turner's restaurant (later known as "turner's at 69") on the high street in harborne was opened by midlands-born richard turner in 2007 and was awarded 1 michelin star in january 2009. turner's work had previously included some years at thrales restaurant in lichfield which was closed in 2011. alex bond later worked at turner's as head chef while richard turner was executive chef. the restaurant specialised in french and british cuisine. on 9 june 2016, richard turner announced that he was intending to change the style of the restaurant to make the atmosphere more relaxed and to replace the serving of expensive multi-course "tasting menus" with an a la carte menu from august 2016. following these changes turner's at 69 lost its michelin star in the 2018 michelin guide but was awarded a michelin plate. the restaurant closed on 15 january 2018. in may 2018 richard turner took on the post of head chef in the newly opened "maribel" in brindley place in the location which had previously housed "edmund's" but ceased to work there one year later in may 2019 and was replaced as head chef by harvey perttola who had worked previously at ‘opus’, ‘hampton manor’ and swinfen hall in lichfield.