All sorts of news coming in this morning about a new 2nd location for a Dogfish Head Birreria location at Eataly Chicago. The new location above is at 51 E Ohio St in Chicago (at the former Steakhouse Texas de Brazil & ESPN Sportszone) and there are already architectural drawings for the finished project. The overall location is roughly 63,000 square feet including the Texas de Brazil portion. Eataly is aiming to open “as soon as possible” and artists renderings are below. 
Update 11 July 2013 from the Chicagoist:
While Birreria will serve individual beers from the three producers, at the heart of the Birreria concept is a 5 hectoliter on-site brewhouse that will produce approximately 450 barrels annually (almost 14,000 gallons) specifically for the restaurants within Eataly.
While putting a fully functional production brewery inside an urban space can be a challenge, Calagione sees advantages as well. “[With the on-site brewery, we get] freshness and recipe creativity,” Calagione says. “We often incorporate culinary ingredients in the Birreria beers like chestnuts and thyme.” Calagione even hopes to use midwestern culinary ingredients in the Birreria Brothers branded beers and will also serve other Midwest-produced beers.
Eataly has a planned opening date in September. Calagione says that the Chicago Birreria brewmaster will be announced in about a month.
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