Richard Barlion purchased Luken’s Poultry, Fish & Seafood from Mike Luken in 2023, and rebranded his business into Barlion’s Seafood & Poultry. Richard has decades of experience in the restaurant business. Most recently, he was Jean Robert’s right hand man. He had a hand in all of JR’s many hits–Pigall’s, The Table, French Crust–and sourced fish and seafood from Luken’s for all of them. At the same time Mike came around to selling his business, Richard was ready to step out of the back of house and into an ownership role.
