A London-based Mexican restaurant chain is planning to open its second venue outside the capital in Birmingham's business district.

Chilango is eyeing the former home of the West Brom building society on the corner of Colmore Row and Bennetts Hill for its 12th outlet.

The company currently operates ten restaurants in London and one in Manchester and serves staples such as burritos, tacos, salads and nachos.

It celebrated its opening in Manchester's Oxford Street in 2016 by giving away free burritos all day - which saw queues snaking around the block.

After first unveiling the proposals 18 months ago, the group has now lodged new plans with Birmingham City Council to put signs on the exterior of the building at 92-98 Colmore Row.

Burrito bar Chilango is coming to Birmingham

As well as burritos, it will serve a range of 'nudos' (all the fillings without the wrap), tacos, nachos and salads to eat in or take away.

Chicago native Eric Partaker and Dan Houghton, from London, launched the company after they met working for online video phone service Skype in the capital and their first restaurant, called Mucho Mas, opened in Islington in 2007.

Chilango is coming to Birmingham

The name Chilango is slang for a resident of Mexico City and the group was inspired by Mexican restaurants on the west coast of the US and in Chicago.

Mexican restaurant chain Chilango
Mexican restaurant chain Chilango

It is expected the new restaurant will create 20 full-time jobs and be open from 11am to 11pm Monday to Saturday and midday to 8pm on Sundays and bank holidays.

The venue joins a long list of former banks in Birmingham which are now home to cafés, bars and restaurants including Cosy Club (Midland Bank) and Lost & Found (National Provincial Bank) in Bennetts Hill, Second Cup Coffee Company in New Street (Santander) and Pret a Manger (HSBC) in Colmore Row.

The building housed a branch of the West Brom building society until late 2016 when it relocated to New Street.