Paul and Harry Askew are proud to announce they are ready to welcome guests to experience their new gastronomic chapter in its full glory at the Barnacle Restaurant and Bar.
Barnacle is now a stand-alone restaurant for the very first time, located in the beautiful Georgian Quarter of Liverpool on Hardman Street. The bar will be open from Tuesday to Sunday each week with drinks and snacks, and the main restaurant space open Thursday to Sunday.
Harry is Barnacle’s Restaurant Director and says: “Myself, my dad and our brilliant Barnacle team are thrilled to announce we are now fully open after we introduced our new home to friends, family and colleagues over the weekend. We’ve been working tirelessly to realise this next chapter for Barnacle, and we now have our own venue in this incredible and historic location in the heart of the Georgian Quarter, a Grade II listed building. It’s a wonderful setting for dining and drinks, with a beautifully lit lobby which features leads to our bar and restaurant spaces. The bar, snug and terrace are perfect for our classic and new cocktails, a selection of sublime wines and bar snacks, then the restaurant will be open Thursday to Sunday each week, concluding with our Sunday roast service. Here, the dishes will be hand-written on a menu to reflect what’s available to us that day, with meat and vegetarian options and plentiful trimmings. The interest is phenomenal for dining with us and we can’t wait to welcome everyone.”
Barnacle will focus on organic and free-range ingredients brought to vibrant life in meat, fish and vegan dishes inspired by the seasons. Working with Merseyside’s finest local artisans, farmers and producers helps to tell the story of field to fork and is integral to Paul and Harry’s ethos. It’s also reflective of Liverpool’s storied history as a port city and how the region’s gastronomy has been shaped by the huge boats which brought flavours and inspirations to the docks from all over the world. The Barnacle team will work sustainably whilst celebrating the abundance of outstanding produce available in the Liverpool City Region. They are already planning for the busiest season of the year, building up all the way to Christmas.
Paul Askew is Chef Patron and owner of The Art School and adds: “My father was Captain Barnacle Bill Askew and he sailed the world on the Blue Star lines – his travels always inspired me and set me on my course in hospitality and eventually fine-dining at The Art School. His stories resonate so strongly with me and especially for Barnacle’s foundations. I always think of barnacles on the hulls of the great ships which once sailed to and from Liverpool and how all of this culinary knowledge ended up back here and evolved over the decades. This formed the founding principles of Barnacle when we launched in 2021 and it remains the cherished narrative we have to take Barnacle forwards in our new chapter. We’re all about telling these wonderful stories and bringing them to life on every plate and in each glass for our customers.”
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