Welcome to Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group

The acquisition and growth of the Gordon Biersch brand over the last decade has brought the company to its current size of 37 restaurants located in 19 states across the United States. Other brands operated by the Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group include Big River Grille and Brewery, Rock Bottom Restaurant Brewery, Seven Bridges Grille and Brewery, A1A Ale Works and Ragtime Tavern and Seafood Grill, and Bluewater Grille

 

Community Service

Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group Donates Hundreds of Hours to Community During A1A Ale Works Renovation

The team at A1A Ale Works highlighted the importance of giving-back to the community by compensating the staff in return for their volunteerism when the restaurant closed its doors for a three week-long renovation. Staff members chose to volunteer for a variety of local St. Augustine and North Florida charities, including Habitat for Humanity, St. Francis House and the Beach Preservation. Employees spent three weeks doing charitable work, including building a house for Habitat for Humanity and serving food at the St. Francis House soup kitchen. Others volunteered to help clean- up St. Augustine's famed shoreline. A1A Ale Works re-opened to the public on Friday, February 1st, with a grand reopening celebration on Wednesday, February 6th.

Donations were accepted for both the St. Francis House and Habitat for Humanity during the event. "The A1A Ale Works staff was a great team to work with," said Habitat for Humanity project manager, Gary Peterson. "They worked hard, showed good spirit and were lots of fun."

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Tysons Corner and Friends Pull Together For The Special Olympics

Since D.C., Tysons, and Rockville are all neighbors they decided to "pull together" and get better acquainted. What better way than to benefit the Special Olympics and do a Plane Pull for a good cause? That's right, pull a 150,000 lb., FedEx Cargo Plane!! On September 8th, Special Olympics held its 8th Annual, Dulles Day Plane Pull. In a nut shell, teams of 20 people competed against each other for prizes in different categories to include the farthest, the fastest, etc. In order for "Team GB" to be able to compete in the event, we needed to raise money! So why not go for the gold and shoot to be a Premier Sponsor at $8,500? Between the three stores, we put a game plan together on paper and decided to raise $2,850 from each location. Over a three month period, we did it! We raised money through tapping parties, selling "Stars" for Special Olympics, competing in bowl-a-thons, and much more!

Our plane pulling team consisted of each of the GM's along with 5 servers from each of our stores chosen on the basis of their teamwork skills, participation and through sales goals such as Passports. We were also chosen by their Shopper Report scores and by their good standings with the company.

Pull team weight: 3480
Pull time: 10.85 seconds

Great job D.C., Tysons, and Rockville! Can't wait for you to reach your 2008 goal of $25k!

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13th Annual Southern Brewers Festival Raises Over $60K For Chattanooga's Kids on the Block!

Big River Grille and Brewing Works in Chattanooga, TN recently sponsored the 13th Annual Southern Brewers Festival, to raise funds for the United Way Agency, Chattanooga's Kids on the Block. The brewfest consisted of twenty-one micro breweries from across the Southeast and welcomed over 8,000 patrons for a day of fun, festivities, food, and of course beer! The event featured over thirty premium ales and lagers and live music. In total, the event raised almost $61,000 solely benefiting United Way Agency, Chattanooga's Kids on the Block (CKOB). Over the past two years, Big River has partnered with CKOB to raise a total of $135,841. In a Sponsor Recognition Party, Kelly Wilson, Senior Brand Manager for Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Inc. and David Sharpe, Regional Brewer, presented the check to Chattanooga's Kids on the Block. The brewfest is the largest fund-raising event for CKOB! Great job Chattanooga!