This video offers a first look inside the Tickled Trout in Barlow - with the venue reopening this week after closing at the end of March for a refurbishment.
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00:00We're at the Tickle Trouty in Barlow and we've just had a new refurb, if you can tell me a bit about it.
00:05Yes, we've been open 11 years now, so we decided it was about the right time to do a refurbishment.
00:11And yeah, it's been quite a project. It's brilliant what we've done, a few changes, a quick turnaround, but it looks absolutely fantastic.
00:21We've changed the bar appearance and we've done a little bit down in the lounge, but a massive change in the restaurant to make it nice and cosy.
00:28We've uplifted it a little bit, so it's got a bit of class to it now as well.
00:32There wasn't much that we could do to improve it, so it had to be something significant and that's what we've done.
00:38Are there any changes to the menu to go with?
00:40The menu we were perfecting just before we closed, so the menu's in a good place at the moment.
00:45However, as spring comes together, we are looking forward to trying to get all the new ingredients on our menu as well.
00:52So spring has sprung, we've got wild garlic growing, we've got all the baby veg growing, so the menu will change now with the seasons.
00:59Much 80% of what we use here is from our farm, yeah.
01:03And that's really important to us. We know exactly where it's from, it's organic and it does taste different.
01:09The flavours are amazing.
01:10Right, so I've had a walk around, got some video and pictures. Anything that you're proud of the most for this?
01:18Yeah, I'm super proud of a couple of paintings that have been done by a local artist called Val Hudson.
01:24She is incredible. She's actually a regular customer of ours, but she's come together.
01:30In a short space of time, I managed to pull out the bag these two amazing pictures and I'm super proud of them.
01:35They look absolutely wonderful against our new wooden mahogany wall.
01:40So yeah, they are great. Proud of the whole thing, proud of the whole team actually for helping get this together.
01:46The design team, which was Concord, and we've got Gee who helped me do this, and also all the staff that helped get this back together.
01:54There will be some more changes coming along, but keep a lookout for that on our social media.
01:58We've got some great plans going into the spring and the summer.
02:01But keep a lookout because we are going to do some really cool new things as well to go with this cool new look that we've got.
02:07This is the girl that's made it happen. Brilliant. One of a kind, this one.
02:11Really helped me all the way through. Absolutely seamless the way we did it.
02:15And we've done a great job together and it's been fantastic.
02:18I can't wait for you all to go and see the Tickle Trail.