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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.39

NO SALE, OFFER TO SELL OR TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES SHALL BE MADE WITHOUT (i)
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH SALE,
OFFER, OR TRANSFER MAY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR (ii) SUCH REGISTRATION OR
QUALIFICATION.

                       BIG BUCK BREWERY & STEAKHOUSE, INC.
                          COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

           Big Buck Brewery & Steakhouse, Inc., a Michigan corporation (the
"Company"), hereby agrees that, for value received, WAYNE COUNTY EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM or its assigns, is entitled, subject to the terms set forth
below, to purchase from the Company at any time or from time to time before 5:00
p.m., Minneapolis, Minnesota time, on February 27, 2004, Two Hundred Thousand
(200,000) shares (the "Warrant Shares") of the $.01 par value common stock of
the Company (the "Common Stock") at an exercise price of Two Dollars and No
Cents ($2.00) per share.

      1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT; CASHLESS EXERCISE.

            (a) EXERCISE OF WARRANT. The purchase rights granted by this Warrant
      shall be exercised by the holder surrendering this Warrant with the
      Warrant Exercise Form attached hereto duly executed by such holder, to the
      Company at its principal office, accompanied by payment, in cash, by
      cashier's check payable to the order of the Company or by wire transfer to
      an account specified by the Company, of the purchase price payable in
      respect of the Warrant Shares being purchased. If less than all of the
      Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder are purchased, the Company will, upon
      such exercise, execute and deliver to the holder hereof a new Warrant
      evidencing the number of Warrant Shares not so purchased. As soon as
      practicable after the exercise of this Warrant and payment of the purchase
      price, the Company will cause to be issued in the name of and delivered to
      the holder hereof, or as such holder may direct, a certificate or
      certificates representing the Warrant Shares purchased upon such exercise.

            (b) CASHLESS EXERCISE. In lieu of payment of cash upon exercise of
      this Warrant, the holder may effect a "cashless" exercise of the Warrant
      by surrendering this Warrant with the Warrant Exercise Form attached
      hereto duly executed by such holder to the Company at its principal
      office. The exercise price for the Securities to be acquired in the
      exchange shall be paid by the surrender, as indicated in the Warrant
      Exercise Form of such additional number of Warrants as equals the
      aggregate exercise price of the Warrants desired to be exercised, divided
      by the difference obtained by subtracting the per share exercise price of
      this Warrant from the Market Price of the Warrant Shares. The "Market
      Price" is defined as the average of the closing bid and ask prices for the
      Warrant Shares on the last date on which Warrant Shares were traded prior
      to the date of the Warrant Exercise Form which shall not be later than the
      date the Warrant Exercise Form is given to the Company.

            (c) LEGEND. The Company may require that the Warrant Share
      certificate or certificates contain on the face thereof a legend
      substantially as follows:

            No sale, offer to sell or transfer of the shares represented by this
            certificate shall be made without (i) the opinion of counsel
            reasonably satisfactory to the Company that such sale, offer, or
            transfer may be made without registration or qualification under the
            Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or (ii) such
            registration or qualification.

      2. NEGOTIABILITY AND TRANSFER. This Warrant is issued upon the following
terms, to which each holder hereof consents and agrees:

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            (a) This Warrant may not be sold, transferred, assigned or
      hypothecated without (i) an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
      the Company that such sale, transfer, assignment or hypothecation may be
      made without registration or qualification under the Securities Act and
      applicable state securities laws or (ii) such registration or
      qualification.

            (b) Until the Company receives notice of a transfer of this Warrant,
      the Company may treat the registered holder of this Warrant as absolute
      owner hereof for all purposes without being affected.

            (c) Each successive holder of this Warrant, or of any portion of the
      rights represented hereby, shall be bound by and receive the benefits of
      the terms, conditions and rights set forth herein.

