BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. announced the opening of its restaurant in La Jolla, California.  The new BJ’s Restaurant opened on October 3 on Villa La Jolla Drive at the Shops of La Jolla. The restaurant is approximately 5,500 square feet with a 1,000-square foot patio, seats approximately 200 guests and features BJ’s extensive menu, including BJ’s signature deep-dish pizza, award-winning handcrafted beer and famous Pizookie dessert.

“We are excited to bring the most current evolution of the BJ’s concept to our many loyal La Jolla fans with the opening of our new, full size BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse,” says Greg Trojan, president and CEO. “Our La Jolla restaurant is our 63rd restaurant in California, where we enjoy some of our strongest sales volumes.  To date, we have opened 13 restaurants this year and we are looking forward to our next two restaurant openings in October in Teterboro, New Jersey and Charlottesville, Virginia.”

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 183 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, brewpub locations in Texas and qualified independent third party craft brewers. The company’s restaurants are located in the 23 states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

Casual Dining, Chain Restaurants, Industry News, NextGen Casual, BJ's Restaurants