The Meat Factory

Liverpool possesses a strong burger scene, and nowhere is this more evident than on Lark Lane in Aigburth, home to some of the finer fries-and-patty joints on Merseyside. The Meat Factory – formerly Meat & Liquor – is among the best exponents of American food around, and pride themselves on their ability to make any dish better through the addition of meat: duck is added to fries, chilli to hot dogs and bacon to just about everything.

Meat Factory is a name that doesn’t mess about. Their food is messy indeed. Messier than Eton Mess fired en masse into a Mess Hall during Mass. This is not a restaurant to wear your best clothes to for sure, but we would recommend bringing a few friends along for the ride. They offer up American-style scran of such quantity and diversity that you’ll need a forklift truck to take you back to Liverpool from Aigburth: burgers, pulled pork, Philly cheesesteaks and hot dogs are the order of the day, and don’t leave without trying the fried chicken and the duck fries: we’re surprised they haven’t tried to batter and dunk the titular bird in Lark Lane, such is their devotion to deep-fried poultry.

The menu at Meat Factory on Lark Lane in Aigburth is replete with the classics one would expect to see at a modern American restaurant – ribs, nachos, hot dogs plus all the usual favourites – while not being afraid to add a few twists of their own. Of these, it is the duck fries that have been taken to the hearts of the Liverpool culinary scene. A pile of string fries, topped with the inside of a Peking pancake: crispy duck, cucumber, spring onions and hoi sin sauce. They’re rightly renowned across Merseyside, but don’t just take our (and plenty of Scousers) word for it – book a table now and find out for yourself.