The owner of a much-loved Newcastle restaurant is planning to launch a second business in Newcastle at the site of a former bike shop.
High-end restaurant The Patricia first opened its doors in Jesmond in 2016 when chef and owner Nick Grieves decided to launch his own business after spending time working in Michelin starred restaurants in London.
The restaurant has won praise from a number of food critics, being described as "a little belter" by the Guardian's Marina O'Loughlin.
Following its success, Mr Grieves is now looking to open a new restaurant in Gosforth, according to planning documents.
The plans show that the chef wants to open a new restaurant and café at the former M Steel Cycles, which has been closed for a number of years.
The application, submitted by planning consultants Lichfields, says: "Our client is converting the unit into a restaurant and café on the ground floor, with the first floor to be used as additional seating, internal ancillary office space or storage.
"The applicant plans to use this space to run a high-quality restaurant and café, to be named Ophelia and Café Renee respectively, as an expansion to his existing successful restaurant business in Jesmond, The Patricia."
It is not currently known what type of food will be served at either the restaurant or café, with the planning application only describing the proposed business as a "high-quality" restaurant.
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As the retail unit has been empty for some time, Lichfields argues that the new signage of the restaurant will "enhance the vitality of the street scene" and that its design will be "sympathetic to the previous use and existing development in the area".
The planning application continues: "The proposed changes accord with both national and local policy and will enable the redevelopment of a vacant shop unity into a high-end restaurant and café to the benefit of neighbouring properties and the wider South Gosforth Local Centre.
"The proposals will not have any negative impact on public safety or amenity. As such, it is requested that planning permission and advertisement consent is granted without delay."
The application has been submitted and is now pending consideration by Newcastle City Council.