BJ's Restaurants Opens in Mesquite, Texas
June 30 2009 - 1:14PM
Business Wire
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ: BJRI) today announced the
opening of its 85th restaurant in Mesquite, Texas, on June 29,
2009. The new BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse is located at 1106
Town East Mall on the southeast corner of I-635 and Town East
Boulevard, at the super-regional 1.25 million square foot Town East
Mall. The restaurant is approximately 9,000 square feet, includes
seating for approximately 280 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 very excited to open a BJ�s restaurant in Mesquite,�
commented Jerry Deitchle, Chairman and CEO. �Our new restaurant
represents our fifth location in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
and our 14th restaurant in the state of Texas, which has been a
strong market for BJ�s for several years now. We were very pleased
with our first-day sales in Mesquite. We continue to remain on
track to open as many as 9 to 11 new restaurants during 2009, of
which three have already opened to date. All of our remaining
potential new restaurants for 2009 are currently under
construction.�
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 85 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 (14), 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 85 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.
For further information, please contact Greg Levin of BJ�s
Restaurants, Inc. at (714) 500-2400.
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