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<p class="Normal1" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Habit Burger Grill Opens First Prince George’s County Location in Riverdale Park, MD on July 11</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Normal1" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i>Fundraising Day for Riverdale Park Volunteer Fire Department, July 8</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(<span style="color:black">Riverdale Park</span> MD, June 25, 2018) </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">– Burger lovers in the Riverdale
Park/University Park, Maryland area will have a new reason to celebrate when The Habit Burger Grill (Nasdaq: HABT) (</span><a href="http://www.HabitBurger.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">www.HabitBurger.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)
opens its first Prince George’s County restaurant on July 11 at the Riverdale Station Center, 4502 Van Buren Street. Habit Burger Grill, which started in 1969 as a beach shack in Santa Barbara, California, is known for its award-winning Charburgers that are
always grilled over an open flame and made-to-order. Other DC-area Habit Burger locations are Waldorf, Gaithersburg and Rockville, MD and Ashburn, VA.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Leading up the restaurant’s grand opening there will be several days of free events for those who sign up for The Habit Burger’s CharClub. Members will receive a VIP invite by
registering at </span><a href="https://www.habitburger.com/riverdalepark"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">www.habitburger.com/riverdalepark</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
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<b>FREE BURGER Day – </b>The first 200 CharClub members at 11:30 am and at 5 pm will receive a free Charburger, fries and a drink.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Sunday, July 8 –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">
<b>FREE Habit LUNCH – </b>The first 200 CharClub members at 11:30 am will receive a free chargrilled meal pre-selected from Habit’s full menu.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Sunday, July 8 –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
<b>Fundraising Night for Riverdale Park Volunteer Fire Department</b></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> From 5 until
7 pm <b>100% of sales</b> will benefit the Fire Department in their fundraising effort to buy a new ambulance. This event is open to the public.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">–</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">FREE Habit LUNCH –
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The first 200 CharClub members at 11:30 am will receive a free chargrilled meal pre-selected from Habit’s full menu.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Normal1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 2,382 square-foot restaurant seats 53 guests with an additional 28 seats on the restaurant’s patio. The restaurant will be open Monday – Sunday, 10:30 am – 10 pm.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Normal1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Better burgers are just the beginning at The Habit where the menu also includes hand-cut salads, grilled sandwiches including line-caught, sushi grade ahi tuna, fresh chicken,
and hand-filleted marinated sirloin steak, and sides including onion rings, sweet potato and French fries, and tempura green beans. Guests can choose from a variety of peppers, lemons, limes, and sauces at a complimentary condiment bar to customize the flavor
of their meal. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Normal1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Habit is known for its award-winning Charburger which features 100% fresh, never frozen ground beef grilled over an open flame and topped with melted cheese, caramelized onions,
pickles, fresh tomato, crisp lettuce, and mayo served on a toasted bun. Their restaurants have been serving the “Best Tasting Burger in America” exactly this way since the first Habit opened in 1969.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Normal1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Connect with The Habit on social media at
</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/habitburger"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">facebook.com/habitburger</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="http://instagram.com/habitburgergrill">instagram.com/habitburgergrill</a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/habitburger"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">twitter.com/habitburger</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
and </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/habittube"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">youtube.com/habittube</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000">About The Habit Restaurants, Inc. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The Habit Burger Grill is a burger-centric, fast casual restaurant concept that specializes in preparing fresh, made-to-order chargrilled
burgers and sandwiches featuring USDA choice sirloin steak, grilled chicken and sushi-grade ahi tuna cooked over an open flame. In addition, it features fresh made-to-order salads and an appealing selection of sides, shakes and malts. The Habit was named the
"best tasting burger in America" in July 2014 in a comprehensive survey conducted by one of America's leading consumer magazines. The first Habit opened in Santa Barbara, California in 1969. The Habit has since grown to more than 220 restaurants in 11 states
with restaurants throughout Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and Washington as well as four international locations. More information is available at </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001FPc125Lbyaqy8NAW1Q2dk7mcsSpyo9HpcNKMd_tpjMsUoTQLWwZHMf50jiwWZ_ppeCId3u8Dwgh2MkH_OeuHcQiN-bK8f-DWUlbnS9EUWQT0h3QhLv14DGHvjZALY1d41vy7Bkh6kh8byWNUJ12S-IYEPuC5XDA25JQY47434OpSI25Ucn2cVw==&c=AczIjBVSvZaBj1jvbVVQMYXXiAv9g1eNYARZb4W54OG0GSjHzDugMA==&ch=mMtE43whViucFhpXLd1xg4dBMphqYPId0smLqOBz4Tadu7i7jassfw==" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">www.habitburger.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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