BJ's Restaurants, Inc. announced that Mark McEachen has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors and will serve on the Board's Compensation Committee and Audit Committee. Additionally, Mark McEachen, Patrick Walsh and Noah Elbogen will be included on the company's slate of Board nominees for election at the 2014 Annual Meeting. Current Board members John ("Jack") Grundhofer and William ("Bill") Hyde will retire from the Board effective at the 2014 Annual Meeting.
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. is a casual dining restaurant. The Companyâs restaurants feature a menu with approximately 100 menu items designed to offer various items, including slow roasted entrees, such as prime rib, EnLIGHTened Entrees, such as Cherry Chipotle Glazed Salmon, original signature deep-dish pizza, the Pizookie dessert and BJs craft beers. Its craft beer is produced at five in-house brewing facilities and by independent third-party brewers using its recipes. The Company is a national restaurant chain, which owns and operates approximately 200 casual dining restaurants located in 30 states, including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington.