May 02, 2013 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- BJ's Restaurants, Inc. has reported that net income for the first quarter ended April 2, 2013 was $8.27 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, compared to $8.61 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, for the first quarter ended April 3, 2012.

Revenues for the first quarter ended April 2, 2013 were $188.62 million, compared to $167.6 million for the first quarter ended April 3, 2012.

Income from operations for the first quarter ended April 2, 2013 was $10.83 million, compared to $11.76 million for the first quarter ended April 3, 2012.

"I could not be more proud of all of our team members for their dedication to making BJ's a great dining experience for our guests," commented Greg Trojan, president and CEO. "Despite the extremely challenging top line sales environment for casual dining, we recorded our 13th consecutive quarter of positive comparable restaurant sales. Furthermore, our restaurant operators did an excellent job of managing the choppy sales environment in a productive and efficient manner during the quarter, resulting in some of our best productivity metrics in quite some time."

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