LIBERTY TWP.

Pies & Pints, not your average pizza joint, is the first restaurant tenant to be announced for the future Liberty Center.

The pizzeria, with arguably the best craft brew program around revealed plans Friday to enter the Cincinnati market with the Butler County location. Co-owner and President Rob Lindeman said the five-restaurant and growing pizza business has signed a lease at the mega retail center.

Liberty Center, in the early stages of construction in Liberty Twp., is the name of the approximately 1.4 million-square-foot mixed-use shopping, office and residential complex planned for the intersection of Ohio 129, Interstate 75 and Liberty Way. Its scheduled to open in September 2015, according to developers.

We have an executed lease and will be going into the project when it opens, Lindeman said.

Were a small mom-and-pop company that really prides itself on high quality, great tasting pizza, he said. We try to provide the most flavorful, most unique pizza.

Liberty Center is being built by Columbus-based developer Steiner + Associates, the same developer of Easton Town Center in the Columbus-area and The Greene in Beavercreek. The projects first phase is expected to be a more than $300 million investment encompassing 65 acres.

Its being developed by one of the premier developers in the country, Steiner. Weve known those folks for a period of time. They saw the product in Worthington, liked it, and we got a great location in the center, Lindeman said.

Pies & Pints was founded in 2003 at original storefront Fayetteville, W.Va. The craft pizza and beer venture has since expanded to Charleston, W.Va.; Morgantown, W.Va.; Worthington, Ohio, and Beavercreek at The Greene. Lindeman said a sixth restaurant is opening this year in Lexington, Ky.

The Greene location opened in August 2013. The yet-to-open Liberty Center pizza place will be comparable to the nearby Dayton-area restaurant with 60 to 65 full- and part-time employees, Lindeman said. Pies & Pints at The Greene has seating for approximately 150 people, and sells 22 bottled beers with 35 rotating beer taps. A similar size restaurant and offering can be expected in Liberty Twp.

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WASHINGTON, March 7, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The National Restaurant Association's Chief Economist Bruce Grindy analyzes the February jobs report:

"The economy rebounded from its winter slump to post respectable employment growth in February, according to preliminary figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Overall, the economy added a net 175,000 jobs in February on a seasonally-adjusted basis, up from gains of just 84,000 and 129,000 in December and January, respectively.

"While February's increase is an improvement from the sluggish gains of the previous two months, it still remains short of the average monthly gains of more than 200,000 jobs registered during all of 2013. Still, February's payroll gains outstripped expectations, and suggest that the downtick in growth was more related to the weather than a softening in the overall economy.

"Job growth in February was led by the professional and business services sector, where the 79,000 net jobs added represented the sector's strongest gain in 12 months. The construction sector and healthcare and social assistance sector both added 15,000 jobs in February, while manufacturers added a net 6,000 jobs.

"For its part, the restaurant industry continued to make solid contributions to the economic recovery. Eating and drinking places added a net 21,200 jobs in February, the 48th consecutive monthly gain for a total of more than 1.2 million jobs.

"Looking forward, restaurant operators' outlook for the economy remains a mixed bag. In the National Restaurant Association's February 2014 Tracking Survey, only 29 percent of restaurant operators said they expect economic conditions to improve in six months. This represented the 7th consecutive month in which fewer than 30 percent of restaurant operators expected the economy to improve in six months.

"Twenty percent of February respondents expect economic conditions to deteriorate in the next six months, while the remaining 51 percent expect economic conditions to remain generally unchanged in the months ahead."

Read more from the Economist's Notebook and get additional analysis of restaurant industry trends at http://www.restaurant.org/research.

Founded in 1919, the National Restaurant Association is the leading business association for the restaurant industry, which comprises 990,000 restaurant and foodservice outlets and a workforce of more than 13.5 million employees. We represent the industry in Washington, D.C., and advocate on its behalf. We operate the industry's largest trade show (NRA Show May 17-20, 2014, in Chicago); leading food safety training and certification program (ServSafe); unique career-building high school program (the NRAEF's ProStart); as well as the Kids LiveWell program promoting healthful kids' menu options. For more information, visit http://www.restaurant.org and find us on Twitter @WeRRestaurants, Facebook and YouTube.