      3. ANTIDILUTION ADJUSTMENTS. If the Company shall at any time hereafter
subdivide or combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or declare a
dividend payable in Common Stock, the exercise price in effect immediately prior
to the subdivision, combination, or record date for such dividend payable in
Common Stock shall forthwith be proportionately increased, in the case of
combination, or proportionately decreased, in the case of subdivision or
declaration of a dividend payable in Common Stock, and the number of Warrant
Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately preceding such
event, shall be changed to the number determined by dividing the then current
exercise price by the exercise price as adjusted after such subdivision,
combination, or dividend payable in Common Stock and multiplying the result of
such division against the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise
of this Warrant immediately preceding such event, so as to achieve an exercise
price and number of Warrant Shares purchasable after such event proportional to
such exercise price and number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately
preceding such event. All calculations hereunder shall be made to the nearest
cent or to the nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the case may be. No
fractional Warrant Shares are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant,
but the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of any fraction of a
share which would otherwise be issuable in an amount equal to the same fraction
of the market price per share of Common Stock on the day of exercise as
determined in good faith by the Company. In case of any capital reorganization
or any reclassification of the shares of Common Stock of the Company, or in the
case of any consolidation with or merger of the Company into or with another
corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets to another
corporation, which is effected in such a manner that the holders of Common Stock
shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or assets with respect to or in
exchange for Common Stock, then, as a part of such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, or sale, as the case may be, lawful
provision shall be made so that the holder of the Warrant shall have the right
thereafter to receive, upon the exercise hereof, the kind and amount of shares
of stock or other securities or property which the holder would have been
entitled to receive if, immediately prior to such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, or sale, the holder had held the number
of Warrant Shares which were then purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant.
In any such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company) shall be made in the application of the
provisions set forth herein with respect to the rights and interest thereafter
of the holder of the Warrant, to the end that the provisions set forth herein
(including provisions with respect to adjustments of the exercise price) shall
thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to any
shares of stock or other property thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of
the Warrant.

      4. SALE OF OPTIONS, RIGHTS OR CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES. In the event the
Company shall at any time or from time to time, issue shares of Common Stock,
options, warrants or rights to subscribe for shares of Common Stock, or issue
any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, for
a consideration per share (determined by dividing the Net Aggregate
Consideration (as determined below) by the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock that would be issued if all such shares of Common Stock, options,
warrants, rights or convertible securities were exercised or converted to the
fullest extent permitted by their terms) of less than $2.00, the exercise price
of this Warrant shall be reduced to an amount determined by multiplying such
exercise price by a fraction:

            (a) the numerator of which shall be (X) the number of shares of
      Common Stock of all classes outstanding immediately prior to the issuance
      of such options, rights or convertible securities (excluding authorized
      but unissued shares held by the Company but including all shares of Common
      Stock issuable upon conversion or exercise of any outstanding, options,
      warrants, rights or convertible


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      securities), plus (Y) the number of shares of Common Stock which the total
      amount of consideration received by the Company for the issuance of such
      options, warrants, rights or convertible securities plus the minimum
      amount set forth in the terms of such security as payable to the Company
      upon the exercise or conversion thereof (the "Net Aggregate
      Consideration") would purchase at the exercise price prior to adjustment,
      and

            (b) the denominator of which shall be (X) the number of shares of
      Common Stock of all classes outstanding immediately prior to the issuance
      of such options, warrants, rights or convertible securities (excluding
      authorized but unissued shares held by the Company but including all
      shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exercise of any
      outstanding options, warrants, rights or convertible securities), plus (Y)
      the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that would be issued if all
      such options, warrants, rights or convertible securities were exercised or
      converted

      5. NOTICE OF CORPORATE ACTION. IF AT ANY TIME:

            (a) The Company shall pay any dividend upon its Common Stock or make
      any distribution to the holders of its Common Stock (including, without
      limitation, a stock dividend);

            (b) The Company shall offer for subscription purposes to the holders
      of its Common Stock any additional shares of stock of any class or any
      other rights;

            (c) There shall be any capital reorganization or reclassification of
      the capital stock of the Company, or consolidation or merger of the
      Company with, or sale, conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or
      substantially all of its assets to, another corporation;

            (d) There shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
      liquidation or winding up of the Company; or

