Proposed Pier lease offers brewery more city money, lower

A proposed lease for the vacant restaurant space at 256 Santa Monica Pier would give Santa Monica Brew Works more city money for improvements and lower rent than the city offered the operator it chose for the site in April, while scaling back guarantees for workers who lost their jobs when Rusty's Surf Ranch closed. The City Council is scheduled Tuesday to consider authorizing City Manager Oliver Chi to negotiate and sign a lease with Santa Monica Brew Works, a craft brewery that has operated in Santa Monica since 2014. A prior deal with a proposed restaurant California Roadhouse, Inc. fell ap

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