Exhibit 99.1

     BJ's Restaurants, Inc. Opens in Palmdale, California with Very Strong
                                 Initial Sales

     HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2007--BJ's Restaurants,
Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) today announced the opening of its 59th restaurant in
Palmdale, California on May 2, 2007. The new BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse is
located at 1325 Rancho Vista Blvd. on a freestanding pad in the Antelope Valley
Mall. The restaurant is approximately 8,500 square feet, contains seating for
265 guests and features BJ's extensive menu that includes BJ's signature deep
dish pizza, award winning handcrafted beer and our famous Pizookie(R) dessert.
BJ's highly detailed, contemporary decor and the concept's unique video
statement, with several high definition flat panel televisions, together create
a high energy, fun and family-friendly dining environment for everyone to enjoy.
Hours of operation are 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.

     "We are delighted to bring BJ's to Palmdale, where opening day sales came
within a few dollars of setting a new all-time record for BJ's on that measure,"
commented Jerry Deitchle, President and CEO. "We estimate that over 2,000 guests
dined at our Palmdale restaurant on opening day, which is an incredible amount
of guest traffic. Our restaurant operations team in Palmdale also did a terrific
job of serving all of our guests at BJ's gold standard level of operational
excellence."

     The Palmdale restaurant is the Company's fourth new restaurant opening to
date during 2007. The Company remains solidly on track to open as many as
thirteen new restaurants during 2007 and thereby increase its total restaurant
operating weeks by 20% to 25% during the year. Additionally, work is well
underway to identify and secure several prospective locations for potential 2008
and 2009 openings.

     BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 59 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 several microbreweries
which produce and distribute BJ's critically acclaimed handcrafted beers
throughout the chain. The Company's restaurants are located in California (36),
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 36 of our current 59
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