{"id":504417,"date":"2025-10-16T15:01:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/504417\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:01:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:01:16","slug":"city-centre-bar-drops-name-and-concept-as-its-time-for-a-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/504417\/","title":{"rendered":"City centre bar drops name and concept as its ‘time for a change’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The venue aims to be “the best Guinness pourer in the city”\"InsideInside The Harp on Harrington Street(Image: christopher megrath)<\/p>\n

A Beatles-themed venue in Liverpool city centre has ditched its name and concept as its “time for a change”. Abbey Road Bar and Kitchen<\/a>, on Harrington Street, opened on March 20, 2020, the same day former Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered all restaurants, bars and pubs to close <\/a>their doors.<\/p>\n

The venue was forced to close the same day, returning officially for customers three months later during Covid pandemic restrictions. The Beatles-inspired bar<\/a> held a collection of Beatles and Liverpool-themed artwork<\/a> created by Paul Curtis, who is known for his work around the city including the Baltic Triangle’s famous wings.<\/p>\n

The venue has now ditched its name and theme as it looks to a become “the best Guinness pourer in the city”.<\/p>\n

Abbey Road Bar and Kitchen<\/a> has been renamed The Harp with renovations already complete across the site.<\/p>\n

The Harp has received a fresh paint job, fixtures, fittings and beams. Paul Curtis has again been recruited to paint Guinness’s toucan mascot on the entrance wall to greet customers through the door.<\/p>\n

\"InsideInside The Harp on Harrington Street(Image: christopher megrath)<\/p>\n

The live entertainment stage has been relocated from the entrances back wall to the open windows next to the street.<\/p>\n

A new menu featuring Guiness pie and Scouse has also launched for customers to enjoy.<\/p>\n

Business development manager Nicola Halton<\/a> told the ECHO<\/a>: “We’re very excited coming into the festive season to offer somewhere cosy and welcoming for guests.<\/p>\n

“Guiness is rising as a popular brand, and with the House of Guiness filming in the city, we thought it was just time for a change.<\/p>\n

“We will still offer everything that people enjoy but we’ve got a brand new look and feel.”<\/p>\n

\"InsideInside The Harp on Harrington Street – Artist Paul Curtis’ artwork(Image: christopher megrath)<\/p>\n

The Harrington Street<\/a> venue continues to offers live music and sports broadcasts, along with a range of classic bar food such as burgers, fries and wings.<\/p>\n

The Harp’s exterior has also been upgraded from bright red colours to black, with Guinness’s famous golden harp logo at the centre of the building.<\/p>\n

The family-run business is a stone’s throw from its sister site, Harrison’s Bar, which is located on the corner of Victoria Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The venue aims to be “the best Guinness pourer in the city”Inside The Harp on Harrington Street(Image: christopher…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,8922,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-504417","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-bars","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115384450596031976","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}