BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ: BJRI) today announced the opening of its
85th restaurant in Mesquite, Texas, on June 29, 2009. The new
BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse is located at 1106 Town East Mall on the
southeast corner of I-635 and Town East Boulevard, at the super-regional
1.25 million square foot Town East Mall. The restaurant is approximately
9,000 square feet, includes seating for approximately 280 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 very excited to open a BJ’s restaurant in Mesquite,” commented
Jerry Deitchle, Chairman and CEO. "Our new restaurant represents our
fifth location in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and our 14th
restaurant in the state of Texas, which has been a strong market for
BJ’s for several years now. We were very pleased with our first-day
sales in Mesquite. We continue to remain on track to open as many as 9
to 11 new restaurants during 2009, of which three have already opened to
date. All of our remaining potential new restaurants for 2009 are
currently under construction.”
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 85 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 (14), 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 85 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.
For further information, please contact Greg Levin of BJ’s Restaurants,
Inc. at (714) 500-2400.
