NOBLESVILLE — Big Woods Restaurant Group is set to open the doors of its seventh location, Big Woods Hazel Dell, at 14741 Hazel Dell Crossing in Noblesville on Feb. 17.

The new 7,700-square-foot location is centrally located among Carmel, Westfield, Fishers and Noblesville, and is Big Woods’ first expansion into the north side of Indianapolis. This year, all seven Big Woods restaurants are expected to serve a total of 1 million guests.

Big Woods Hazel Dell will provide seating for about 250 guests, including 40 patio spots, and two private rooms for party rentals. Visitors will have access to a 21+ bar area and family-friendly booth and table seating.

“We’ve continued to see increased demand throughout the state of Indiana for our restaurants,” said Co-founder and Executive Chairman Jeff McCabe. “With our first opening in Hamilton County, we hope to make the drive a little shorter for some of our existing fans while also attracting new customers.”

The original Big Woods restaurant opened in an alley in downtown Nashville in late 2009. The company now has three restaurants in Nashville and locations in Bloomington, Franklin and Speedway.

Big Woods Hazel Dell will serve an updated version of Big Woods’ pizza and pub menu, with favorites like pulled pork BBQ nachos and brewer’s wings, as well as updated and new items like the Candied Bacon Bomb burger. Other new dishes include a vegan Thai red curry, a Meatball Meltdown pizza, a maple bourbon chicken sandwich and a fried biscuit dessert in homage to Big Woods’ hometown of Nashville.

A full slate of adult beverages from Big Woods’ Brown County-based sister companies, Quaff ON! Brewing Co. and Hard Truth Distilling Co., will accompany the updated menu. Big Woods Hazel Dell will be the first of the Big Woods Restaurants to launch the updated menu, and the Bloomington, Franklin and Speedway Big Woods locations will follow suit over the next several months. The complete Big Woods Hazel Dell menu can be found here.

Big Woods restaurants sold more than 100,000 pizzas and 70,000 pulled pork nachos in 2019.

Company-wide, Big Woods Restaurants has more than 400 employees, and the new Noblesville restaurant is expected to increase that number by 80.

Big Woods Restaurant Group is one of three companies within the BWQOHT Inc. umbrella, which also includes Quaff ON! Brewing Co. and Hard Truth Distilling Co. Together, the group has become one of Brown County’s major employers.