rather than pay for crap food and nasty service, most people who have already had the "liberty grille experience" seem to do what i do when they dont feel like waiting forever for a table at stars or cafe tosca. they realize they are not that desperate and they walk back home. stopping at the snug for guinness on the way, then microwave their own frozen pizza

Got to Stop & Shop, buy a microwave pizza, put in microwave, heat it up, then eat. You've just eaten at Liberty Grille. Why is prime real estate wasted on a place that serves cardboard food and has a tv blaring in the background? I just don't know. But such is reality in a town that continues to delay (we are on about 5 years I would say) the opening of a german style biergarten where the current Staples Glass blight continues to fester like an open sore. I digress. So, if you're over 80 years old, don't have tastebuds, can't hear the loud tv, Liberty Grille is the place for you.

I just left the Liberty Grill within the hour and if it wasn't for a decent chowder, I would have gone for no stars. I was greeted at the front door as if I was an intruder by a younger lady who apparently had more important business on her I-phone or Blackberry. She seated me at a table looking over the outside dumpsters and the "wait-station". (There was plenty of availability. Only two other tables were then occupied. ) She never asked if I preferred or offered upstairs seating although a number of folks after me did go up.
I had clam chowder and Nantucket scallops. My waitress asked if I wanted mashed potato or rice. I asked for rice. The chowder came relatively promptly and was good.
When she brought the scallops, they were swimming in a dish full of a buttery/something liquid of which some she spilled on the table and either didn't notice nor care so I wiped it up for her. My rice came as a baked potato!
The scallops were nothing special with some cheese and ritz crackers crumbled on the top.
The waitress didn't return until I was finished, never inquired about the untouched rice (excuse me - baked potato). The total bill came to $20 which I paid with a $2 (10%) tip which was generous for this meal and service.
I have never written such a negative review but this place, this evening with this service earned it.