Moerlein Lager House Opens

Cincinnati Equirer reports on the opening, which occurred at 11:00 this morning:

The restaurant, which cost about $10 million to build, seats up to 1,400 inside and features three kitchens. There is 14,000 square feet of dining and entertainment space on two levels, and it opens on to Jacob Schmidlapp Event Lawn, a green space that can hold 3,000.
The restaurant also includes:
• The Beer Barons and Brewers Hall of Fame, which will honor Cincinnati’s founding brewers, beginning with Christian Moerlein.
• Murals of Cincinnati’s beer barons, painted by Jim Effler, a Cincinnati artist who has designed labels for Moerlein bottles.
• A private dining room named after John Hauck, founder of a West End brewery.
“It’s meant to celebrate our past and take Cincinnati brewing into the future,” Hardman told the Enquirer earlier this month.

Wow. $10 million?  This mural looks pretty cool (h/t Cubs Dad):

I hope it makes it, but $10 million is a lot of money to make up.  They do have quite the beer selection.