Exhibit 99.1

                BJ's Restaurants Inc. Opens in Elk Grove, Calif.

    HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2006--BJ's
Restaurants Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) today announced the successful opening
of its newest BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse in Elk Grove on June 6,
2006. The approximately 8,000-square-foot freestanding restaurant is
located at 9237 Laguna Springs Drive, adjacent to I-99. The restaurant
has seating for 265 guests with hours of operation from 11 a.m. to 12
midnight Sunday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and
Saturday.
    "Opening day sales for the new Elk Grove restaurant came very
close to setting a new opening day sales record for any new BJ's
restaurant," commented Jerry Deitchle, president and CEO. "Our
restaurant management team and kitchen/service team also did a
terrific job of correctly executing the concept for our guests." The
Elk Grove location is the company's third restaurant in the greater
Sacramento area and is a region where guests have been exceptionally
receptive to the BJ's concept since its first opening in Folsom back
in October 2004. Deitchle continued, "The Elk Grove restaurant is our
fourth new restaurant of 2006 and we remain on track to open as many
as 11 new restaurants this year."

    BJ's Restaurants Inc. currently owns and operates 48 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 and broad 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 (32), Texas
(6), Arizona (4), Oregon (3), Colorado (2) and Nevada (1). The company
also has a licensing interest in a BJ's restaurant in Lahaina, Maui.
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 32 of our current 48 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, (xx) other general economic and regulatory
conditions and requirements, (xxi) and numerous other matters
discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. BJ's Restaurants Inc. undertakes no obligation to update
or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.


    CONTACT: BJ's Restaurants Inc., Huntington Beach
             Greg Levin, 714-848-3747, ext. 240