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Gene Simmons of KISS, left, and Doug Brodowski, with the Buena Park Public Works Department, show off a classic Simmons move during the ground breaking of the new rock and roll themed restaurant, Rock & Brews. The Buena Park restaurant will feature American comfort food and a large selections of craft and international beers, and premium wines, in rock and roll style. There will be a stage for live music performances, an oversized rock art gallery and an iconic Great Wall of Rock. CINDY YAMANAKA, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Where: 7777 Beach Blvd., Buena Park

Size: 6,750 square feet with a 3,400-square-foot outdoor patio, a beach volleyball court and parking for more than 100 vehicles

Menu: Will serve American comfort food and have a full bar with craft beer and wine

Decor: Will feature rock-themed art, a stage for live entertainment and flat-screen televisions streaming concert footage

Impact: The new restaurant is expected to take in about $4 million in annual sales and create 150 new permanent jobs, along with dozens of temporary construction jobs, according to a city staff report.

BUENA PARK – With Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons from the band KISS wielding shovels resembling guitars, ground was broken Monday for a rock ‘n’ roll-themed restaurant.

In six months, Rock & Brews, a national chain serving American comfort food and craft beers, is expected to open, featuring rock ‘n’ roll art, a concert-quality sound system and television monitors playing historical concerts. The Beach Boulevard site is about a quarter-mile north of Knott’s Berry Farm, in the heart of Buena Park’s entertainment district.

The restaurant will be the chain’s ninth in the United State and fourth in California, and will welcome children and dogs, feature an outdoor patio and have the chain’s first beach volleyball court.

“Rock & Brews is a rock-inspired, family friendly rock and roll atmosphere,” said Stanley, who serves a consultant and spokesman for the chain along with Simmons. “This is going to be Rock & Brews’ biggest and best restaurant yet.”

Stanley and Simmons are also part owners of the LA Kiss indoor football team that plays at the Honda Center.

The 1.4-acre property, which was owned by Buena Park’s now-defunct Redevelopment Agency, symbolizes the city’s aggressive efforts at revitalizing the area, portions of which had become run down. The property is among 20.6 acres purchased by the redevelopment agency that are being sold off to developers.

“The place where we are standing right now was once a blighted motel,” City Manager Jim Vanderpool said. “What a great new family friendly attraction we are bringing to the city.”

The property is just south of the 8.7-acre site of the former Movieland Wax Museum now slated to become a butterfly and hummingbird pavilion, modeled after Butterfly Wonderland park in Scottsdale, Ariz.

A Porto’s Bakery & Cafe in the 7600 block of Beach is scheduled to open in 2016.

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Gene Simmons of KISS, left, and Doug Brodowski, with the Buena Park Public Works Department, show off a classic Simmons move during the ground breaking of the new rock and roll themed restaurant, Rock & Brews. The Buena Park restaurant will feature American comfort food and a large selections of craft and international beers, and premium wines, in rock and roll style. There will be a stage for live music performances, an oversized rock art gallery and an iconic Great Wall of Rock. CINDY YAMANAKA, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Paul Stanley of KISS plays with the press pointing a guitar-handled shovel used in the ground breaking of the new rock and roll themed restaurant, Rock & Brews, in Buena Park. Stanley and Gene Simmons serves as consultants and spokesmen for the chain. CINDY YAMANAKA, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Franchise partner Jon Mesko, from left, KISS musician Paul Stanley, Buena Park Mayor Art Brown, KISS musician Gene Simmons and other dignitaries mug for the media during the ground breaking of the new rock and roll themed restaurant, Rock & Brews, in Buena Park. Stanley and Gene Simmons serves as consultants and spokesmen for the chain. CINDY YAMANAKA, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Gene Simmons of KISS, left, shades the Buena Park Mayor Art Brown before they break ground at the new rock and roll themed restaurant, Rock & Brews, in Buena Park. CINDY YAMANAKA, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

KISS musician Paul Stanley, left, greets Buena Park law enforcement before the Rock & Brews ground breaking ceremony. The property at 7777 Beach Blvd. is just south of the 8.7 acre site of the former Movieland Wax Museum, a former redevelopment agency property, slated to become a Butterfly Pavilion, modeled after Butterfly Wonderland park in Scottsdale, Arizona. CINDY YAMANAKA, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Buena Park's Rock & Brews broke ground Monday. The property at 7777 Beach Blvd. is seen from the Radisson Suites Hotel Buena Park. CINDY YAMANAKA, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Buena Park's new Rock & Brews will take the place of a run down motel which became a crime ridden problem for the city. CINDY YAMANAKA, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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