KISS rocks out with chesterfield mayor at Rock & Brews grand opening (Photos) 

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KISS bandmates Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley added a little rock ‘n roll to Chesterfield on Wednesday during the grand opening of their new restaurant, Rock & Brews.

On hand to rock out was Chesterfield Mayor Bob Nation, Rock & Brews CEO Mike “Sully” Sullivan, and franchise owner Kirk Williams. The Chesterfield location, at 17258 Chesterfield Airport Road in the Chesterfield Commons Shopping Center, is Williams’ third Rock & Brews restaurant. He also operates the locations in Oklahoma City and Overland Park, Kansas.

The 8,600-square-foot restaurant, which opened for business in November, seats 300 and has a 1,600-square-foot patio that is dog friendly. Spiegelglass Construction Co. was the general contractor.

“It’s not a theme restaurant. Those types and franchises, in general, are really a way to sell merchandise and the food is secondary at best,” Stanley told the

in November. “The background is certainly the classic rock music we all love, but it’s not a funeral parlor with dead musicians’ shoes on the wall.”

The grand opening also served as a fundraiser for St. Louis Fisher House, which provides lodging for family and caregivers of veterans who are in need of long-term care.

The Manhattan Beach, California-based Rock & Brews chain was founded in 2012, and the company generated $75 million in revenue in 2016, Stanley previously told the