Exhibit 99.1

        BJ's Restaurants, Inc. Opens in Montebello, California


    HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2007--BJ's
Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) today announced the opening of its
66th restaurant in Montebello, California on October 15, 2007. The new
BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse is located at the Montebello Town Center
Mall, a two-level enclosed super-regional shopping center with 755,000
square feet of gross leaseable space and about 160 specialty retailers
anchored by Macy's Home, Macy's, JCPenney and Mervyn's. The new BJ's
restaurant is approximately 8,800 square feet, contains seating for
275 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 unique video statement, including several high definition flat
panel televisions, creates 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 pleased to open our newest BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse in
Montebello, which is located in our core Southern California market
where the BJ's concept enjoys strong brand awareness and sales
volumes," commented Jerry Deitchle, President and CEO. "The Montebello
restaurant represents our 11th new restaurant opening for 2007. We
currently expect to open two more restaurants this year (Glendale, CA
and Austin, TX) and thereby achieve our stated capacity growth goal
for 2007. Our plan remains in place to open as many as 15 new
restaurants during 2008."

    BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 66 casual
dining restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, BJ's
Restaurant & 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 and
hospitality 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 (38), Texas (10),
Arizona (4), Colorado (3), Oregon (3), Nevada (2), Florida (3), Ohio
(1) and Oklahoma (2). 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 38 of our current 66 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) 500-2400.

    CONTACT: BJ's Restaurants, Inc.
             Greg Levin, 714-500-2400