LOUISVILLE, KY. — Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. plans to open a new location in Louisville. The company signed an agreement to buy 2.5 acres along South Hurstbourne Parkway in the Vinings development. The new Granite City Food & Brewery will be the chain's 31st restaurant and will feature a contemporary, upscale design. The site is located one-half mile from the University of Louisville's ShelbyHurst Campus and is east of two regional malls — Mall St. Matthew's and Oxmoor Mall. The restaurant is slated to open in spring 2014 and will include a wrap-around bar, exposed kitchen and central wood-fired pizza oven. The company also entered a sale-leaseback agreement to sell the restaurant building and land to Store Capital upon completion of the building.
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