Grill Concepts Receives Nasdaq Notification

Grill Concepts Receives Nasdaq Notification 


LOS ANGELES, May 24  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grill Concepts, Inc.
(NASDAQ:GRILE) today announced that, because it has not timely filed its Form
10-Q for the first quarter ended March 27, 2005 due to the delay in filing its
2004 Form 10-K, Nasdaq has notified the company of an additional delinquency
with regard to Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14), which requires listed companies to
provide Nasdaq with copies of all reports required to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Grill Concepts previously announced that the company is adjusting its method of
accounting for operating leases to comply with recent guidance issued by the
Office of Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  On May
23, 2005, management completed and filed its 2004 Form 10-K, along with the
restatement of its financial statements for prior fiscal years, to reflect the
revised accounting treatment.  With the 2004 Form 10-K filed yesterday, the
company is now applying the new lease accounting treatment to its Form 10-Q for
the first fiscal quarter ended March 27, 2005 and expects to file said Form in
the near term.

About Grill Concepts, Inc.

Grill Concepts owns and manages upscale casual and fine dining, full service
restaurants under two core brand names: The Grill on the Alley and Daily Grill.
 The company operates 24 restaurants, including four The Grill on the
Alley-branded restaurants in Beverly Hills, Hollywood, San Jose, California,
and Chicago, as well as 20 Daily Grill restaurants in Southern and Northern
California, the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region, Houston, Texas, Portland,
Oregon and Skokie, Illinois.

This news release contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to
completion of the company's Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 27,
2005.  Actual results may differ materially from these statements due to risks
and uncertainties beyond the company's control, which are detailed from time to
time in the company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.

   CONTACTS:  Philip Gay
              Chief Financial Officer
              Grill Concepts, Inc.
              [phone]

              Angie Yang
              PondelWilkinson Inc.
              [phone]
              

DATASOURCE: Grill Concepts, Inc.



CONTACT:  Philip Gay, Chief Financial Officer of Grill Concepts, Inc.,

[phone]; or Angie Yang of PondelWilkinson Inc., [phone],

, for Grill Concepts, Inc.

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