Two landmark city buildings have been given new leases of life.
The curved Victorian building on the corner of Welford Place and Pocklington's Walk is being turned into a pizza restaurant.
And former real ale pub The Shakespeare's Head, in Southgates, has been re-opened as a sports bar.
The Victorian building - a Grade II-listed former businessmen's club - has been home to a number of businesses in recent years, including the former Welford Place restaurant and a nightclub.
The new pizza restaurant, called Peter and That's Enough Pizzeria, is due to open on February 14 next year, and will create 15 full and part-time jobs.
Raffaele Russo, founder of Peter's, said: "We feel like Leicester has a void in terms of what we do, which is provide our customers with a casual dining experience with great pizza.
"We aim to be a destination venue, rather than a stop-off point, and want our customers to feel that it is worth the extra five minute's walk to get there."
The restaurant, which will feature upcycled furniture that is available to buy, will be the second Peter's branch. The first branch opened in Loughborough more than a year ago.
The pizzas will cost between £6 and £12 and will feature ingredients such as salami and black truffle.
Peter's will also offer a breakfast option, where customers can create their own version of pizzas using a scrambled egg base and an assortment of toppings.
Raffaele said: "We value our products and ingredients, which are from both the south of Italy and locally in Leicestershire.
"We want our customers to feel that they can come and spend between £10 to £15 and still feel like they have had a good evening.
"We don't want to be an Italian restaurant. We like to think of ourselves as an English pizzeria with a community atmosphere.
"We love the location because it's relatively close to De Montfort University. We're very passionate about it and it's very important to us.
"Our demographic currently consists of 50 per cent students and 50 per cent from the local community."
Rafaele also runs Loughborough student lettings agency Loc8me.
The Shakespeare's Head, a 1960s pub which overlooks Southgates underpass, shut in 2012 after the site was sold by the brewery that owned it.
It has now re-opened as Fat Budha, which is described as a sports bar, grill and cafe.
The Shakespeare's Head was the Camra (Campaign for Real Ale) Pub Of The Month in May 2006, and was included in the Good Beer Guide each year from 2006 until its closure in 2012.
Local Camra chairman Keith Williams said: "It used to be one of the best pubs in town for real ale but the brewery that used to own it - Oakwell Brewery in Barnsley - sold all its pubs off."
The new bar is open from 6pm until 2am each day.
