BJ's Restaurant & Brewery Opens in Frederick, MD

"We are excited to open our last new restaurant for fiscal 2013 in Frederick, Maryland," commented Greg Trojan, President and CEO. "The new Frederick restaurant is our second location in the Mid-Atlantic, joining our Tysons Corner, Virginia, restaurant which opened in late October. Over the next several years we look forward to opening more new restaurants in the Mid-Atlantic as we continue our national expansion.   The Frederick restaurant is our 17^th opening this year. I am really proud of all the BJ’s team members who worked so diligently to open our new restaurants. We will finish this year with 146 restaurants and continue to believe there is room for at least 425 BJ’s restaurants domestically. We are looking forward to a solid class of new restaurant openings in 2014 and beyond." Investors are reminded that the actual number and timing of new restaurant openings is subject to a number of factors outside of the Company’s control including, but not limited to, weather conditions and factors under the control of landlords, contractors and regulatory/licensing authorities.

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 146 casual dining restaurants under the BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery®, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse®, BJ’s Pizza & Grill® and BJ’s 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, including the Pizookie® dessert. Quality, flavor, value, moderate prices and sincere service remain distinct attributes of the BJ’s experience. The Company operates several microbreweries in addition to using independent third party brewers to produce and distribute BJ’s critically acclaimed proprietary craft beers throughout the chain. The Company’s restaurants are located in California (64), Texas (29), Florida (15), Arizona (6), Colorado (5), Nevada (5), Washington (4), Ohio (4), Oklahoma (3), Oregon (3), Kentucky (2), Indiana (1), Kansas (1), Louisiana (1), Maryland (1), New Mexico (1) and Virginia (1). Visit BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. on the Web at http://www.bjsrestaurants.com.
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