Give me Liberty or give me death!

My dining friends Ali and Andi went with me to The Liberty on South Blvd. for dinner one night. The Top 100 Dish is the Devils on Horseback - sounds interesting, yes? The restaurant is in a pretty cool little area, although parking was a bit rough. I might even suggest taking the little monorail to get there as it goes right by. After finding a space and getting in, we were all taken away by the ambience. This a pretty snazzy looking little restaurant, with dimmed lights and kegs used as fixtures. Unfortunately, we had to wait so long for a waitress that I had to re-visit the hostess stand to get one, so the service wasn't great that night. The food, however, was.

Devils on Horseback are grilled dates stuffed with bleu cheese and almonds wrapped in smoky bacon.



You really WANT me to be good



Sadly, I have to say that it wasn't my favorite part of the meal. I think the dates were the part that really threw it off. I love mixing savory and sweet (reference bacon-wrapped tater tots at Fran's) but somehow this just didn't quite cut it. However, the rest of the menu looked really good.

We all chose the Chicken and Dumplings (come on, it looked great!) and we were pleasantly surprised. This is not chicken and dumplings like you're thinking.

Not your mama's chicken and dumplings

Obviously, as you can see from the picture, it was like a huge chicken laying on a bed of veggies and gnocchi as dumplings. The dish was total comfort food, just like the original chicken and dumplings, and I couldn't really say anything bad about it. Alas, it paled in comparison to the dessert - Salted Caramel Budino.

You think Italian men look good? Take a look at me!

Budino is a type of Italian "pudding". This puppy has chocolate, salted caramel, butterscotch, and fresh cream. It is sooooooo sweet, but soooooo good. The only thing that would have made it better was a cup of coffee....why didn't I think of that???

All in all, this meal was wonderful - good friends, delicious food made up for not so great service....definitely trying this place again.