The Liberty is good, but it could be so much better. There are few restaurants where I want to order everything on the menu, but this is one of those places. Everything I've had -- with one exception -- has been outstanding. That exception? The pub burger. It's sloppy and the beef barely has any taste, let alone enough to stand up to the caramelized onions and bacon they serve on it. The Angry/Arrogant mussells, chicken and dumplings and farro risotto are all standout dishes.
But the menu suffers from an identity crisis: it says it's a gastropub, focused on upscale bar food and great beer, but it acts like a fine dining establishment with upscale twists on Southern favorites. It needs to stop trying to be all things to all people and focus on one or the other. As it is now, there will always be someone bound to be disappointed or underwhelmed.
Some of their best dishes are sides and appetizers, which should be promoted to entree status, while their worst dish--the pub burger--should be their best. It's suffering from chef-owner syndrome, and hopefully the top brass can put aside their showboating and showcase their evident talent on humbler fare.