BJ's Restaurants Inc. Opens in Tucson, Arizona.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- BJ's Restaurants Inc. (Nasdaq:BJRI) announced today the opening of its newest BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse in Tucson, Ariz., on June 7, 2005. The 7,650-square-foot freestanding restaurant is located at 4270 North Oracle Rd., just south of the Tucson Mall. The restaurant has seating for 266 guests with hours of operation from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday.

"We were delighted with opening day's sales at Tucson, our fourth restaurant opening to date in 2005," said Jerry Deitchle, president and CEO. "Tucson represents our second restaurant in Arizona, and we currently have two additional restaurants planned to open in the Phoenix market during the next 12 months. We remain on track to open eight or more restaurants during fiscal 2005."

BJ's Restaurants Inc. currently owns and operates 39 casual dining restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant and Brewery, BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse or BJ's Pizza & Grill brand names. BJ's restaurants offer an innovative menu featuring award-winning, signature deep-dish pizza complemented with generously portioned salads, 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 11 microbreweries which produce and distribute BJ's critically acclaimed handcrafted beers throughout the chain. The company's restaurants are located in California (27), Texas (5), Oregon (3), Arizona (2), Colorado (1) and Nevada (1). The company also has a licensing interest in a BJ's restaurant in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. Visit BJ's Restaurants Inc. on the Web at http://www.bjsrestaurants.com.

Certain statements in the preceding paragraphs and all other statements that are not purely historical constitute "forward-looking statements" for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are intended to be covered by the safe harbors created thereby. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results to be materially different from those projected or anticipated. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (i) our ability to manage an increasing number of new restaurant openings, (ii) construction delays, (iii) labor shortages, (iv) minimum wage increases (v) food quality and health concerns, (vi) factors that impact California, where 27 of our current 38 restaurants are located, (vii) restaurant and brewery industry competition, (viii) impact of certain brewery business considerations, including without limitation, dependence upon suppliers and related hazards, (ix) consumer trends, (x) potential uninsured losses and liabilities, (xi) fluctuating commodity costs including food and energy, (xii) trademark and servicemark risks, (xiii) government regulations, (xiv) licensing costs (xv) beer and liquor regulations, (xvi) loss of key personnel, (xvii) inability to secure acceptable sites, (xviii) limitations on insurance coverage, (xix) legal proceedings, and (xx) other general economic and regulatory conditions and requirements.