The city centre restaurant that held Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson's farewell party
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Their time at the club will be coming to an end this summer as both legends have confirmed they will be moving on at the end of the 2025/26 campaign.Salah and Robertson have just two games remaining in a Red shirt as Liverpool will close out their season with matches against Aston Villa and Brentford. The two legends have come to represent much more than just footballers during their time with the club.Ahead of what is set to be an emotional goodbye, the Liverpool FC stars gathered at Salt House Bacaro on Castle Street last night to raise a toast to what they have achieved.The ECHO visited the restaurant last night amid reports Liverpool FC had booked the restaurant out and spotted head coach, Arne Slot, as he left the restaurant around 9.20pm.
Salah made a quick exit shortly after, swiftly followed by Robertson.In an age when many of the players live outside of the region in Cheshire, it was refreshing to see a city centre restaurant chosen to host such an important event.Salt House Bacaro is one of Liverpool's most acclaimed restaurants in the city's plush business district so it's perhaps no surprise this would entice the footballers to spend an evening in its surroundings. Opened in 2014 by Jonathan Poole and Paddy Smith, the Venetian small plates restaurant has been a favourite on the Liverpool food scene ever since.Mr Poole said his story began when he set up Chez Jules in 1997.
Speaking in 2021 to mark the launch of Bouchon, a restaurant, which has since closed, he said: "I guess I'm best known in trade circles for the Ego brand which was born out of Chez Jules. I learned a huge amount about the industry having joint established the Ego business in 1999 eventually sold to the management team behind La Tasca."Critically, I met Paddy [Smith, co-owner of Bouchon] in the same year as establishing Ego and genuinely ever since, we've been a very solid foundation together as business partners."They have since gone on to form a successful restaurant group with Salt House Tapas, which opened in 2010, another favourite in the city.