Friday at the 'Fly

For JP's birthday, I took him to dinner at our favorite local, splurgey place, Firefly. It has no sign, just a blinking firefly over the door. That's the first hint of how cool a place it is.
Cozy space, welcoming staff, a creative menu. The food is seasonal, local, mostly organic. Vegan-friendly, too. And once you order, instead of getting bread and butter, you're treated to a nice whole-grain loaf and a crock of some type of spread; tonite it was split pea, carrot and...darn it, the last veggie escapes me. But it was so comforting spread on bread.
One appetizer that never leaves the menu: scallop and shrimp potstickers. Just order them. Don't be stupid, do it.
My entree was the vegan farrotto - farro cooked like a risotto - with sweet bits of mushroom, tender leafy greens, long curls of carrot and chili oil. A whiff of garlic, too. JP had the golden-crusted halibut, perched atop a hash brownified potato cake with escarole poking out below. And atop the fish, fava bean puree the color of springtime.
Even if you don't order dessert, reading the lavish descriptions on the menu will make you giddy. Poetry on the page and the plate.