Louisville-based Rock Bottom Restaurants Inc., which operates stores including Rock Bottom Breweries, Old Chicago and The ChopHouse, and Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group Inc., with one Colorado operation at FlatIron Crossings, have been acquired by Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P., a private equity firm.
The new company will be called CraftWorks Restaurants and Beweries, Inc. as a result of Monday's acquisition. The combined business becomes the nation's leading operator and franchiser of brewery and craft beer-focused casual dining restaurants with nearly 200 owned and franchised locations across the United States.
Rock Bottom founder Frank Day will take over as chairman of the board and Allen Corey, an original investor and 13-year CEO of Gordon Biersch will be the president and CEO of CraftWorks.
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