BJ's Restaurants Opens in Gainesville, Florida
March 17 2009 - 3:30PM
Business Wire
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) today announced the opening
of its newest restaurant in Gainesville, FL, on March 16, 2009. The
new BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse is located at 6611 W. Newberry
Road on the southwest corner of Newberry Road and Oaks Mall Drive
just east of I-75. The restaurant is situated on a free-standing
pad in front of The Oaks Mall which consists of 910,000 square feet
of retail. The restaurant is approximately 8,000 square feet and
contains seating for approximately 270 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 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 excited to open our newest restaurant in Gainesville,
Florida,� commented Jerry Deitchle, Chairman and CEO. �Our
leadership team was extremely pleased with the passion and
enthusiasm displayed by all of our team members in serving our
guests during this very busy opening. This restaurant represents
our second new opening to date for 2009 and also represents our
fifth restaurant in the state of Florida. We continue to remain on
track to open as many as 9 to 11 new restaurants during 2009 and
currently have two restaurants under construction and four
restaurants in their final stages of permitting and plan
development before construction commences. Additionally, we
anticipate beginning construction on our final one to three new
restaurants for 2009 during the third quarter.�
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 84 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,
entr�es 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 (13), 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 84 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.
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