EXHIBIT 99.1

     BJ's Restaurants, Inc. Opens in Aurora, Colorado and Arlington, Texas

    HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2006--BJ's
Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) today announced the opening of its two
newest BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse(R) locations in Aurora, Colorado
and Arlington, Texas on Tuesday, October 24, 2006. Each restaurant is
approximately 8,500 square feet and features our broad array of menu
items including BJ's signature deep dish pizza, award winning
handcrafted beer and our famous Pizookie(R) dessert.

    The Aurora, Colorado restaurant is located at 14442 E. Cedar
Avenue near the intersection of I-225 and Alameda Avenue in the new
Aurora Town Center. The Arlington, Texas restaurant is located at 201
E. Interstate 20 near the intersection of I-20 and Matlock Road in the
Arlington Highlands retail center. Both restaurants have seating for
270 guests with hours of operation 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.

    "Our leadership team is pleased to open two new restaurants on the
same day in different areas of the country," commented Jerry Deitchle,
President and CEO. "This is a strong testament to the growing strength
and capacity of our in-house restaurant construction and opening
teams. Our Aurora restaurant represents our second large format BJ's
Restaurant and Brewhouse in the Denver market, and our Arlington
restaurant is our fourth restaurant in the Dallas market and our
eighth in Texas. We plan to open additional restaurants in both
markets in the future."

    The Company plans to open one additional restaurant in Reno,
Nevada before Thanksgiving, achieving its stated goal to open as many
as 11 new restaurants during 2006. The Company continues to target as
many as 13 new restaurants during 2007.

    BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 54 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 (35), Texas (8), Arizona (4), Oregon (3),
Colorado (3) 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 35 of our current 54 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.

    For further information, please contact Greg Levin of BJ's
Restaurants, Inc. (714) 848-3747 ext. 240.

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