City, brewer ready to sign deal on riverfront beer garden

DOWNTOWN - Terms of a lease agreement for a three-story restaurant and outdoor beer garden on Cincinnati's riverfront will go before the city's finance committee Monday.

As part of the 45-acre Cincinnati Riverfront Park, the Cincinnati Park Board and Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. have been working on plans for a

15,000 square foot restaurant - the Lager House - that will have room for 500 seats inside and up to 600 outside in a beer garden.

Terms of the lease agreement were not released Thursday, pending review of the city's finance committee Monday, officials said.

In September, Christian Moerlein CEO Greg Hardman told The Enquirer that part of the agreement requires him to pay $225,000 to the city, which will eventually count toward future rent once a lease is in place. He declined to share additional details of his investment at that time.

Hardman has said he plans to brew 5,000 barrels of Christian Moerlein beer at the Lager House annually and offer brewery tours. The food will recall Over-the-Rhine 19th-century biergarten offerings such as hand-carved sandwiches on freshly baked bread made from spent brewer's grain. Hardman expects to employ 200 at the facility.

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