"Because of the history behind the restaurant, I've always strived to get really good local artists who haven't really been showcased anywhere else. "It's very hard to get your work shown in the galleries. There are not many in Liverpool that would put your work up without you having any recognition in the past. It's a stepping stone.
"As much as it makes the restaurant look good, at the same time I hope it's helping the artists out as well."
Currently, the restaurant is decorated with abstract paintings by Roy McCarthy and photographs of local scenes by Andrew Dawson. "Roy avoids using conventional artists' materials. He prefers to use things you can find at home like car paint and floor varnish. His work is very different to anything we've had in here in the past. It's very autumnal.
"We've got photographs in the back room at the moment, scenes of Formby Point, and Parkgate. They're not too obvious. When you actually look at them closely, it makes you think about where they are," explains Terry..
Pieces range from £85 to just under £1,000. The restaurant takes a 10% cut, which Terry says is used to repaint the walls that the artworks are hung on.
The most successful artist to be exhibited at The Quarter is Liverpool-based Elaine Preece-Stanley, whose paintings of street scenes have proved popular with diners.
"We had Elaine's pieces up for 18 months. In six months, she probably sold 15 to 20 pieces and for a local artists that's really good. You wouldn't expect to sell that amount of work in that short amount of time," says Terry.
"We don't want to get really big pieces because I wouldn't expect someone to come in and say 'here you go, here's £5,000', we'd be pricing ourselves out of the market."
