BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. has announced the opening of its newest restaurant in Century City, CA on June 6, 2011. The new BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse is the latest addition to the 880,000 square foot open-air Westfield Century City Mall. The restaurant is approximately 7,300 square feet, contains seating for approximately 245 guests, and features BJ’s extensive menu including BJ’s signature deep-dish pizza, award-winning handcrafted beer and famous Pizookie dessert. BJ’s highly detailed, contemporary décor 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 in our ‘home court’ of Southern California at the Century City Mall,” commented Jerry Deitchle, Chairman and CEO. “Sales for our first day of operations were very strong. The new Century City restaurant represents our fourth new restaurant this year. We continue to remain on track to open as many as 12 to 13 new restaurants during 2011. Our next planned restaurant opening is scheduled for the end of June in Las Vegas, NV. We currently have eight additional restaurants under construction for planned openings later this year, and our development team is finalizing several new restaurant locations for potential 2012 openings.” 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 weather conditions and factors under the control of landlords, contractors and regulatory/licensing authorities.
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 106 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 in addition to using qualified contract brewers to produce and distribute BJ’s critically acclaimed proprietary handcrafted beers throughout the chain. The Company’s restaurants are located in California (53), Texas (22), 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.