BJ's Restaurants Opens in Chino Hills, California

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. today announced the opening of its newest restaurant in Chino Hills, California, on September 29, 2008. The new BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse is located in the Commons at Chino Hills, a new 555,000 square foot retail center at 4585 Chino Hills Parkway. The restaurant is approximately 9,000 square feet, contains seating for approximately 280 guests and features BJ's extensive menu that includes BJ's signature deep-dish pizza, award-winning handcrafted beer and our famous Pizookie(R) dessert. BJ's highly detailed, contemporary decor 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 delighted to open BJ's in Chino Hills," commented Jerry Deitchle, Chairman and CEO. "Our new restaurant is located in a densely populated, mature trade area in our core Southern California market, where the BJ's concept enjoys strong brand awareness and sales volumes. Our Chino Hills restaurant represents our 12th restaurant opening to date during 2008. We currently remain on track to open as many as three more restaurants before the end of the year and thereby achieve our stated goal to increase our operating weeks by 20% to 25% for the full year."