Luby’s Opens New Restaurant in Houston, Texas

    HOUSTON, Aug. 14 /EMWNews/ -- Luby's, Inc. (NYSE: LUB)

today announced the opening of a new restaurant in Northwest Houston,

Texas.



    This is the fourth new Luby's restaurant opening in the past twelve

months. The Company's new custom design was created by Chris and Harris

Pappas who both joined the Luby's management team and Board of Directors in

2001. Prior to these new restaurant openings, Luby's had not built a

restaurant in more than seven years.



    "This is an exciting time for our guests and our organization to

experience growth for our brand with the opening of another new Luby's

restaurant," said Chris Pappas, President and CEO. "These new restaurants

offer an upscale dining experience while still delivering Luby's

traditional quality offerings with an abundance of healthy choices all at a

great value to our customers."



    These next generation Luby's restaurants enhance the customer

experience through an upscale design and open floor plan. The restaurant's

rustic exterior incorporates limestone, wood and stucco to create the

appeal of the Texas Hill Country. The restaurant interior incorporates a

more contemporary look and feel that includes granite surfaces, exposed

wood ceilings, terrazzo floors and cherry wood walls. Flat screen

televisions, attractive leather booths and a granite serving line elevate

the guests' experience. A vaulted entrance guides customers through the

center of the dining room engaging their senses with an energetic

atmosphere of sights and sounds en route to the visually stunning display

of fresh food.



    "This is a great new community for Luby's in the northwest suburban

area of Houston. Our enthusiastic crew looks forward to serving guests

fresh quality food in a beautiful new building with a warm and comfortable

atmosphere," said Harris Pappas, Chief Operating Office.



    Visit the new Luby's at 22422 Tomball Parkway, Houston, Texas 77070. To

view pictures of the new Luby's design, please visit http://www.lubys.com.

    About Luby's



    Luby's operates 124 restaurants in Austin, Dallas, Houston, San

Antonio, the Rio Grande Valley and other locations throughout Texas and

other states. Luby's provides its customers with quality home-style food,

value pricing, and outstanding customer service.



    The company wishes to caution readers that various factors could cause

its actual financial and operational results to differ materially from

those indicated by forward-looking statements made from time to time in

news releases, reports, proxy statements, registration statements, and

other written communications, as well as oral statements made from time to

time by representatives of the company. Except for historical information,

matters discussed in such oral and written communications are

forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including

but not limited to general business conditions, the impact of competition,

the success of operating initiatives, changes in the cost and supply of

food and labor, the seasonality of the company's business, taxes,

inflation, governmental regulations, and the availability of credit, as

well as other risks and uncertainties disclosed in periodic reports on Form

10-K and Form 10-Q.



    Contact: Rick Black, 713-329-6808