Exhibit 99.1

          BJ's Restaurants Inc. Announces the Opening of Its
                  50th Restaurant in El Paso, Texas

    HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 2006--BJ's
Restaurants Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) today announced the opening of its
newest BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse in El Paso, Texas, on July 11,
2006. The approximately 8,500-square-foot freestanding restaurant is
located at 11905 Gateway Blvd. West, in the Las Palmas Marketplace.
The restaurant has seating for 270 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.
    "The entire BJ's family is very proud to achieve the 50-restaurant
milestone in our long-term journey to expand our restaurant operations
in a careful, controlled and profitable manner," commented Jerry
Deitchle, president and CEO. "BJ's has gradually evolved from very
humble beginnings back in 1978 as a small pizzeria restaurant in Santa
Ana, California to become one of the most popular casual dining
restaurant concepts in the markets that we serve. We look forward to
bringing the BJ's concept to more new markets like El Paso, where our
initial sales volumes have been very strong. Our El Paso restaurant
represents our sixth new restaurant opening this year, and we remain
on track to achieve our stated goal to open as many as five more
restaurants this year, for a total of 11 new restaurants in fiscal
2006."

    BJ's Restaurants Inc. currently owns and operates 50 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 (33), Texas
(7), 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 33 of our current 50 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.
             Greg Levin, 714-848-3747, ext. 240