BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) today announced the opening of its
newest restaurant in Gainesville, FL, on March 16, 2009. The new BJ's
Restaurant & Brewhouse is located at 6611 W. Newberry Road on the
southwest corner of Newberry Road and Oaks Mall Drive just east of I-75.
The restaurant is situated on a free-standing pad in front of The Oaks
Mall which consists of 910,000 square feet of retail. The restaurant is
approximately 8,000 square feet and contains seating for approximately
270 guests and features BJ’s extensive menu, including BJ's signature
deep-dish pizza, award-winning handcrafted beer and our famous Pizookie®
dessert. BJ’s highly detailed, contemporary décor and unique video
statement, including several high definition flat panel televisions,
creates a high energy, fun and family-friendly dining environment for
everyone to enjoy. Hours of operation are from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00
midnight Sunday through Thursday and 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Friday and
Saturday.
"We are excited to open our newest restaurant in Gainesville, Florida,”
commented Jerry Deitchle, Chairman and CEO. "Our leadership team was
extremely pleased with the passion and enthusiasm displayed by all of
our team members in serving our guests during this very busy opening.
This restaurant represents our second new opening to date for 2009 and
also represents our fifth restaurant in the state of Florida. We
continue to remain on track to open as many as 9 to 11 new restaurants
during 2009 and currently have two restaurants under construction and
four restaurants in their final stages of permitting and plan
development before construction commences. Additionally, we anticipate
beginning construction on our final one to three new restaurants for
2009 during the third quarter.”
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 84 casual dining
restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, BJ's Restaurant &
Brewhouse or BJ's Pizza & Grill brand names. BJ's restaurants offer an
innovative and broad menu featuring award-winning, signature deep-dish
pizza complemented with generously portioned salads, appetizers,
sandwiches, soups, pastas, entrées and desserts. Quality, flavor, value,
moderate prices and sincere service remain distinct attributes of the
BJ's experience. The Company operates several microbreweries which
produce and distribute BJ's critically acclaimed handcrafted beers
throughout the chain. The Company's restaurants are located in
California (44), Texas (13), Arizona (5), Colorado (3), Oregon (2),
Nevada (3), Florida (5), Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Kentucky (1), Indiana
(1), Louisiana (1) and Washington (2). The Company also has a licensing
interest in a BJ's restaurant in Lahaina, Maui. Visit BJ's Restaurants,
Inc. on the Web at http://www.bjsrestaurants.com.
Certain statements in the preceding paragraphs and all other statements
that are not purely historical constitute "forward-looking” statements
for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are intended to be covered by the
safe harbors created thereby. Such statements include, but are not
limited to, those regarding expected comparable restaurant sales growth
in future periods, those regarding the effect of new sales-building
initiatives, as well as those regarding the number of restaurants
expected to be opened in future periods and the timing and location of
such openings. These "forward-looking” statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual
results to be materially different from those projected or anticipated.
Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited
to: (i) the effect of recent credit and equity market disruptions on our
ability to finance our continued expansion on acceptable terms, (ii) our
ability to manage an increasing number of new restaurant openings, (iii)
construction delays, (iv) labor shortages, (v) minimum wage increases,
(vi) food quality and health concerns, (vii) factors that impact
California, where 44 of our current 84 restaurants are located, (viii)
restaurant and brewery industry competition, (ix) impact of certain
brewery business considerations, including without limitation,
dependence upon suppliers and related hazards, (x) consumer spending
trends in general for casual dining occasions, (xi) potential uninsured
losses and liabilities, (xii) fluctuating commodity costs and
availability of food in general and certain raw materials related to the
brewing of our handcrafted beers and energy, (xiii) trademark and
servicemark risks, (xiv) government regulations, (xv) licensing costs,
(xvi) beer and liquor regulations, (xvii) loss of key personnel, (xviii)
inability to secure acceptable sites, (xix) limitations on insurance
coverage, (xx) legal proceedings, (xxi) other general economic and
regulatory conditions and requirements, (xxii) the success of our key
sales-building and related operational initiatives and (xxiii) numerous
other matters discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. BJ's Restaurants, Inc. undertakes no obligation to
update or alter its "forward-looking” statements whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.
