WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Nov. 6, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grill Concepts, Inc. (Nasdaq:GRIL) today announced it will report financial results for its fiscal 2008 third quarter on Tuesday, November 11, 2008, after the market closes and will host an investor conference call that same day at 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET).

Investment professionals are invited to participate in the live call by dialing 888-421-4604 (domestic) or 973-935-8435 (international) using conference ID 72079674.

The call will be open to all other interested parties through a live, listen-only audio Internet broadcast at www.dailygrill.com. For those who are not available to listen to the live broadcast, the call will be archived for one year.

A telephonic playback of the conference call also will be available from approximately 5 p.m. PT on November 11, 2008 through December 11, 2008, by calling 800-642-1687 (domestic) or 706-645-9291 (international) and using conference ID 72079674.

About Grill Concepts, Inc.

Grill Concepts owns, manages and licenses upscale casual and fine dining, full service restaurants under two core brand names: The Grill on the Alley and Daily Grill; as well as a newly launched quick casual concept named In Short Order - Daily Grill. The company operates 31 restaurants including six The Grill on the Alley-branded restaurants in Beverly Hills, Hollywood, San Jose and Westlake Village, California; Chicago, Illinois; and Dallas, Texas; 24 Daily Grill restaurants in California; the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region; Houston and Austin, Texas; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Boston, Massachusetts; and Tulsa, Oklahoma; as well as one In Short Order - Daily Grill in Seattle, Washington.

CONTACT: Grill Concepts, Inc.
         Wayne Lipschitz, Chief Financial Officer
         (818) 251-7070 
         PondelWilkinson Inc.
         Angie Yang / Roger Pondel
         (310) 279-5980
         investor@pondel.com