BJ's Restaurants, Inc. Opens in Louisville, Kentucky
March 03 2008 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) today announced the opening of
its 70th restaurant in Louisville, KY on February 25, 2008. The new
BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse is located at 7900 Shelbyville Road
in the Oxmoor Center. The restaurant is approximately 9,000 square
feet, contains seating for approximately 275 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 pleased to bring the
BJ�s concept to Louisville,� commented Jerry Deitchle, President
and CEO. �This restaurant represents our second new opening to date
for 2008 and also represents our third restaurant in the Ohio
Valley, where consumers have heartily welcomed the BJ�s concept. We
plan to open additional restaurants in the Ohio Valley during the
next few years. Additionally, we remain solidly on track to open as
many as 15 new restaurants during 2008 and thereby increase our
operating weeks by 20% to 25%. Eight additional restaurants are
already under construction for potential openings later this year.�
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 70 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 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
(39), Texas (11), Arizona (4), Colorado (3), Oregon (3), Nevada
(2), Florida (3), Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2) and Kentucky (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 39 of our
current 70 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 spending trends in
general for casual dining occasions, (x) potential uninsured losses
and liabilities, (xi) fluctuating commodity costs and availability
including food in general, certain raw materials related to the
brewing of our handcrafted beers 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,
(xxi) the success of our key sales-building and related operational
initiatives and (xxii) 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. Further information concerning the
Company�s results of operations for the year ended January 1, 2008
will be provided in the Company�s Form 10-K filing, to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission by March 17, 2008.
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