BJ's Restaurants, Inc. Opens in McAllen, Texas
August 14 2007 - 1:16PM
Business Wire
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) today announced the opening of
its 63rd restaurant in McAllen, Texas, on August 13, 2007. The new
BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse is located on a free standing pad
at the corner of Highway 83 and Ware Road in the front of the new
Palms Crossing Shopping Center. The restaurant is approximately
8,500 square feet, contains seating for 270 guests and features
BJ�s extensive menu that includes BJ's signature deep-dish pizza,
award winning handcrafted beer and our famous Pizookie� dessert.
BJ�s highly detailed, contemporary d�cor 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 our
newest BJ�s Restaurant & Brewhouse in the heart of the Rio
Grande Valley in McAllen,� commented Jerry Deitchle, President and
CEO. �Our McAllen restaurant opened with solid sales for its first
day of operations. The McAllen restaurant represents our ninth
restaurant in the state of Texas and our eighth restaurant opening
to date during 2007. We remain on track to open as many as 13 new
restaurants this year and thereby achieve our stated goal to
increase our total restaurant operating weeks by 20% to 25% this
year.� BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 63 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, sandwiches, soups, pastas, entrees and desserts.
Quality, flavor, value, moderate prices and sincere service and
hospitality 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
(36), Texas (9), Arizona (4), Colorado (3), Oregon (3), Nevada (2),
Florida (3), Ohio (1) and Oklahoma (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 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 36 of our
current 63 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, (xx) other general economic and
regulatory conditions and requirements and (xxi) 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. (714) 500-2400.
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