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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;20, 2002  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>Granite City Food&nbsp;&amp; Brewery&nbsp;Ltd.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="57%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Minnesota</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="41%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>41-1883639</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="57%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="41%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)<BR></FONT>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>5831 Cedar Lake Road<BR>
St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address, including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>GRANITE CITY FOOD&nbsp;&amp; BREWERY&nbsp;LTD. 2002 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full Title of the Plan) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>STEVEN J. WAGENHEIM</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Copies to:</I></B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>President and Chief Executive Officer</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>AVRON L. GORDON, ESQ.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Granite City Food&nbsp;&amp; Brewery&nbsp;Ltd.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>BRETT D. ANDERSON, ESQ.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>5831 Cedar Lake Road</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Briggs and Morgan, P.A.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(952)&nbsp;525-2070</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>80 South Eighth Street</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>(Name, address, including zip code,</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>and telephone number, including</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(612)&nbsp;334-8400 (phone)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>area code, of Agent for Service)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(612)&nbsp;334-8650 (fax)</B></FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Each Class of<BR>
Securities To Be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount To<BR>
Be Registered(1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price<BR>
Per Share(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Aggregate<BR>
Offering Price</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of<BR>
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<TD COLSPAN=2><FONT SIZE=1><B><I>Granite City Food &amp; Brewery Ltd.<BR>
2002 Equity Incentive Plan</I></B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>Options to purchase common stock</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>600,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>N/A</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>N/A</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>N/A</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="34%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common stock (par value $0.01 per share)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>600,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$1.785</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$1,071,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$98.53</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>This
registration statement also covers any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under the Granite City Food&nbsp;&amp; Brewery&nbsp;Ltd. 2002 Equity Incentive Plan
by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding
shares of common stock.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee under Rule&nbsp;457(h) of the Securities Act and based upon the average of the high and low sale prices for such
stock on September&nbsp;17, 2002, as reported by The Nasdaq SmallCap Market. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  <BR>  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<A NAME="toc_ja2324_2"> </A></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you
to documents we file with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this registration statement. Information that we file later with the SEC will automatically
update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we will make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act until all of the shares covered by this registration statement have been sold or deregistered: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Annual
Report on Form&nbsp;10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;30, 2001;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Quarterly
Reports on Form&nbsp;10-QSB for the fiscal quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2002 and June&nbsp;30, 2002;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Current
Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;0-29643) filed on March&nbsp;7, 2002 and September&nbsp;20, 2002;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Description
of our units, common stock and Class&nbsp;A Warrants contained in our Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A/A (File
No.&nbsp;0-29643) filed on March&nbsp;19, 2001; and
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Definitive
Schedule&nbsp;14A (Proxy Statement) filed on August&nbsp;2, 2002. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 4. Description of Securities.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We are governed by Minnesota Statutes Chapter&nbsp;302A. Minnesota Statutes Section&nbsp;302A.521 provides that a corporation shall indemnify any person made
or threatened to be made a party to any proceeding by reason of the former or present official capacity of such person against judgments, penalties, fines, including, without limitation, excise taxes
assessed against such person with respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements and reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees and disbursements, incurred by such person in connection with the
proceeding, if, with respect to the acts or omissions of such person complained of in the proceeding, such person has not been indemnified by another organization or employee benefit plan for the same
expenses with respect to the same acts or omissions; acted in good faith; received no improper personal benefit and Section&nbsp;302A.255, if applicable, has been satisfied; in the case of a
criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful; and in the case of acts or omissions by persons in their official capacity for the corporation, reasonably believed
that the conduct was in the best interests of the corporation, or in the case of acts or omissions by persons in their capacity for other organizations, reasonably believed that the conduct was not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As
permitted by Section&nbsp;302A.251 of the Minnesota Statutes, Article&nbsp;9 of our Articles of Incorporation provides that we will indemnify and may, in the discretion of our
board of directors, insure our current and former directors, officers and employees in the manner and to the fullest extent permitted by law. Section&nbsp;6.1 of our By-laws provides
that we will indemnify, in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section&nbsp;302A.521 of the Minnesota Statutes, the following persons: (a)&nbsp;officers </FONT></P>

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and former officers; (b)&nbsp;directors and former directors; (c)&nbsp;members and former members of committees appointed or designated by the board of directors; and (d)&nbsp;employees and
former employees. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
