BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse Sets New Standard for Casual Dining with Brewhouse Slow-Roasted Menu

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) announced today the debut of its new Brewhouse Slow-Roasted Menu featuring items such as prime rib, turkey, pork ribs, pork shoulder and a double bone-in pork chop. Using ovens increasingly seen in five-star kitchens, BJ's is setting a new standard of excellence for the casual dining segment in how it is slow roasting these new menu offerings.

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These new menu items are slow-roasted for as long as eight hours and hand carved to order. They give even the finest steakhouses a run for their money in both tenderness and flavor, but at lower prices in line with BJ's legendary value. To maintain the highest quality, BJ's is preparing its slow-roasted menu items in limited quantities each day.

"If you've dined at a high-end restaurant in the last five years or so, you've most likely enjoyed slow-roasted or sous-vide cooking," said Greg Trojan, President and CEO of BJ's Restaurants, Inc. "The process of cooking meat in a precise temperature-controlled and humidity-controlled environment has been evolving fine dining across America, and we are excited to bring this level of quality to BJ's guests."

The state-of-the-art ovens maintain exact temperatures to ensure every piece of beef, poultry and pork is browned on the outside and tender and juicy throughout. The innovative technology ensures consistent results and allows each BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse to control the temperature, taste and texture of every bite.

"After a long series of taste tests and tweaks, we have perfected our Brewhouse Slow-Roasted entrees and sandwiches, delivering amazing taste at an affordable price," said Trojan. "We spend hours slow-roasting every cut of meat so that our guests can spend every second enjoying it."

BJ's new Brewhouse Slow-Roasted Menu includes:

PRIME RIB: 15 oz. of prime rib slow-roasted for over four hours, au jus, creamy horseradish, choice of two housemade sides, choice of soup or salad, and choice of Pizookie.

DOUBLE BONE-IN PORK CHOP: Slow-roasted pork chop, Big Poppa Smokers' Sweet Money Championship Rub, and choice of two housemade sides.

BABY BACK PORK RIBS: Slow-roasted overnight baby back ribs, Big Poppa Smokers' Sweet Money Championship Rub, BJ's Peppered BBQ sauce, and choice of two housemade sides.

CLASSIC PRIME RIB DIP: Sliced, slow-roasted prime rib, hoagie roll, au jus, creamy horseradish, and fries.

HAND-PULLED TURKEY DIP: Slow-roasted herb turkey breast, Swiss cheese, caramelized onions, hoagie roll, au jus, horseradish aioli, and fries.

BARBEQUE PULLED PORK: Hand-pulled pork shoulder, BJ's Peppered BBQ sauce, crispy onion strings, creamy BBQ ranch dressing, toasted Parker House bun, BJ's signature coleslaw, and fries.

About BJ's Restaurants, Inc.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 192 casual dining restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, BJ's Pizza & Grill and BJ's Grill brand names. BJ's Restaurants offer an innovative and broad menu featuring award-winning, signature deep-dish pizza complemented with generously portionEd Salads, appetizers, sandwiches, soups, pastas, entrees and desserts, including the Pizookie dessert. Quality, flavor, value, moderate prices and sincere service remain distinct attributes of the BJ's experience. All restaurants feature BJ's critically acclaimed proprietary craft beers, which are produced at several of the Company's Restaurant & Brewery locations, its two brewpubs in Texas and by independent third party craft brewers.

The Company's restaurants are located in the 24 states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. Visit BJ's Restaurants, Inc. on the Web at http://www.bjsrestaurants.com for locations and additional information.

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