KALAMAZOO, MI -- Sprinkle Road Tap House will be the name of the third restaurant in the Millennium Restaurant Group's family of local Tap House venues.

It will operate as an independent full-service restaurant and bar, but will be attached to the soon-to-open Zeigler Motorsports dealership in Comstock Township's Midlink Business Park.

Zeigler Motorsports, a seller of motorcycles, dirt bikes, all-terrain vehicles, and sports watercraft, is scheduled to open March 1. Midlink Business Park is on Sprinkle Road, just south of I-94.

Matthew Burian, president of the Millennium Restaurant Group, said an opening date for the restaurant -- at 5001 Circle Park Drive -- has not been set, but it is anticipated in mid- to late-May. The restaurant group will spend $750 to $1 million to get the new location up and going.

The restaurant will be a 4,500-square-foot venue on the south end of the huge Zeigler Motorsports dealership. The restaurant will have its own entrance but will share a common wall with the showroom of the dealership that will allow patrons to casually flow between them.

That wall will have a large overhead garage-like door that will be closed when the dealership closes. The restaurant/bar will typically be open later than the dealership.

According to Brandy Gulley, marketing director for the restaurant group, the Tap House will focus on a large import and domestic beer selection. It will have 30 beers on tap, six taps for wine, and well-curated whiskey list.

It is also expected to have at least a dozen 65-inch to 70-inch flatscreens for sports and other programs, an outdoor patio, and a showroom lounge.

Business hours will be 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11 a.m. to noon on Friday and Saturday; and noon to 9 p.m. on Sunday.

Why the Sprinkle Road corridor?

"We're encouraged to see some exciting growth out there," Burian said. "The overpass updates (at Sprinkle and I-94) were much needed improvements, geographically, it's very easy to to get to ... and we're hoping to see more economic development in the area of Midlink and on the grounds themselves."

Zeigler Motorsports is expected to include up to 85,000 square feet of space for the 10 motor sports franchises that have become a part of the Zeigler Auto Group since it acquired M&M Motorsports in 2015.

The auto group will use about 41 acres at the southern end of the linear business park to build a first-of-its-kind dealership for dirt bikes, snowmobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, side-by-sides and other off-road vehicles. That is to include off-road test tracks in what is now partially wooded land there.

The motorsport franchises include: KTM, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Arctic Cat, Ski-Doo, Yamaha, Can-Am, Honda, Sea-Doo and Star Motorcycles.

Burian would not say if the new restaurant is part of a larger plan to grow the Tap House concept to other locales. But he said he expects the concept to grow.

The Sprinkle Road Tap House will employ 30 to 45 workers in a mixture of full- and part-time jobs. Burian said there continue to be jobs opportunities, including management positions. Those interested should check the Millennium Restaurant Group website, millenniumrestaurants.com and click on the "employment" tab.

Millennium has had a location at Midlink since 2013 for its catering business. That is located in a 7,500-square-foot, stand-alone building on the northeast corner of the business park.