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FRANKLIN TWP. Another Mexican-themed restaurant is possibly on its way to Greene County.

With the addition of Don Patron Mexican Grill highly anticipated, the Greene County community recently received more news about another possible expansion in eating choices in the area.

Franklin Township supervisors on Feb. 24 gave conditional approval for plans of constructing a Taco Bell restaurant, which is expected to be built in front of the Greene Plaza next to the Wendys restaurant.

The plans for the construction of a Taco Bell were presented earlier and went through the review process of the township planning commission.

Charter Foods North LLC of Talbott, Tenn., will be constructing the Taco Bell, according to the supervisors.

The plans include a 2,465 square-foot restaurant on the lot that was formerly the site of the Amerilube and include a parking area with 21 spaces.

The conditional approval came with 16 conditions that needed to be met in order to pass. Requirements for approval include: agreeing to conform to the Americans with Disabilities Act in regard to parking; receive a highway occupancy permit if a new sanitary sewer line is installed, which will require work on Route 21; the developer identifies the location of storm lines already existing; provide signs for traffic circulation through the driveway, propose outside lighting that would not create a glare on properties near the establishment and indicate erosion and sedimentation controls.

Access into the future restaurant will be through the Greene Plaza parking lot where Big Lots and other stores are located.

Construction is scheduled to begin in the spring, and the Taco Bell restaurant is slated to be open by fall.

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Carls Jr. store manager Jay Richards stands in front of the restaurant, which opened Jan. 31 in the Olympic Village shopping center in Gig Harbor.

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Carls Jr., a restaurant franchise in the Olympic Village shopping center, opened for business on Jan. 31. Its owned by Jim and Susan Richards, whose oldest son, Jay, is the general manager.

Jay Richards said business is booming.

Business is great, he said. Were very busy.

The restaurant has a unique layout with seating on two stories. On a clear day, customers get a nice view of Mount Rainier.

We had a really narrow building, so, in order to get the seating that we wanted, we decided to go up to a second floor, Jay Richards said. That got us a bit higher so that we could have the view of the mountain, and we just wanted to create a unique space up here, something that was different than what people had seen before. I think weve done that.

Richards said he used the upstairs seating area as his office while the restaurant was under construction.

I just didnt want to leave it, he said.

Richards added the only complaint customers have had about the upstairs seating area is that its too small.

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The new "chickee" hut at the Marker 4 restaurant is nestled in between the restaurant and another Fisherman's Wharf building. Property owners do not need to file permits with the city or county if they have a member of the Seminole or Muskogee tribes build the hut, thanks to an exemption in Florida's Building Code. (March 4, 2014) Photo by Shelby Webb

VENICE - When it comes to tiki-type huts, the hands that build them can make the difference between a city violation and a no-hassle construction job.

The city of Venice issued a stop-work order against the owners of Marker 4 Restaurant at Fisherman's Wharf after officials learned the owners had commissioned a large hut without requesting a building permit.

But once the city realized what type of a hut it was, they immediately rescinded their order.

The structure, known as a "chickee" hut is exempt from Florida Building Codes when it is built by members of the Miccosukee or Seminole tribes of Florida.

Vince LaPorta, director of the Venice Building and Code Enforcement Department, said he encounters the structures at least several times a year.

"A lot of contractors try to build these huts without permits," LaPorta said. "But they're not Seminoles. They would have to be licensed through the tribe."

On his desk sat a license faxed to his office by the Seminole tribe, detailing how the project-leader for the Marker 4 chickee project, Alex Antunez, is a member.

Antunez, owner of Seminole Tiki Huts, said his company builds more than 300 of the thatched-roof structures each year out of cypress logs and sabal palm fronds.

"The huts have been being built residentially for 50 years," Antunez said. "But before then, it was a means of refuge in the Everglades from alligators and all that good stuff."

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Drivers in the Restaurant Row area of Myrtle Beach are encouraged to look for other routes near the intersection with Lake Arrowhead Road beginning Friday.

The contractor installing a 36-inch sewer force main on U.S. 17 through Restaurant Row will dig across the Lake Arrowhead Road intersection beginning Friday evening, with work expected to last until Sunday night.

