Liberty Alternative American

OMG!!!! By far the best restaurant I've ever been!!!! The food, the service, the atmosphere are just impeccable ?

Its soooooo good. those korean duck tacos what the hell. great attention to food allergies- one of the best original restaurants in SWFL from this locals perspective. didnt even take any picture because it was so good.

Gotta say the reviews are spot on. The Gnocchi was my favorite but every dish we had was prepared with care and with taste in mind. Will be returning.

Oh. My. Goodness. Just dined here, and we talked about all of the dishes all the way back to the hotel! I 'm sure we 'll be talking about the food for days. A favorite? Impossible! It 's like picking a favorite child, lol. My son wants to be a chef and works as a line cook, so we are totally about food and cooking and everything that happens in a kitchen. Through some Google searches, I came across Liberty (thank God! and booked a reservation many weeks before our trip. When I booked, I mentioned about my son. The owner called me a few days before our reservation and said that if we adjusted our reservation time, we could have a front row seat to the kitchen. Of course, done, thank you! It was amazing! We got to talk with Richie and Nick and see everything they were doing. We ordered SO many dishes, but we loved it all and left happy and stuffed. Here 's what we had (with photos :Ora King Salmon with pineapple lime reduction and pink peppercorn I think there 's also a basil oil in it and some furikake (which we love . This tasted so fresh with just the loveliest hint of sweetness. They gave us chopsticks if we wanted which we used. Comes with a (maybe pickled? cabbage slaw. Divine50 Layer Potato French onion style with Gruyére. It 's like French onion soup but with layered potatoes and a bit of gravy. The edges are the best, and my kiddo snuck in and ate almost all of them, so grab those first, people!Steak Tartare with egg pâté and bone mayo and yes, I said that right. Egg pâté. Just this whipped eggy amazingness. Comes with these hot maybe pita triangles. You pile on all the goodness on that hot pita triangle with some mustard of sorts (like honey mustard and pub mustard had a baby and enjoy the flavor party in your mouth. The bone mayo by itself is also super good packaged it, sell it, send us some in Ohio, please.Parisian gnocchi maitake with carrot puree and pesto we learned that Parisian gnocchi isn 't made with potatoes. Who knew? We were given a little sample of this and ended up ordering a full dish! The puree is run through a siphon and is light and creamy and not super carroty just the right amount of carrot flavor. The pesto is made with (I THINK they said pistachio or something other than pine nuts. It 's just the perfect compliment to this dish. I thought it just made the dish pesto, you complete me.Shrimp toast with new style sweet chili one word. YUM. More, please. I almost cried because they accidentally took away the sweet chili before I finished my toast.2 Bite Taco with pineapple mojo pork, pickles and seeds order two. Just the cutest little taco of deliciousness.Fatty duck breast with maple and gochujang one of the dishes we fought over. I lost. Came with (I THINK sweet potato. Honestly, I was focused on the duck, lol. And spell correct, yes, I meant duck this time.... : Marrow bone with crispy beef and black garlic so interesting! Came with these little pieces of toast that reminded me of Texas toast, so they were probably fried in drippings or fat. I could have just eaten a plate of that toast and had some wine and been in foodie heaven. But then pile on some crispy beef and marrow and yum.For dessert, we had the lemon vanilla tart with fennel fronds and edible flowers. Such a beautiful dish although, honestly, every dish was so well plated. But then we also had some Cinnamon Toast Crunch ice cream please package and sell this, Liberty. I 'll take an order of it and some bone mayo. Send to Ohio. And a little cherry and chocolate chunk ice cream.Needless to say we rolled ourselves out of there and went back to our hotel some very happy foodie geeks. The couple next to us eats there weekly, and the guys just make them whatever, and they love it. I may just have to move to Fort Myers to get my regular Liberty fix! It 's seriously that good. If you haven 't been, then you must book your reservation immediately and get ready for a wonderful experience food, wine, people, service, everything. <3 Thanks for

Perfect small restaurant with excellent food and service! Will definitely return to try more dishes!