[1][2][3] It became one of Northern Ireland's top restaurants, alongside Cayenne and Deane's.

[4] Shanks restaurant was opened in 1994, and was since owned and run by Millar and his wife, Shirley.

[6] The Californian styled restaurant was located on the grounds of the Blackwood Golf Course.

In April 1995 it was named Egon Ronay Newcomer of the Year for Ireland.

[7] The restaurant was closed down in 2005, when head chef and co-owner Robbie Millar[8] died after crashing his Maserati sports car in the Craigantlet Hills.