BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ: BJRI) today announced the opening
of its restaurant in Evansville, Indiana. The new BJ’s Restaurant
& Brewhouse opened on Monday, August 26, 2019, on a free
standing pad on North Green River Road at Eastland Mall. The
restaurant is approximately 7,500 square feet, seats approximately
230 guests and features BJ’s extensive menu, including BJ’s
signature deep-dish pizza, award-winning handcrafted beer and
famous Pizookie® dessert. BJ’s unique, contemporary décor provides
the perfect environment for all dining occasions. 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 pleased to open our fifth
restaurant of the year in Evansville, Indiana, the largest city in
southern Indiana,” commented Greg Trojan, Chief Executive Officer.
“Our Evansville restaurant is our sixth restaurant in the state of
Indiana and joins our existing Bloomington restaurant in southern
Indiana. We are looking forward to our next two openings in Tulsa,
Oklahoma and Denver, Colorado, both of which will open in the
fourth quarter.”
As with all of our new restaurant openings, BJ’s
invited members of the Evansville community to attend a soft
opening event prior to our grand opening. As our team members put
the final touches on the restaurant, invited guests were treated to
complimentary food and had the opportunity to make a voluntary
donation to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a very important
charity to BJ’s. Additionally, BJ’s donated the proceeds of all
alcohol purchases during the soft opening event to the BJ’s
Restaurants Foundation.
About BJ’s Restaurants,
Inc.
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (“BJ’s”) is a national
brand with brewhouse roots and a menu where craft matters. BJ’s
broad menu with over 140 offerings has something for everyone:
slow-roasted entrees, like prime rib, BJ’s EnLIGHTened Entrees®
including Cherry Chipotle Glazed Salmon, signature deep dish pizza
and the often imitated, but never replicated world-famous Pizookie®
dessert. BJ’s has been a pioneer in the craft brewing world since
1996, and takes pride in serving BJ’s award-winning proprietary
handcrafted beers, brewed at its brewing operations in five states
and by independent third-party craft brewers. The BJ’s experience
offers high-quality ingredients, bold flavors, moderate prices,
sincere service and a cool, contemporary atmosphere. Founded in
1978, BJ’s owns and operates 207 casual dining restaurants. All
restaurants offer dine-in, take-out, delivery and large party
catering. BJ’s restaurants are located in 28 states: Alabama,
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida,
Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada,
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia and Washington. For more BJ’s information, visit
http://www.bjsrestaurants.com.
About BJ’s Restaurants
Foundation
BJ’s Restaurants Foundation (the “Foundation”)
is a registered 501(c)(3) qualified non-profit charitable
organization principally dedicated to supporting charities that
benefit children’s healthcare and education, with a primary focus
on the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. In addition, the Foundation
supports volunteer efforts of BJ’s team members across the country
as they help give back to the communities in which our restaurants
do business.
Forward-Looking Statements
Disclaimer
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 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 and margin growth in future
periods, total potential domestic capacity, the success of various
sales-building and productivity initiatives, future guest traffic
trends, construction cost savings initiatives and the number and
timing of new restaurants expected to be opened in future periods.
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 new restaurant openings,
(ii) construction delays, (iii) labor shortages, (iv)
increases in minimum wage and other employment related costs,
including compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act and minimum salary requirements for exempt team members,
(v) the effect of credit and equity market disruptions on our
ability to finance our continued expansion on acceptable terms,
(vi) food quality and health concerns and the effect of negative
publicity about us, our restaurants, other restaurants, or others
across the food supply chain, due to food borne illness or other
reasons, whether or not accurate, (vii) factors that impact
California, Texas and Florida, where a substantial number of
our restaurants are located, (viii) restaurant and brewery industry
competition, (ix) impact of certain brewing business
considerations, including without limitation, dependence upon
suppliers, third party contractors and distributors, and related
hazards, (x) consumer spending trends in general for casual dining
occasions, (xi) potential uninsured losses and liabilities due to
limitations on insurance coverage, (xii) fluctuating commodity
costs and availability of food in general and certain raw materials
related to the brewing of our craft beers and energy requirements,
(xiii) trademark and service-mark risks, (xiv) government
regulations and licensing costs, (xv) beer and liquor regulations,
(xvi) loss of key personnel, (xvii) inability to secure acceptable
sites, (xviii) legal proceedings, (xix) other general economic and
regulatory conditions and requirements, (xx) the success of our key
sales-building and related operational initiatives, (xxi) any
failure of our information technology or security breaches with
respect to our electronic systems and data, and (xxii) numerous
other matters discussed in the Company’s filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent reports on
Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. The “forward-looking” statements
contained in this press release are based on current assumptions
and expectations, and 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 or JCIR at (212)
835-8500 or at bjri@jcir.com.
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