ASHEVILLE - There's a new tenant for a prime piece of restaurant real estate in downtown Asheville.

Futo Buta, a beloved Charlotte-based ramen restaurant, has confirmed to the Charlotte Observer plans to open an Asheville outpost. It's taking over the former Bartaco at 121 Biltmore Ave., just a stone's throw from The Orange Peel.

Take a look at the menu here.

Charlotte Observer food editor Kathleen Purvis praised the restaurant for upping Charlotte's ramen game with dishes like "tonkotsu ramen, made with a 48-hour broth of pigs feet and crisp Brussels sprouts topped with bonito flakes and kecap manis (a sweet soy sauce)."

The restaurant also serves sushi and sashimi, and has vegetarian and vegan dishes available.

Bartaco was open for 2 years

In 2016, Bartaco took over the former Andy’s Heating and Cooling building, pouring $1.2 million into renovations, according to property representatives.

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The restaurant closed just two years later, following a May announcement that fine-dining steakhouse parent company Del Frisco's planned to buy the Barteca Restaurant Group, Bartaco's parent company, for $325 million in cash.

While Bartaco vacated the building, they left behind about $250,000 is restaurant equipment.

No word on when the new ramen restaurant will open, but there's more to come on this newest Asheville restaurant addition.