            (e) The Company shall establish a record date (or in lieu thereof,
      the date the transfer books will be closed) for the purpose of determining
      the holders of common stock entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting
      of shareholders at which any of the above actions shall be considered or
      acted upon;

then, the Company shall give notice to the holder hereof of the date on which
the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for each such
action. Such notice shall also specify the date as of which the holders of the
Common Stock of record shall (i) participate in such dividend, distribution or
subscription rights; (ii) shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for
securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, or
winding up; or (iii) shall be entitled to consider or vote upon such action, as
the case may be. Such written notice shall be given at least twenty (20) days
prior to the action in question and not less than twenty (20) days prior to the
record date for such action or the date the Company's transfer books are closed
in respect thereto.

      6. NOTICES. All notices and other communications in connection with this
Warrant must be in writing and, except as otherwise provided herein, will be
deemed to have been duly given (i) when mailed by certified or registered mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested, (ii) when sent by facsimile, with
written confirmation of receipt, or (iii) when delivered to the addressee if
sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service (receipt requested).
Any notice required or permitted to be given to the holder of this Warrant shall
be mailed, sent or delivered to the registered holder of the Warrant at his or
her last known post office address or facsimile number appearing on the books of
the Company.

      7. RESERVATION OF COMMON STOCK. The Company will at all times reserve and
keep available such number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock
as will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of this Warrant.


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      8. MISCELLANEOUS. Whenever reference is made herein to the issue or sale
of shares of Common Stock, the term "Common Stock" shall include any stock of
any class of the Company other than preferred stock that has a fixed limit on
dividends or a payment preference in the event of any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. The Company will not, by
amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or through reorganization,
consolidation, merger, dissolution, or sale of assets, or by any other voluntary
act or deed, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the
covenants, stipulations, or conditions to be observed or performed hereunder by
the Company, but will, at all times in good faith, assist, insofar as it is
able, in the carrying out of all provisions hereof and in the taking of all
other action which may be necessary in order to protect the rights of the holder
hereof against dilution. The representations, warranties, and agreements herein
contained shall survive the exercise of this Warrant. References to the "holder
of" include the immediate holder of Warrant Shares purchased on the exercise of
this Warrant, and the word "holder" shall include the plural thereof. This
Common Stock Purchase Warrant shall be interpreted under the laws of the State
of Michigan. All Warrant Shares or other securities issued upon the exercise of
the Warrant shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the holder of this
Warrant shall not be deemed a shareholder of the Company for any purpose
whatsoever until and unless this Warrant is duly exercised.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Warrant to be signed
by its duly authorized officer this 4th day of February, 2000.

                                      BIG BUCK BREWERY & STEAKHOUSE, INC.


                                      By   /s/ William F. Rolinski
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                                           William F. Rolinski
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer


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                              WARRANT EXERCISE FORM

                   To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant.

           The undersigned, the holder of the within Warrant, hereby irrevocably
elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to
purchase thereunder, __________ of the Warrant Shares of Big Buck Brewery &
Steakhouse, Inc. to which such Warrant relates and:

      [ ] herewith makes payment of $__________ therefor in cash, by cashier's
check payable to the order of the Company or by wire transfer to an account
specified by the Company; or

      [ ] in lieu of the payment of cash, hereby surrenders the Warrant with
respect to an additional ______________ Warrant Shares (the average of the
closing bid and ask prices of the Warrant Shares on the ____ day of ___________,
20__ was $_______ per share);

and requests that such Warrant Shares be issued and be delivered to the address
for which is set forth below the signature of the undersigned.

     Dated:____________________

                                           _____________________________________
                                           (Taxpayer's I.D. Number)

                                           _____________________________________
                                           (Signature)

                                           _____________________________________
                                           (Address)


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                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

             To be signed only upon authorized transfer of Warrant.

      FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers
unto _______________________________ the right to purchase Warrant Shares of Big
Buck Brewery & Steakhouse, Inc. to which the within Warrant relates and appoints
_____________________________, attorney, to transfer said right on the books of
such corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

     Dated:____________________


                                           _____________________________________
                                           (Signature)

                                           _____________________________________
                                           (Address)


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