Drivers heading south on U.S. 17 will not be able to turn left on to Lake Arrowhead Road and drivers will not be able to turn left from Lake Arrowhead road onto U.S. 17, city spokesman Mark Kruea said.

But if youre heading northbound, you will be able to turn right on to Lake Arrowhead, and from Lake Arrowhead, youll be able to turn right heading northbound [on U.S. 17], he said.

For about a month, the two inside lanes of U.S. 17 southbound, as well as the median, have been closed at night from Chestnut Road to the U.S. 17 split with Kings Highway.

The entire project, which costs about $2.9 million, is replacing a 30-inch line that is 30 years old.

Construction originally was scheduled to begin Tuesday night, but the S.C. Department of Transportation halted construction due to rainy weather.

Contact MAYA T. PRABHU at 444-1722 or follow her at Twitter.com/TSN_MPrabhu.

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Rocksalt won best project at the last awards (Paul Freeman)

KENT'S best buildings will be honoured at the Kent Design & Development Awards.

Mark Sargeant's Rocksalt restaurant in Folkestone, designed by Guy Hollaway Architects, scooped Project of the Year when the biannual awards last took place, and now nominations are open for new construction projects to come forward.

Projects are invited to enter one of five categories: Civils and Infrastructure; Commercial, Industrial and Retail; Environmental Performance; Public Buildings Education and Community; and Residential Major and Minor. Project of the Year is then selected from among the winners.

In 2012, Hythe-based Guy Hollaway Architects design for Rocksalt saw the restaurant win the Commercial, Industrial and Retail category before going on to take the overall prize.

Other winners were Dover Esplanade by Tonkin Liu, Hadlow Colleges Rural Regeneration Centre by Eurobuild, Rosemary Gardens by Golding Homes, Hill House by Hampson Williams, Turner Contemporary by David Chipperfield Architects, and Clay Architecture Ltds Walderslade Primary School.

Nominations for the 2014 Kent Design & Development Awards can be made via tthe KDDA Awards website before June 16.

Jointly organised and sponsored by DHA Planning, Kent County Council and PR agency Maxim and supported by CTP Consulting Engineers, Kent Construction Focus Group, Liberty Property Trust UK and The Woodley Coles LLP.

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After 39 years, the McDonalds on 10th Street will undergo a major transformation by this summer.

The restaurant, at 2912 10th St. across from the Greeley police headquarters, will close on Sunday in preparation for demolition of the building, owned by Ernie and Jean Martin.

The restaurant will be torn down beginning next week. Greeley planner Mike Garrott said demolition could take more than a week, and it could take another month to prep the site for construction of a new restaurant.

Its slated to re-open by summer with the latest bells and whistles, but owners have yet to pull a building permit to begin the process.

Itll be a really nice store, Garrott said. From an architectural aspect, it will be mixture of brick and stone, and some tile work on the building itself. It will have more of the modern look of the newer McDonalds.

The Martins have opted for a modern type of McDonalds complete with a three-lane drive through system and covered parking with portions of solar panels on top to help power the building, Garrott said.

The original 3,788-square-foot restaurant was built in 1975, and includes an outdoor play and eating area. The new building will be more than 5,600 square feet.

The planned new restaurant will be built with recycled materials from the existing restaurant, it will have more environmental features, and an indoor play area, Garrott said.

Ernie Martin did not return calls seeking comment for this story.

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BRISTOL, Va. -

Downtown Bristol has been noisier than usual with construction underway at the old CityMac building.

Quaker Steak & Lube developers, the Albatross Group, told us they are on track to open the new restaurant in June.

We went to the site on Friday and found out the plumbing has been installed. They are now working on the framework.

Construction crews said theyve reinforced some beams so cars can be hung from the ceiling.

The developers told us they plan to display a race car, classic car and motorcycle, all from drivers in this area.

The garage door will be a straight shot inside the building to our Backyard Buddy, which is our automobile hoist, where we'll showcase classic cars, said Blair Jones, with the Albatross Group.

The garage door will be one of three doors leading out to the patio area, which construction crews have also been working on.

The patio will be in the parking lot on the corner of State Street and Piedmont Avenue.

Jones told us the project was expected to cost about $1.5 million. He said they may end up completing the project for less than that.

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