I am having an affair with the budino. I'd go to The Liberty just for dessert! If you have not tried it, I cannot recommend it enough. I am not a huge dessert person but I could eat about 3 budinos in a row if given the opportunity. They're near orgasmic.
We first went to the Liberty when they first opened & they hadn't quite gotten their ducks in order yet, the pretzels tasted like the frozen ones at the grocery store & the food was expensive for what you got. We have since come for restaurant week & a date night and have been much more impressed.
I wish they served the Restaurant week menu all year round, even the salads were out of this world. I was glad to see the farro risotto & budino were regular menu staples. Every course was downright amazing & ended with the amazingness of the budino. I was sold on the Liberty after Restaurant week, so we went back a few weeks later for a late date night. The food was a notch below Restaurant Week, but still delicious. and of course I had another budino.
They have really stepped it up with the pretzels, I am not joking when I say I would go for a beer, some pretzels & a budino & not be at all sad that I wasn't eating dinner.
My only gripe is how expensive the beer is, but they do have a good list & ever rotating taps & get in great obscure & rare beers that they notify their twitter followers about.