The Granite City (8)
I believe the answer is:
aberdeen
'the granite city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for aberdeen that I've seen before include "Bare need to be in Scottish city, oddly" , "Scottish East coast city" , "Scottish port" , "area of Scotland" , "Scottish E. coast city" .)