Exhibit 99.1


          BJ's Restaurants Inc. Announces Date for Second Quarter 2006
                      Earnings Release and Conference Call


     HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2006--BJ's Restaurants
Inc. (Nasdaq:BJRI) today announced that it will release its second quarter 2006
results after the market closes on Thursday, July 27, 2006. The company will
host an investor conference call at 2 p.m. (Pacific) that same day. The
conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet. To listen to the
conference call, please visit the main page of the company's Web site located at
http://www.bjsrestaurants.com several minutes prior to the start of the call to
register and download any necessary audio software. An archived webcast will be
available for 30 days following the call.

     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