Free State Kitchen serves a contemporary twist on American classics, with quality, locally sourced produce at the heart of our menu.

Enjoy our relaxed restaurant and discover Liverpool's best outdoor dining space in our secret garden at 1 Maryland Street in the heart of the Cultural Quarter.

100% pure beef burgers, locally baked artisan bread, fresh potato chips from Lancashire and everything home made in our kitchen!

A wide range of Gluten Free dishes available, as well as vegan and children's menu.

Home to classic American home made dishes such our award winning Burgers, Buffalo Hot Wings, Hot Dogs, Boston Clam Chowder, Salt Beef Reubens, delicious seasonal salads, a changing specials board, homemade desserts and sundaes, coffees, craft beers, wine, cocktails, take-out and more. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options are always available!

Independent, Family owned since 2013.

Big Seven's 11th Best Burger in the Country
Olive Magazine's Best Burger Joints in Britain

Kate, Gary and Team FSK xx

PLEASE CLICK ON OUR MENU ICON FOR OUR FULL MENU, DRINKS, KIDS MENU AND ALLERGEN GUIDE!

ALLERGENS - A quick guide to gluten free and dairy free dining is attached to our menu, available to download here.

 Please ask to see our allergens list on arrival or email hello@freestatekitchen.co.uk to request it in advance.

At Free State Kitchen, we want to deliver a seamless experience to every customer, no matter what allergies or dietary requirements they have. 

All of our beef burger patties and Hot Dogs are gluten free. Our chips are allergen free and only fried in vegetable oil, with no cross contamination.

Our gluten free burger buns are also dairy and allergen free. We can offer vegan cheese and vegan mayonnaise. 

The menu has a variety of gluten free items and most dishes can be modified on request. 

Opening Hours

XMAS / NEW YEAR

Open Tue 17th Dec from 4pm through to Mon 23rd Dec.

Closed 24/25/26 Dec

Open 27th Dec from 4pm to 30th Dec

Closed 31st Dec to 7th Jan.

Reopen 8th Jan 25.

Mon - Tue CLOSED 

Wed - Thur 12-9pm

Fri-Sat 12-10pm

Sun 12-8pm

RESERVATIONS - please book directly through our booking portal. 

* FOR WINTER SNUG BOOKINGS, PLEASE EMAIL DIRECT * 

- For groups of 20 +, please email hello@freestatekitchen.co.uk. We generally require a preorder for food on larger tables.

- We strongly recommend booking in advance to guarantee a garden table on sunny days. 

CANCELLATION / LATE ARRIVAL POLICY

- On booking, we kindly require card details to secure your table. All details are securely kept via Stripe  and no funds are taken from your card at this time. However, if you cancel your table late or do not turn up, we will charge a £5 per person cancellation fee, as per the terms below.

-  If you're running late, please ring us to advise.  We will hold a table for 15 minutes before releasing the table.  If you arrive later than this, we may not be able to seat you as this may have a knock on affect to later bookings. 

- If you cannot make the booking or wish to cancel, we respectfully ask for a minimum of 2 hours’ notice for tables up to 6 people and 3 hours’ notice for tables up to 10 people and 8 hours notice for over 10 people.

Group bookings for 20+ require a minimum of 24hrs cancellation notice.

If half or less of your Table fail to attend we will also apply the £5 per head no show.

Either via your confirmation email or by calling 01517085005. Please do not use our Social Media sites or email direct as these are not always monitored during service.

 A No Show / Late Cancellation means we have lost the chance to seat other diners and affects later bookings, stock and staffing management.

Thank you in advance for your understanding.

Gift Vouchers available! Click on the banner link above.

Free State Kitchen is fully accessible for wheelchair users and we are happy to accommodate dietary / special request from our diners whenever possible.

Dogs allowed in the Garden. Families welcome at all times!!

Discretionary service charge of 10% for groups of 5 or more. All tips are spilt equally between all staff on shift. The business do not take ant percentage.

Free on road parking from 6pm. Carparking available nearby at both Cathedrals.

A note on Sustainability;

Here at FSK, we strive to create and maintain a sustainable business as many ways as possible. 

Our core suppliers have been sourced based on their ethics, quality of produce, locality and sustainability.

 Locally baked bread, locally farmed potatoes and veg, ice cream from Cheshire cows, local free range eggs and always high quality meats from the British Isles farms that ethically raise and rear animals to the highest standards.

We use home grown produce from the FSK garden throughout the year and save coffee grinds to fertilise our soil. We have increased our plant based offering and ensure the bulk of our menu is made in house wherever possible.

We encourage diners to take left overs home and work hard to keep our food waste to a minimum.

All our disposables are now 100% compostable and recyclable and we encourage customers to bring their own containers for take away food. We recycle all waste including glass plus our used cooking oil and food waste are converted into green energy such as biodiesel.  

Sustainability is a day to day process and as such, we are always working and exploring ways to meet our goals.