BJRI BJs Restaurants Inc

BJ's Restaurants Inc. (Nasdaq:BJRI) announces the opening of its newest BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. The 8,100-square-foot freestanding restaurant opened on June 28, 2005, and is located at 11520 4th Street, proximate to Ontario Mills mall. The restaurant has seating for 286 guests with hours of operation from 11 a.m. to 12 midnight Sunday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. "We were extremely pleased with our opening day's sales at our Rancho Cucamonga restaurant," commented Jerry Deitchle, president and CEO. "During the first half of 2005, we have opened five restaurants, and we remain on track to open as many as four additional restaurants during the remainder of the year." BJ's Restaurants Inc. currently owns and operates 40 casual dining restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant and Brewery, BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse or BJ's Pizza & Grill brand names. BJ's restaurants offer an innovative menu featuring award-winning, signature deep-dish pizza complemented with generously portioned salads, sandwiches, soups, pastas, entrees and desserts. Quality, flavor, value, moderate prices and sincere service remain distinct attributes of the BJ's experience. The company operates 11 microbreweries which produce and distribute BJ's critically acclaimed handcrafted beers throughout the chain. The company's restaurants are located in California (28), Texas (5), Oregon (3), Arizona (2), Colorado (1) and Nevada (1). 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. 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) our ability to manage an increasing number of new restaurant openings, (ii) construction delays, (iii) labor shortages, (iv) minimum wage increases (v) food quality and health concerns, (vi) factors that impact California, where 28 of our current 40 restaurants are located, (vii) restaurant and brewery industry competition, (viii) impact of certain brewery business considerations, including without limitation, dependence upon suppliers and related hazards, (ix) consumer trends, (x) potential uninsured losses and liabilities, (xi) fluctuating commodity costs including food and energy, (xii) trademark and servicemark risks, (xiii) government regulations, (xiv) licensing costs (xv) beer and liquor regulations, (xvi) loss of key personnel, (xvii) inability to secure acceptable sites, (xviii) limitations on insurance coverage, (xix) legal proceedings, and (xx) other general economic and regulatory conditions and requirements. For further information, please contact Robert Curran of BJ's Restaurants Inc. at 714-848-3747, ext. 260.