The Liberty Pub

Re-opened in the spot that used to be Roger's Zoo. I haeard so many great things about the pizzas at Roger's Zoo and that the Liberty Pub serves similar pizzas, so I came down here the first chance I got with a group of friends.

When I arrived (around 7 pm), several large groups were seated and enjoying the new pub. According to my friends, the new owners have cleaned up the place...A LOT! This place place is a bar (with a makeshift stage) on one side, and a sit down restaurant on the other. Nightly food and drink specials are written on the wall. Their menu did include pizzas in addition to the usual bar fare. I opted for an order of onion rings, iced tea, and a small "low tide" pizza (oysters and pesto sauce). While I waited for my order, my firend's order of garlic fries came. I have had garlic fries before, so I know what they were trying to achieve, but this came no where near that. The fries were skin-on and thin cut, that were sprinkled with crushed garlic and parsley after they came out of the deep fryer. There was no mixing  to allow the flavors to blend together, so in the end the fries didn't really taste of garlic, just dried fried potatoes.
Next came my order of onion rings, just looking at them, they were more disappointing than the garlic fries. There were maybe 10 onion rings and they were all fired to a dark brown, aka burnt! At last, my pizza arrived. The small pizza was about 10 inches in diameter and cut into quarters. Thankfully, the pizza was good, it was VERY garlicky and the crust was soft. The garlic and the pesto sauce paired very well, but I couldn't really taste the oysters.

Service was below average, there were a few times when the waitress walked by, seeing my empty glass, and kept on walking.

The final bill for my dinner of ice tea, onion rings (burnt and small), and a small specialty pizza came out to $21.50! Ouch! All with mediocre service, talk about poor value. Was the pizza good? Yes, it was, but not good enough for me to forget about everything else about my visit.

If you enjoyed Roger's Zoo, you will certainly enjoy The Liberty Pub!

Roger has decided to call it quits, and sold to a husband/wife couple who wanted to keep the tradition of a bar in that building alive, while maintaining a very similar atmosphere to what Roger's Zoo was. After several months of clean-up, building repairs, and restoration, with a lot of help from Roger along the way, the result is quite beautiful.

This place has a very quiet, casual and relaxed atmosphere. Its a place to go after work, or, with it's proximity to the Little Theatre on the Bay, a place to go after the show. It is a place meant to go with a few friends and enjoy some good conversation. There are two sides to the place, a restaurant side, where minors are allowed, so if you wish to bring your family down, you may. All beer/wine/liquor offerings can be had on the family side restaurant side. Then of course, there is the pub side.

The selection of beers here is very good. There are 11 beers on tap, most of them microbrews, brewed out of Oregon and the northwest. However, there is also Coors Light and Budweiser on tap as well. There are also numerous canned and bottled beers (referred to on the chalk board as "draft dodgers") which are also microbrews, though Guinness is offered in a can. There are numerous high quality liquor offerings as well as very good red and white wines.

The food here is excellent as well. The pizza is amongst the best you will find. The fish and chips are quite delicious. You will also find Shepherd's Pie here. A unique menu item to try to the Pub Rolls. They are difficult to describe other than delicious.

The  stage, which is on the pub side is still there, and has also been repainted and walled with old album covers, and a new dance floor was laid down. This means that in the future, there will be live music offerings. There will be some cover bands, but there will mainly be original music, which will not be too loud. There are also 3 big screen tv's on the pub side, so if you wish to watch a sporting event, you may. However, if you are someone who isn't into tv's don't worry, they are not overwhelming, and the sound will remain turned off (except for special instances such as championship level professional and college sporting events, as well as Duck and Beaver football). Other cool features of this place include a back smoking deck, and a chalkboard painted wall at the front door, where customers are encouraged to write on the wall.

So come on down with a full stomach, but also a full wallet, as The Liberty Pub is ever so slightly on the spendy end. But let me tell you: being able to avoid rowdy 20-somethings, plus the quality of the food and drinks is very well worth a couple of extra bucks.