California Pizza Kitchen Expands in Southwest Florida With Opening at Coconut Point in Estero, FL.

Opening to Benefit Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida

LOS ANGELES -- California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (CPK) (Nasdaq:CPKI), home of the Original BBQ Chicken Pizza and other innovative hearth-baked pizzas, made-to-order pastas, creative salads, appetizers, soups, sandwiches and desserts, will open its second Southwest Florida location at Coconut Point in Estero, FL today.

The 6,000 square-foot restaurant is located at 23181 Village Shops Way. Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Guests can dine-in or place a take-out or curbside order by calling 239-498-7667. CPK's curbside service allows you to call in an order, pull into a designated spot in the parking lot and have your order delivered right to your car by a CPK Curbside Server.

The menu will feature all of the popular favorites, including the Thai Chicken Pizza, Jamaican Jerk Pizza, BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad and Shanghai Garlic Noodles, as well as five new menu items: Chicken Piccata, Chicken Marsala, Chicken Milanese, Mango Tandoori Chicken Pizza and a Steakhouse Chopped Salad.

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 and margaritas. Eight new cocktails, including Pomegranate Margaritas; Pomegranate Martinis; CPK's Sun Splash, a tasty concoction made with Ketel One Citroen Vodka, Hiram Walker Pomegranate Schnapps, fresh lemonade and a splash of club soda; Appleberry Sangria, Passion Fruit Mojitos, Raspberry Margaritas, Top Shelf Margatinis and Classic Martinis will also be available.

Following CPK's tradition of giving back to the communities in which it operates, the new CPK restaurant will donate 100 percent of all dine-in pizza sales during regular business hours on Monday, December 11th to the Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida. The only comprehensive child healthcare facility between Tampa and Miami, The Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida provides vital healthcare for the region's children, from infancy through age 18.

The new Coconut Point location is the second CPK restaurant in Southwest Florida and the seventh in Florida with two additional locations to open in South Florida in 2007. Other current Florida locations include Naples (Waterside Shops), Ft. Lauderdale, three locations in Orlando (The Mall at Millenia, Florida Mall and Waterford Lakes), and Miami International Airport.

California Pizza Kitchen, Inc., founded in 1985, is a leading casual dining chain with 204 restaurants, of which 174 are company-owned and 30 operate under franchise or license agreements. There are 24 CPK/ASAP locations, eight of which are company-owned and 16 are franchised. Another company-owned concept is LA Food Show Grill & Bar, which currently has one location in Manhattan Beach, California. 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 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. For more details, visit www.cpk.com.