BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ: BJRI) announced the opening of its
restaurant in Orange Village, Ohio. The new BJ’s Restaurant &
Brewhouse opened on Monday, October 19, 2020, on a free standing
pad on the southeast corner of I-271 and Harvard Road at Chagrin
Highlands. The restaurant is approximately 7,500 square feet, seats
approximately 230 guests and features BJ’s extensive menu,
including BJ’s signature deep-dish pizza, award-winning handcrafted
beer and famous Pizookie® dessert. BJ’s unique, contemporary décor
provides the perfect environment for all dining occasions. 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 BJ’s
restaurant in Orange Village, Ohio,” commented Greg Trojan, BJ’s
Chief Executive Officer. “Earlier in the year we made the decision
to delay or cancel the majority of our 2020 new restaurants due to
the COVID-19 pandemic, making the opening of this restaurant even
more memorable and exciting for us. The new Orange Village
restaurant is our second and final restaurant opening in fiscal
2020 and our 14th restaurant in the state of Ohio. Our new
restaurant pipeline is in excellent shape and we look forward to
increasing our restaurant openings next year.”
As with all of our new restaurant openings, BJ’s
invited members of the Orange Village community to attend a soft
opening event prior to our grand opening. As our team members put
the final touches on the restaurant, invited guests were treated to
complimentary food and had the opportunity to make a voluntary
donation to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a very important
charity to BJ’s. Additionally, BJ’s donated the proceeds of all
alcohol purchases during the soft opening event to the BJ’s
Restaurants Foundation.
About BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (“BJ’s”) is a national brand with brewhouse
roots and a menu where craft matters. BJ’s broad menu has something
for everyone: slow-roasted entrees, like prime rib, BJ’s
EnLIGHTened Entrees® including Cherry Chipotle Glazed Salmon,
signature deep dish pizza and the often imitated, but never
replicated world-famous Pizookie® dessert. BJ’s has been a pioneer
in the craft brewing world since 1996, and takes pride in serving
BJ’s award-winning proprietary handcrafted beers, brewed at its
brewing operations in five states and by independent third party
craft brewers. The BJ’s experience offers high-quality ingredients,
bold flavors, moderate prices, sincere service and a cool,
contemporary atmosphere. Founded in 1978, BJ’s owns and operates
210 casual dining restaurants in 29 states: Alabama, Arizona,
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. All restaurants offer
dine-in, take-out, delivery and large party catering. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, one of our restaurants remains temporarily
closed, and dine-in service is currently limited or not available
and menu offerings and hours are limited in our remaining 209
restaurants. For more BJ’s information, visit
http://www.bjsrestaurants.com.
About BJ’s Restaurants
Foundation BJ’s Restaurants Foundation (the “Foundation”)
is a registered 501(c)(3) qualified non-profit charitable
organization principally dedicated to supporting charities that
benefit children’s healthcare and education, with a primary focus
on the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. In addition, the Foundation
supports volunteer efforts of BJ’s team members across the country
as they help give back to the communities in which our restaurants
do business.
Forward-Looking Statements
Disclaimer 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 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 and margins, total potential
domestic capacity, the success of various sales-building and
productivity initiatives, future guest traffic trends, on and
off-premise sales trends, the percentage of restaurants open and
the timing of the re-opening of our restaurants for on premise
dining, construction cost savings initiatives and the number and
timing of new restaurants expected to be opened in future periods.
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 the COVID-19 pandemic on our
restaurant sales and operations, labor and staffing, customer
traffic, our supply chain and the ability of our suppliers to
continue to timely deliver food and other supplies necessary for
the operation of our restaurants, the ability to manage costs and
reduce expenditures and the availability of additional financing,
(ii) our ability to manage new restaurant openings,
(iii) construction delays, (iv) labor shortages, (v) increases
in minimum wage and other employment related costs, including
compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and
minimum salary requirements for exempt team members, (vi) the
effect of credit and equity market disruptions on our ability to
finance our continued expansion on acceptable terms, (vii) food
quality and health concerns and the effect of negative publicity
about us, our restaurants, other restaurants, or others across the
food supply chain, due to food borne illness or other reasons,
whether or not accurate, (viii) factors that impact California,
Texas and Florida, where a substantial number of our restaurants
are located, (ix) restaurant and brewery industry competition,
(x) impact of certain brewing business considerations,
including without limitation, dependence upon suppliers, third
party contractors and distributors, and related hazards, (xi)
consumer spending trends in general for casual dining occasions,
(xii) potential uninsured losses and liabilities due to limitations
on insurance coverage, (xiii) fluctuating commodity costs and
availability of food in general and certain raw materials related
to the brewing of our craft beers and energy requirements, (xiv)
trademark and service-mark risks, (xv) government regulations and
licensing costs, (xvi) beer and liquor regulations, (xvii) loss of
key personnel, (xviii) inability to secure acceptable sites, (xix)
legal proceedings, (xx) other general economic and regulatory
conditions and requirements, (xxi) the success of our key
sales-building and related operational initiatives, (xxii) any
failure of our information technology or security breaches with
respect to our electronic systems and data, and (xxiii) numerous
other matters discussed in the Company’s filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent reports on
Forms 10-K, as amended, 10-Q and 8-K. The “forward-looking”
statements contained in this press release are based on current
assumptions and expectations, and 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 or JCIR at (212)
835-8500 or at bjri@jcir.com.
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