The Northern Quarter's short-lived vegan cafe Folk & Soul will be replaced by a new two-floor bar and restaurant.
The Thomas Street site - formerly home to Odd - closed earlier this month after less than a year and will reopen this summer as Wilderness Bar and Kitchen.
The new venture is being launched by the people behind Withington's new Wilderness Record Store, which opened earlier this month , who are also behind some of the city centre's most successful venues.
The team is made up of Lyndon Higginson, the creative force behind the Liars Group, which owns The Liars Club, Crazy Pedro's, Cane & Grain and Science & Industry; his Junkyard Golf Club co-directors Bart Murphy and Mat Lake; and Dan Morris, former group manager of Trof and operations director for Cottonpolis.
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Dan said: "We have been working hard on this new concept for some time and believe we have now found the perfect site for us.
"We plan on opening mid-June and have recruited what we consider to be some of the best young food and beverage talent in the UK to help us create what we hope will be a great addition to Manchester’s hospitality scene."
The design of the new site will be led by Lyndon, tying in with the look of the Withington sister site. Based in the former Deco site, just off Wilmslow Road, the record shop includes a cafe serving freshly made toasties, cakes and pastries, alongside a range of beers, wines and gin and tonics.
An expansion is already planned for June, when the shop will double in size and launch an events programme including acoustic sets, Q&As with artists and DJs, film screenings and creative workshops.
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