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| - I found myself craving a California chicken burger, so when I googled a burger place in Markham, I found the menu for Liberty Burgers & Wings and decided to give it a shot.
Just last weekend, we experienced the heaven that is 5 Guys Burger in Scarborough, so Liberty had some big shoes to fill, but based on the reviews on Yelp, I figured it was worth a try.
For a warm Friday evening, there was only 1 waitress and 1 cook in the kitchen. The place was filled to capacity inside (only seats 20-25 inside) and outside on the patio. The 2 tables around us placed their order at the same time as us, but they had clearly been there awhile before we got there. For some reason our order arrived first. We felt a bit guilty eating our burgers while they sat there waiting for another 20 minutes for theirs to arrive. The table behind us waited so long they threatened to walk out. I found the service very disorganized. The 1 lone waitress was scurrying around attending to all the tables by herself, at the same time playing the role of busboy, server, bartender, and cashier. While there were 2 "management" type people wandering around, serving the occasional plate or two of food or standing behind the computer, while tables around us glare into the open kitchen tapping at their watches. My husband wanted a green salad instead of fries. The green salad never made it onto his plate, but it did make it onto our bill. The extra charge was promptly removed.
My California chicken burger craving was not satisfied. The Holli Guacamole burger I got was way overpriced ($16.95!) for a piece of chicken that tasted like it was merely steamed rather than cooked on an open flame. The burgers were OK - but both my companions agreed 5 Guys has the juicier meat.
In the end, Liberty delivered just average food, high prices, and slow disorganized service. Disappointing experience.
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