St. Louis Park-based Granite City Food and Brewery says it will open its first new location in nearly two years. The new restaurant in Troy, Mich. will be the chain's 27th location. It's scheduled to open in February.

St. Louis Park-based Granite City Food & Brewery announced Monday that it obtained $6.5 million in a stock for cash transaction that will allow it to expand its Cadillac Ranch American cuisine line of restaurants.

Twin Cities Business reports the new location, south of Nashville, will open this summer. The St. Louis Park-based restaurant chain is set to open its first restaurant in Michigan next month. Last year, Granite City also announced plans to remodel some locations to increase seating capacity.

Construction is underway in downtown Minneapolis to convert the old Shinders building into a new eatery that features a year-round rooftop restaurant, the Business Journal reports. The owner of Crave restaurants says the four-season rooftop dining area will have the option of being enclosed by Minnesota's largest all-glass retractable roof.

The Business Journal reports the Jacksonville, Florida-based eatery has signed an agreement to add 54 locations in the metro within the next seven years. Minnesota's first Firehouse Subs restaurant opened in Maplewood last August.

The popular Twin Cities food truck is working on a permeant restaurant in south Minneapolis, in addition to its mobile unit. The Star Tribune reports the new eatery is set to open by the end of the year and feature the truck's eclectic menu.