Granite City Food & Brewery to Open in Prime Kansas City Location

"We are very excited with the entertainment aspect of this location...at the epicenter of the single largest tourist attraction in the state of Kansas," said Steve Wagenheim, Granite City Food & Brewery's President and CEO. The Legends is an 805,000-square-foot, open-air lifestyle center surrounded by major destinations including Cabela's, Warren Buffet's Nebraska Furniture Mart, a baseball stadium and the NASCAR Kansas Speedway. "We believe we have the best site in the entire development as we are on the hard corner of the major intersection of this complex," said Wagenheim. "The traffic generated with the synergy of this tourism district will potentially allow us to draw customers from a few hundred miles away. We believe this is truly a one-of-a-kind project."

In addition to opening at The Legends in Kansas City, the company has announced its plans to open in Wichita, Kansas on July 5, 2005, as well as in Eagan, Minnesota and in two Kansas City locations later this year. Wagenheim said the company's developer is currently negotiating on additional sites in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Minnesota for continued expansion under its 4-6-8 plan for opening restaurants in the Midwest through 2007.

Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. currently operates eight Granite City Food & Brewery casual dining restaurants featuring made-from-scratch food and handcrafted beers. Its broad menu offers traditional and regional foods served in generous portions at reasonable prices, affording guests an excellent value and great dining experience. Its first Granite City location, in St. Cloud, MN, opened in June 1999. Subsequently, the Company opened restaurants in Sioux Falls, SD, Fargo, ND, West Des Moines, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA, Davenport, IA, Lincoln, NE, and Minneapolis, MN.