underwriting agreement between us and the underwriter of our initial public offering contains provisions under which we on the one hand, and the underwriter, on the other hand, have
agreed to indemnify each other (including our officers and directors, officers and directors of the underwriter and
any person who may be deemed to control us or the underwriter) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 8. Exhibits.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See "Exhibit Index." </FONT></P>


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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 9. Undertakings.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes as follows: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i)&nbsp;to include any
prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and
(iii)&nbsp;to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement; </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>provided, however,</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by the those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;That,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to
the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. Louis Park, State of
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>STEVEN J. WAGENHEIM</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Steven J. Wagenheim<BR>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Steven
J. Wagenheim and Mitchel I. Wachman, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </FONT></P>

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<TH WIDTH="27%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title</B></FONT><HR NOSHADE></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="44%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="44%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>STEVEN J. WAGENHEIM</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Steven J. Wagenheim</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="24%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>September&nbsp;20, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MITCHEL I. WACHMAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Mitchel I. Wachman</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director (Principal Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="24%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
September&nbsp;20, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>WILLIAM E. BURDICK</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> William E. Burdick</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Chairman of the Board, Brewmaster and Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="24%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
September&nbsp;20, 2002</FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Arthur E. Pew III</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="24%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JAMES G. GILBERTSON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> James G. Gilbertson</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="24%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
September&nbsp;20, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BRUCE H. SENSKE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Bruce H. Senske</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="24%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
September&nbsp;20, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Articles of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;0-29643) filed September&nbsp;20, 2002).</FONT></TD>
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4.2</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Bylaws (incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;SB-2 (File No.&nbsp;333-93459) filed December&nbsp;22, 1999).</FONT></TD>
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4.3</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Specimen common stock certificate (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File&nbsp;No. 0-29643) filed September&nbsp;20, 2002).</FONT></TD>
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4.4</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Form of Warrant Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association (including specimen Class&nbsp;A Warrant certificate) (incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;SB-2/A (File No.&nbsp;333-93459) filed
May&nbsp;15, 2000).</FONT></TD>
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4.5</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Warrant Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association (including specimen Class&nbsp;A Warrant certificate) (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;0-29643) filed
September&nbsp;20, 2002).</FONT></TD>
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4.6</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Specimen unit certificate (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;0-29643) filed September&nbsp;20, 2002).</FONT></TD>
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4.7</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Granite City Food &amp; Brewery Ltd. 2002 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to our Definitive Schedule&nbsp;14A (File No.&nbsp;0-29643) filed August&nbsp;2, 2002).</FONT></TD>
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5</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Opinion of Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association.</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</FONT></TD>
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23.2</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountant.</FONT></TD>
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24</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Powers of Attorney (included on Signature Page).</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja2324_2">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja2324_3">Item 4. Description of Securities.</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja2324_4">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></FONT><BR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 20, 2002
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Minnesota
41-1883639
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
5831 Cedar Lake Road
St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416
(Address, including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
GRANITE CITY FOOD & BREWERY LTD. 2002 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
STEVEN J. WAGENHEIM
Copies to:
President and Chief Executive Officer
AVRON L. GORDON, ESQ.
Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd.
BRETT D. ANDERSON, ESQ.
5831 Cedar Lake Road
Briggs and Morgan, P.A.
St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416
2400 IDS Center
(952) 525-2070
80 South Eighth Street
(Name, address, including zip code,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
and telephone number, including
(612) 334-8400 (phone)
area code, of Agent for Service)
(612) 334-8650 (fax)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
Securities To Be Registered
Amount To
Be Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd.
2002 Equity Incentive Plan
Options to purchase common stock
600,000
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common stock (par value $0.01 per share)
600,000
$1.785
$1,071,000
$98.53
(1)
This
registration statement also covers any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under the Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. 2002 Equity Incentive Plan
by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding
shares of common stock.
