Five years after opening Westside Deli & Bistro at the commercial edge of Lawrence, Michael Levy now plans on relocating to a larger space – downtown.

Levy, restaurant owner and chef, is working on a lease for downtown space that would be three times the size of his current restaurant at the Wakarusa Crossroads Centre, Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive. He started notifying customers about the pending move this week.

Plans call for the new place to open in early October, about a week after the existing Westside closes Sept. 30, the end of Levy’s five-year lease. Levy declined to identify the new space, but said he anticipated signing a lease for it within two weeks.

The new place will feature the same food, service and employees, but add more bar business, Levy said.

“We’ll change the name,” said Levy, whose ownership group also is adding investors to help finance the move. “It’ll still be recognizable. We’ll just change the name a little bit and concept a little bit.”