HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - BJ's Restaurants announced the opening of its newest restaurant in Puente Hills, CA. The new BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse is located between Azusa Avenue and Fullerton Road, on the south side of the 60 Freeway in the Puente Hills East shopping center, just east of the Puente Hills Mall. The restaurant is approximately 8,500 square feet, contains seating for approximately 280 guests, and features BJ's extensive menu including BJ's signature deep-dish pizza, award-winning handcrafted beer and famous Pizookie(R) dessert. BJ's highly detailed, contemporary decor and unique video statement, including BJ's 103" plasma display as well as 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 101st restaurant in Puente Hills, which is located in our core Southern California market where we have strong brand awareness and guest loyalty," commented Jerry Deitchle, Chairman and CEO. "Sales for our first day of operations well exceeded our expectations. The Puente Hills restaurant represents our ninth new restaurant this year. Our tenth and final new restaurant scheduled for 2010 is currently expected to open in The Woodlands, Texas (in the Houston market), before Thanksgiving. As a result, we expect to successfully achieve our previously stated capacity growth goal for 2010." Investors are reminded that the actual number and timing of new restaurant openings for any given period is subject to a number of factors outside of the Company's control, including weather conditions and factors under the control of landlords, contractors and regulatory/licensing authorities.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 101 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, 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 (51), Texas (19), Arizona (6), Colorado (4), Oregon (2), Nevada (4), Florida (6), Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Kentucky (1), Indiana (1), Louisiana (1) and Washington (2). Visit BJ's Restaurants, Inc. on the Web at http://www.bjsrestaurants.com.

CONTACT: BJ's Restaurants, Inc. Greg Levin (714) 500-2400