COLUMBUS, Ind. — An 11-year-old Brown County-based restaurant chain will soon have their its eighth location in the Taylorsville/Edinburgh area.
Big Woods Craft Food, Beer and Spirits will open a 4,000 square-foot facility Sept. 28 in the Indiana Premium Outlet Mall, next to Tommy Hilfiger and Vera Bradly, company officials said.
Up to 80 employees are expected to be hired that include cooks, prep cooks, servers, hosts, bartenders and bussers.
Besides three existing facilities in Brown County, Big Woods has other restaurants in Speedway, Bloomington, Franklin and Noblesville, chain co-founder and executive chairman Jeff McCabe said.
In addition to the Indiana Premium Outlet Mall, Big Woods will also be opening restaurants soon in both West Lafayette and Westfield, McCabe said.
Opening new restaurants during a pandemic that has already forced many eateries to either close or greatly limit business may not seem like a good business decision to some. But McCabe said he and his staff see things differently.
“We feel it’s a great time to see what’s available and put some new stakes in the ground,” McCabe said. “We’re confident in both the economy and the restaurant business.”
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