Bold Street seafood favourite closes after 16 years
Longstanding Bold Street favourite and the only Italian seafood restaurant in the city, The Italian Club Fish, closed on Monday (13 January).
The restaurant had been on the popular city centre street since 2009, establishing a reputation for some of the best seafood in the city.
However after 16 years of operating it has now closed, with the restaurant making an announcement on its Facebook page.
It read: “With hearts full of emotion, we write to inform our dear customers that The Italian Club Fish has closed with immediate effect.
“Proudly positioned at the top of the iconic Bold Street since 2009, we have had the honour and privilege of being the ONLY seafood restaurant in the heart of Liverpool. We wish to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who dined with us, supplied us, supported us, worked with us and helped us to become a special place in the lives of so many.”
It continued: “A special thank you goes out to our extraordinary staff and management team, who, with passion and dedication, ensured the highest quality of food and hospitality every single day for our customers.
“It is hard to accept that all good things must come to an end, but nothing can ever erase the deep bond our restaurant shared with Liverpool, our customers, and everyone who made The Italian Club Fish an integral part of the culinary history of this great city.
“We will carry you in our hearts forever as we hope that you will forever carry ‘Fish Club’ in yours.”
Confidentials Editor-at-Large, Jonathan Schofield, visited the restaurant almost exactly a year ago and said Italian Club Fish ‘set the record straight’ when it came to the strangely slight offering of seafood restaurants in a famously maritime city.
“Italian Club Fish is a fine restaurant and worth a visit,” he said. “Chef Maurizio Pellegrini shows a real delicacy of handling with the key ingredient here, he clearly has an intuitive understanding of how to get the best from our sea-borne friends. That capesante Scozia dish in particular will live long in the memory.”
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