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Wednesday January 7th, 2009 |
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BJ's Restaurants Opens Two New Restaurants in Chula Vista and Newark, California
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BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ: BJRI) announced the opening of its two newest restaurants in Chula Vista, California (in the San Diego market), and Newark, California (in the East Bay area just south of Oakland), on Monday, November 10, 2008. |
The new BJ's in Chula Vista is located in the Chula Vista Center, a 900,000 square foot shopping mall anchored by Macy's, Sears and JC Penney that is seven miles south of downtown San Diego and seven miles north of the international border to Mexico. The new restaurant is approximately 9,000 square feet and contains seating for approximately 280 guests. The new BJ's in Newark is located at 5699 Mowry Avenue on the northwest corner of I-880 and Mowry Avenue, directly across from the NewPark Regional Mall. The new restaurant is approximately 8,500 square feet and contains seating for approximately 270 guests.
Both new restaurants include BJ's signature deep-dish pizza, award winning handcrafted beer and our famous Pizookie(R) dessert. Additionally, each restaurant features BJ's highly detailed, contemporary décor and unique video statement, including several high definition flat panel televisions, creating 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 excited to open two new BJ's restaurants on the same day in our 'home court' of California, where we enjoy strong brand awareness and overall sales volumes,' commented Jerry Deitchle, Chairman and CEO. 'Both new restaurants are located in mature, densely populated trade areas with proven levels of retail sales. Sales for our first day of operations in both restaurants were very strong. The opening of these two new restaurants represent our 14th and 15th new restaurants for the year, thereby achieving our stated goal to open as many as 15 new restaurants during fiscal 2008. As we noted in our press release on October 23, 2008, we currently anticipate that our growth in total restaurant operating weeks during fiscal 2009 will be in the approximate range of 15% to 18%. We anticipate completing our annual business planning cycle for 2009 during the next month or so, at which time we will announce the expected number and timing of new restaurant openings for the upcoming year and refine our expected operating week growth target if necessary. The entire BJ's team is very excited to open additional BJ's restaurants next year and further increase our market share in the casual dining segment.'
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 82 casual dining restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse or BJ's Pizza & Grill brand names.
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