Exhibit 99.1

 BJ's Restaurants, Inc. Announces Date for First Quarter 2007 Earnings Release
                              and Conference Call

     HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2007--BJ's
Restaurants, Inc. (Nasdaq:BJRI) today announced that it will release its first
quarter 2007 results after the market closes on Thursday, April 26, 2007. The
Company will host an investor conference call at 2:00 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 "Investors" page of the Company's Web site
located at www.bjsrestaurants.com several minutes prior to the start of the call
to register and download any necessary audio software. An archive of the
presentation will be available for 30 days following the call.

     BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 58 casual dining
restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse and
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 several 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), Colorado (3), Oregon (3), Nevada (2), Florida (2) and
Ohio (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
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 58
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 and (xxi) 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) 500-2440.


     CONTACT: BJ's Restaurants, Inc.
              Greg Levin, 714-500-2440