Former Lincoln site in Potts Point to become late-night venue

It has been sitting idle for nearly a decade, but a new hospitality operator is finally set to jump behind the wheel at The Lincoln site on Bayswater Road, Potts Point.

Christian Avant confirmed his booming Milky Lane operation – home of the "Limp Brisket" and quirky cocktails such as the Salted Caramel Espresso Martini – will open a new late-night concept at the venue in late May.

Avant and his partners will team up on the project with promoters Rodd Richards and Tennille Scicluna. With a 3am licence, it'll be a genuine tilt at a late-night venue for sleepy old Sydney.

The menu will be knocked into shape by Milky Lane co-founders Patrick Killalea and Scott Findlay (who worked as private chefs for the likes of Madonna, Beyonce and Rihanna), while Steel + Stitch will fashion an interior with some finishing touches applied by graffiti artists Days One, Sofles and Peque.

The Lincoln site has been at the centre of heavy food industry speculation since the restaurant – with lush champagne room attached – slid into voluntary administration in 2008 after its original backers invested as much as $10 million in transforming the one-time site of Dancers Cabaret into a sophisticated and pole-free, late-night eating and drinking destination.

Bayswater Road seems to have steadied itself in recent times after losing a string of venues including Ortolan, World Bar and Concrete Blonde.

While Harajuku Gyoza recently shut on the Kings Cross-Potts Point strip and the Acme was put up for sale (minus the name), new Asian and Brazilian restaurants have popped up on Bayswater and the stalwarts and new additions are pointing it in the right direction. Milky Lane will help further restore one of Sydney's pioneering eat streets.