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Nineties theme bar Wannabe planned in city centre

Jamie WallerLocal Democracy Reporting Service
Getty Images Spice Girls photographed backstage at the Brit Awards in February 1997.Getty Images
The bar shares its name with the 1996 debut single for the Spice Girls

A 90s-themed nostalgia bar named Wannabe after the debut hit of the Spice Girls is set to open in Lincoln city centre if plans are approved.

Developers said the new bar at the former Cognito restaurant in Park Street would be built entirely around "the best decade ever".

The bar - named after the 1996 single which propelled the Spice Girls to worldwide fame - plans to open in December.

Promoted as "Lincoln's new 90s throwback bar", with neon lights and big tunes, it is also advertising for staff.

LDRS The entrance to the Cognito restaurant. There are menus displayed to the side of a closed double grey door with planters fixed to the wall.LDRS
It will be located inside the former Cognito restaurant on Park Street

A licensing application seeks to approve changes to the floor layout and bar length.

Anyone wishing to comment on the application should contact the licensing team at City of Lincoln Council by 4 November.

Cognito closed the premises in January and relocated to the Pyewipe pub, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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