A POPULAR Barrow restaurant is temporarily closing its doors to undergo big renovations during the current lockdown.

Saturday marked the last day of trading for Francesca’s Italian restaurant on Duke Street.

A spokesperson for the restaurant said: “We are taking a negative and turning it into a big positive and using this current lockdown to utilise the time we have to be closed and reinvest back into the business, starting with a brand new kitchen taking it all out, starting again from scratch and then we will be refreshing the restaurant itself.

On the business' return they will be showing off a new kitchen, decor, chefs and menu.

The work on the restaurant is expected to be completed in the spring when they hope to be able to welcome back customers old and new.