California Pizza Kitchen Brings Distinctive Tastes to Tigard, Oregon; Opening to Benefit SMART: Start Making a Reader Today.TIGARD, Ore. -- California Pizza Kitchen California Pizza Kitchen (NASDAQ: CPKI, known within the food industry as CPK) is a casual dining restaurant chain that specializes in California-style pizza. The restaurant was started in 1985 by attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California, , Inc. (Nasdaq:CPKI CPKI California Pizza Kitchen, Inc ), home to the Original BBQ BBQ barbecue Chicken Pizza and other innovative hearth-baked pizzas, made-to-order pastas, creative salads, appetizers, soups, sandwiches and desserts, opened its newest location in Tigard, Oregon Tigard (IPA: [taɪˈ gərd]) is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. The population was 41,223 at the 2000 census. The 2006 estimate is 46,300 residents. today in the Bridgeport Village shopping development. The new California Pizza Kitchen is located next to Regal Cinema at 7315 S.W. Bridgeport Road. The restaurant's hours are Sunday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Friday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Guests can dine in Verb 1. dine in - eat at home eat in eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" or take out. Bridgeport Village is conveniently located just 10 miles south of downtown Portland Downtown Portland is located on the west bank of the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. It is in the northeastern corner of the southwest section of the city and is where most of its high-rise buildings are found. at exit 290 off Interstate 5. The 5,900-square-foot restaurant at Bridgeport Village will offer a relaxed, comfortable dining experience for lunch and dinner. The menu will feature all of the CPK CPK creatine kinase. CPK creatine phosphokinase. favorites, including the Jamaican Jerk Pizza, BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad and Kung Pao Spaghetti. A full bar offers an extensive beverage menu with a great selection of wines along with more than 40 specialty drinks, including CPK's original California Cosmo, and an extensive list of martinis, margaritas and cocktails. "Bridgeport Village is the perfect place to bring our hearth-style cooking to Oregonians and their families," said Rick Rosenfield, founder and co-CEO of California Pizza Kitchen. "In addition to providing a terrific dining experience, we always give back to the communities where we operate." CPK's new restaurant will make a significant impact on the local community. An estimated 130 new jobs will be created, and the company has partnered with SMART: Start Making a Reader Today in Oregon. On Oct. 5, 2005, California Pizza Kitchen will donate 100% of its pizza sales to this one-of-a-kind program that brings local volunteers, schools and communities together to help children learn to read. California Pizza Kitchen, Inc., founded in 1985, is a leading casual dining chain in the premium pizza segment. The Company's full service restaurants feature an imaginative line of hearth-baked pizzas, including the original BBQ Chicken Pizza, and a broad selection of distinctive pastas, salads, soups and sandwiches. The chain operates, licenses or franchises 186 restaurants of which 154 are company-owned and 32 operate under franchise or license agreements. One of the company owned concepts included in this total is LA Food Show, which currently has one location in Manhattan Beach, California Manhattan Beach is a city located in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, USA. The population was 33,852 at the 2000 census. Of a rotating City Council of five members, Jim Aldinger is the current mayor. . The Company also has a licensing arrangement with Kraft Pizza Company which manufactures and distributes a line of California Pizza Kitchen premium frozen pizzas. Children who dine at California Pizza Kitchen choose from an extensive menu, recently named "The Best Kids Menu in America" by Restaurant Hospitality Magazine. |
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