A live music bar and restaurant chain is being tapped to take over the space left behind by Cheli's Chili Bar in downtown Detroit.

Tin Roof will open at 47 E. Adams Ave., according to a Wednesday news release from Olympia Development.

Former Detroit Red Wings star Chris Chelios sold the building that housed his restaurant to Olympia Development in January for $4.1 million.

Once open, it will be the first Tin Roof in Michigan. The Nashville-based chain operates 17 bars and venues from Orlando to San Diego.

Its CEO, Bob Franklin, said he is targeting an October opening for the bar, which is being marketed as a no frills place to grab reasonably priced food and drinks and listen to good live music. Franklin said he plans to invest $2.5 million into the Detroit location, which he'd been scouting for a half-dozen years.

"It's not House of Blues, it's not Fox. It's more of a live music joint, which is our tagline," Franklin told Crain's. "Good food and good service are universal. In Detroit, which is obviously one of the powerhouse music cities in the world, it sort of amps it up a little bit."

The Detroit venue will cater to downtown crowds while also offering a platform for local musicians, according to the release. Menu items will include fried biscuit sliders, shrimp and andouille sausage, and candy pig and mac. Lunch and dinner entrees will range roughly from $9 to $17, while an average beer will be $3 to $5.

Live shows will include mainly acoustic sets by local and regional touring musicians, Franklin said. There will also be house bands on the weekend playing three-four hour sets.

"Instead of a jukebox, we play it live, across all genres," he said. The company typically spends $400,000 to $500,000 per year on live entertainment.

Build-out of the space is expected to begin in the next couple of months, which is composed of three floors spanning a total of 12,000 square feet, plus an 1,800-square-foot rooftop. The building will be practically gutted to make way for a 15-foot-long stage on the first floor, new bars on the first and second floors and private event space on the third floor, Franklin said.

A hearing is scheduled next week by the Detroit Historic Commission regarding the construction of a "new rooftop addition/deck" on the building, according to a city document. Franklin said there will be no major additions to the rooftop, but it will be renovated.

The architect for the new Tin Roof location is Detroit-based Hamilton Anderson Associates. A contractor has not been selected, but Franklin said he intends to hire a local company. There will likely be 50 full- and part-time employees at the new bar.

"Detroit is such a great city with a great musical heritage and it has been on our radar for a long time," Franklin said in the release. "We know this is the right time and we could not be happier with the location near Comerica Park, Ford Field and the historic Fox Theatre in The District Detroit."