OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc. Reports Comparable Store Sales

                                                     Franchise

                                            Company-    and      System-wide

                                             owned   development

                                                       joint

                                                      venture

  Four weeks ended August 26, 2006

  Domestic comparable store sales

   (stores open 18 months or more)

      Outback Steakhouses                   -4.6 %    -5.1 %       -4.7 %

      Carrabba's Italian Grills             -5.2 %       n/a       -5.2 %

      Bonefish Grills                       -1.2 %    -7.7 %       -1.7 %

      Fleming's Prime Steakhouse

       and Wine Bars                         2.4 %       n/a        2.4 %

      Roy's                                 -3.6 %       n/a       -3.6 %



  Domestic average unit volumes

      Outback Steakhouses                   -4.6 %    -5.2 %       -4.7 %

      Carrabba's Italian Grills             -7.4 %       n/a       -7.4 %

      Bonefish Grills                       -1.3 %   -17.5 %       -2.3 %

      Fleming's Prime Steakhouse

       and Wine Bars                        -0.6 %       n/a       -0.6 %

      Roy's                                 -4.1 %       n/a       -4.1 %

Changes in comparable store sales and average unit volumes for domestic, Company-owned restaurants for the four-week period include year to year menu price changes of approximately:

                                                         Company-owned menu

                                                          price changes (1)

  Four weeks ended August 26, 2006

     Outback Steakhouses                                        0.8 %

     Carrabba's Italian Grills                                  0.6 %

     Bonefish Grills                                            0.8 %

The Company continued to note sales across all concepts were negatively impacted by weakness in casual dining segment traffic.

                                              Restaurants

                                                opened       Restaurants

                                              during the        open

                                              month ended       as of

                                               August 31,     August 31,

                                                 2006           2006



  Outback Steakhouses

     Company-owned - domestic                      4             681

     Company-owned - international                 1             115

     Franchised and development joint

      venture - domestic                           1             107

     Franchised and development joint

      venture - international                     --              44

        Total                                      6             947

  Carrabba's Italian Grills

     Company-owned                                 5             217

  Bonefish Grills

     Company-owned                                 3             107

     Franchised                                   --               7

        Total                                      3             114

  Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bars

     Company-owned                                --              42

  Roy's

     Company-owned                                --              22

  Cheeseburger in Paradise

     Company-owned                                 1              37

  Lee Roy Selmon's

     Company-owned                                --               5

  Blue Coral Seafood and Spirits

     Company-owned                                 1               1



  System-wide total                               16           1,385

The OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc. restaurant system operates in 50 states and 21 countries internationally.

Logos, product and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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