not enough for you, lastly throw a strange pepper on top to seal the deal. The perfect marriage of nachos and BBQ.
As another bonus, I got to stare directly into this thing’s dead eyes the whole meal. Really helped the digestion.
Are these good enough that I would order them over getting the BBQ buffet? Let’s not go too crazy here, I have had better nachos, and I have had better BBQ, but I don’t think I’ve had better nachos at a BBQ place. Getting them over a single order of pulled pork and sides is one thing, but over an unlimited amount of them is quite another. For the immediate future though, in this buffetless world, whoever Rachel is she makes a mean order of nachos I would heartily recommend.