Liberation Kitchen

Friendly service and helpful cashier/chef. Low key atmosphere with some great options for vegan snacks. Delicious bacon Mac and cheese made with seitan meat. It smelled just like real bacon and tasted like it too. Vegan donut was scrumptious and organic apple juice was refreshing too. I was disappointed with the uptown dog…it was super salty so it wasn’t easy to consume. However, the friendly service and delicious snacks made up for it.

Overall Thoughts: Besides the Bacon Mac, everything else I tried here was eh… The seitan in the other sandwiches wasn’t seasoned enough and the flavors weren’t great. Otherwise, the staff were very nice and the food came out fast. It seems like most people do takeout here, but they have a couple of small tables in the back to dine in for small groups of 1-3. There’s also a sizable pop-up arcade at the back of the restaurant The prices are generally pretty reasonable (except for the $5 tiny cup of unseasoned steamed kale). Food I tried: - “Chicago Style” Italian Sandwich (3/5): Normally I love seitan, but I didn’t love the texture or flavor of the seitan here. The sheer quantity was overwhelming and it wasn’t seasoned well, so the flavors were very monotonous. I liked the soft bread, but that’s pretty much it. - “Chicago Style” Updog (3.3/5): The order comes with 2 Chicago-style seitan hotdogs. I preferred these over the Italian sandwich flavor-wise because you could taste more of the other ingredients in it besides just the overwhelming flavor of seitan. - Fried Bacon Mac (4.3/5): This was definitely the best out of everything I tried. It’s not too creamy or “cheesy” in texture, but the flavors are good and umami. These seitan bits had way better seasoning and flavor compared to those in the sandwiches. - Greens (3/5): Nothing crazy, just a small cup of lightly salted steamed kale. Pricing it at $5 is a little crazy though. — Price (relative to peers): 4.3/5 Food: 3.2/5 Ambience: 4.4/5 Service: 4.8/5 Overall Value: 3.5/5

This was our first stop in Chicago!! Very friendly, staff, cute little place for lunch or snack! Would like to try some other options there we had the fried bacon mac & cheese and the burger 🍔 My non vegan bf didn’t really love it unfortunately would like to try something else I expected the backed Mac to be a little different but I’ll always support a local vegan restaurant. Their hearts are in the correct place. I’d go back.

Location was behind some road construction but east enough to get to via the 65 bus! Came to try the donuts but also got the nachos and upton dog. The nachos were phenomenal especially the protein and that cheese sauce. The hot dog weren’t that great the bread was a bit hard and the dog was a bit mushier but flavor was good. I’m not much of a cake donut fan (yeast donuts are the best) but these were yummy! We liked the For Greta and Eclair ones best

I can truly say I love this place! Upon entering there’s a warm welcome from the team. They’re happy to have me come in. I have tasted a fair amount of the food on their menu and it’s very fulfilling and satisfying. The nacho plate, bacon Mac and donuts are delicious. The flavors are there! Never disappointed. Always happy to support them. - Breezy

I was so excited to finally try this vegan place, & the nachos sure did not disappoint! They were amazing, just everything about them was perfect, tasted like pretty authentic Mexican nachos. I give it four stars because the mac & cheese was just not good at all. The consistency is good, but the taste is just not there what so ever. It was too salty and in a way a bit bitter?? Was disappointed because I was really excited to try it!