UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

August 28, 2008

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

5402 Parkdale Drive, Suite 101

Minneapolis, MN 55416

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(952) 215-0660

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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ITEM 5.02

DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

 

(b)         On August 28, 2008, Timothy R. Cary resigned from his position as our Chief Operating Officer – Restaurant Operations.

 

(c)          Effective August 28, 2008, the executive committee of our board of directors elected Darius Gilanfar as our Chief Operating Officer.  He will oversee field operations, purchasing and kitchen management.  Mr. Gilanfar, age 42, has served as our Senior Vice President – Operations since September 2007.  He worked as a consultant with Global Restaurant Systems from October 2006 to September 2007.  From April 2005 to September 2006, Mr. Gilanfar served as Chief Operating Officer and President of Copeland’s Famous New Orleans Restaurant Bar and Bistro.  Mr. Gilanfar previously served as National Director of Barnes and Noble Inc.’s Starbuck’s Café Division from March 2003 to April 2005.  His twenty years of restaurant experience also include having worked for The Cheesecake Factory, Brinker International and Universal Studios City Walk.

 

There are no familial relationships between Mr. Gilanfar and any other officer or director of our company.  Mr. Gilanfar’s wife, Heidi Martin Gilanfar, serves as a human resources/marketing consultant to our company, and we anticipate paying her more than $120,000 in fiscal year 2008.  There are no other transactions in which Mr. Gilanfar has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.  Each of our company’s executive officers is appointed to serve until his or her successor is duly appointed or his or her earlier removal or resignation from office.  Mr. Gilanfar is entitled to participate in performance-based cash bonus or equity award plans for senior executives based upon goals established by the board or compensation committee.

 

We issued a press release regarding the naming of Mr. Gilanfar as Chief Operating Officer on September 3, 2008, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01		FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d)		Exhibits.
		See “Exhibit Index.”

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd.
Date: September 4, 2008	By:	/s/ Steven J. Wagenheim
		Steven J. Wagenheim
		President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99		Press Release, dated September 3, 2008.

 

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