(2)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act and based upon the average of the high and low sale prices for such
stock on September 17, 2002, as reported by The Nasdaq SmallCap Market.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you
to documents we file with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this registration statement. Information that we file later with the SEC will automatically
update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we will make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act until all of the shares covered by this registration statement have been sold or deregistered:
•
Annual
Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2001;
•
Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2002 and June 30, 2002;
•
Current
Reports on Form 8-K (File No. 0-29643) filed on March 7, 2002 and September 20, 2002;
•
Description
of our units, common stock and Class A Warrants contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A (File
No. 0-29643) filed on March 19, 2001; and
•
Definitive
Schedule 14A (Proxy Statement) filed on August 2, 2002.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
We are governed by Minnesota Statutes Chapter 302A. Minnesota Statutes Section 302A.521 provides that a corporation shall indemnify any person made
or threatened to be made a party to any proceeding by reason of the former or present official capacity of such person against judgments, penalties, fines, including, without limitation, excise taxes
assessed against such person with respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements and reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees and disbursements, incurred by such person in connection with the
proceeding, if, with respect to the acts or omissions of such person complained of in the proceeding, such person has not been indemnified by another organization or employee benefit plan for the same
expenses with respect to the same acts or omissions; acted in good faith; received no improper personal benefit and Section 302A.255, if applicable, has been satisfied; in the case of a
criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful; and in the case of acts or omissions by persons in their official capacity for the corporation, reasonably believed
that the conduct was in the best interests of the corporation, or in the case of acts or omissions by persons in their capacity for other organizations, reasonably believed that the conduct was not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation.
As
permitted by Section 302A.251 of the Minnesota Statutes, Article 9 of our Articles of Incorporation provides that we will indemnify and may, in the discretion of our
board of directors, insure our current and former directors, officers and employees in the manner and to the fullest extent permitted by law. Section 6.1 of our By-laws provides
that we will indemnify, in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Statutes, the following persons: (a) officers
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and former officers; (b) directors and former directors; (c) members and former members of committees appointed or designated by the board of directors; and (d) employees and
former employees.
The
underwriting agreement between us and the underwriter of our initial public offering contains provisions under which we on the one hand, and the underwriter, on the other hand, have
agreed to indemnify each other (including our officers and directors, officers and directors of the underwriter and
any person who may be deemed to control us or the underwriter) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See "Exhibit Index."
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)  The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes as follows:
(1)  To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) to include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by the those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)  To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(4)  That,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(b)  Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to
the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. Louis Park, State of
Minnesota, on the 20th day of September, 2002.
GRANITE CITY FOOD & BREWERY LTD.
By
/s/
STEVEN J. WAGENHEIM
Steven J. Wagenheim
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,
that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Steven
J. Wagenheim and Mitchel I. Wachman, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
STEVEN J. WAGENHEIM
Steven J. Wagenheim
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
September 20, 2002
/s/
MITCHEL I. WACHMAN
Mitchel I. Wachman
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director (Principal Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer)
September 20, 2002
/s/
WILLIAM E. BURDICK
William E. Burdick
Chairman of the Board, Brewmaster and Director
September 20, 2002
Arthur E. Pew III
Director
/s/
JAMES G. GILBERTSON
James G. Gilbertson
Director
September 20, 2002
/s/
BRUCE H. SENSKE
Bruce H. Senske
Director
September 20, 2002
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Articles of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 0-29643) filed September 20, 2002).
4.2
Bylaws (incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-93459) filed December 22, 1999).
4.3
Specimen common stock certificate (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 0-29643) filed September 20, 2002).
4.4
Form of Warrant Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association (including specimen Class A Warrant certificate) (incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form SB-2/A (File No. 333-93459) filed
May 15, 2000).
4.5
Amendment No. 1 to Warrant Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association (including specimen Class A Warrant certificate) (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 0-29643) filed
September 20, 2002).
4.6
Specimen unit certificate (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 0-29643) filed September 20, 2002).
4.7
Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. 2002 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to our Definitive Schedule 14A (File No. 0-29643) filed August 2, 2002).
5
Opinion of Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association.
23.1
Consent of Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2
Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountant.
24
Powers of Attorney (included on Signature Page).
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PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
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