8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of
                       The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

           Date of Report (Date of earliest reported): March 15, 2006


                             BJ'S RESTAURANTS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         California                    0-21423                   33-0485615
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(State or other jurisdiction         (Commission                (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)              File Number)            Identification No.)

             16162 Beach Boulevard
                   Suite 100
         Huntington Beach, California                                92647
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    (Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (714) 848-3747
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)



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Item 8.01 Other Events

On March 15,  2006,  BJ's  Restaurants,  Inc.,  a  California  corporation  (the
"Registrant"),  issued a press release titled, "BJ's Restaurants,  Inc. Opens at
the Desert Ridge  Marketplace in Phoenix,  Arizona." The press release issued by
the Registrant in connection with the announcement is attached to this report as
Exhibit 99.1.


Item 9.01 Exhibits

          Exhibit No.   Description

             99.1*      Press Release dated March 15, 2006

* This exhibit 99.1 is being furnished  pursuant to Item 2.02, and is not deemed
  filed pursuant to Item 9.01.


                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                    BJ'S RESTAURANTS, INC.
March 15, 2006                                      (Registrant)


                                                    By: /s/ GERALD W. DEITCHLE
                                                        ------------------------
                                                        Gerald W. Deitchle
                                                        Chief Executive Officer,
                                                        President and Director

                                                    By: /s/ GREGORY S. LEVIN
                                                        ------------------------
                                                        Gregory S. Levin
                                                        Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1


BJ's Restaurants Inc. Opens at the Desert Ridge Marketplace in Phoenix, Arizona


     HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2006--BJ's Restaurants
Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) announces the opening of its newest BJ's Restaurant &
Brewhouse in Phoenix. The 7,800-square-foot freestanding restaurant opened on
March 14, 2006, and is located at 21001 North Tatum, in the Desert Ridge
Marketplace. The restaurant has seating for 265 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.
     "We are very excited to open our third restaurant in the greater Phoenix
area," commented Jerry Deitchle, president and CEO. "Combined with our locations
in Chandler and Mesa, we are starting to build a solid presence in this
important market. This is our second new restaurant of 2006, and we remain on
track to open as many as 11 restaurants this fiscal year."

     BJ's Restaurants Inc. currently owns and operates 46 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 (31), Texas (6),
Arizona (4), Oregon (3), Colorado (1) 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 31 of our current 46
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.