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GRANITE CITY FOOD & BREWERY TO OPENS IN OLATHE, KANSAS

Minneapolis, MN, March 29, 2006 - Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. (Nasdaq: GCFB) announced the opening yesterday of its 13th restaurant / microbrewery located in Olathe, Kansas.

"We are extremely pleased with the location and believe this will be another high-volume operation for our company," said Steve Wagenheim, Granite City Food & Brewery's President and CEO. "With our veteran leadership at the store level and our in-house promotion we have great comfort this will be another well run store. We are looking forward to strong sales at Olathe as well as increased sales at all our locations as we move into our spring and summer months."

With the Olathe opening, Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. currently operates 13 Granite City Food & Brewery casual dining restaurants featuring made-from- scratch food and handcrafted beers. Its broad menu offers traditional and regional foods served in generous portions at reasonable prices, affording guests an excellent value and great dining experience. Its first Granite City location, in St. Cloud, MN, opened in June 1999. Subsequently, the Company opened restaurants in Sioux Falls, SD, Fargo, ND, West Des Moines, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA, Davenport, IA, Lincoln, NE, Maple Grove and Eagan, MN, Wichita and Kansas City, KS, Kansas City, Missouri, and now, Olathe, Kansas.

Certain statements made in this press release of a non-historical nature constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such factors include, but are not limited to, changes in economic conditions, changes in consumer preferences or discretionary consumer spending, a significant change in the performance of any existing units, the ability to obtain financing for, and complete construction of, additional restaurants at acceptable costs, our ability to implement and execute Fermentus Interruptus and the risks and uncertainties described in the Company's Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2005.

CONTACT:
Steven J. Wagenheim
President and Chief Executive Officer
(952) 215-0678 or (612) 751-3331





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