California Pizza Kitchen Opens At Oxmoor Center; The Louisville Orchestra to Benefit From Opening Pizza Sales.Business Editors LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2002 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, (Nasdaq: CPKI CPKI California Pizza Kitchen, Inc ), home of the Original BBQ BBQ barbecue Chicken pizza and many other innovative hearth-baked pizzas, creative pastas, salads, soups and sandwiches, will open its first full-service restaurant in Kentucky on Tuesday, May 21 in Louisville at Oxmoor Center Oxmoor Center is a Louisville, Kentucky shopping mall located at 7900 Shelbyville Road in eastern Louisville. Opened in 1971 on the opposing side of the Watterson Expressway from Mall St. . To celebrate the grand opening, California Pizza Kitchen will donate 100% of pizza sales on Monday, June 10 to The Louisville Orchestra The Louisville Orchestra is the primary orchestra in Louisville, Kentucky and has been called the cornerstone of the Louisville arts scene. It was founded in 1937 by Robert Whitney and Charles Farnsley, Mayor of Louisville. . "Partnering with California Pizza Kitchen is a different and fun approach to fundraising for the orchestra," said Tim King, Executive Director, The Louisville Orchestra. "The June 10 pizza sales will help fund the concert and education programs of the Louisville Orchestra." The Louisville Orchestra, now in its 65th season, is the only full-time orchestra in Kentucky, performing more than 130 concerts each season and reaching over 220,000 patrons throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. "As newcomers to the Louisville community, we're excited to showcase and assist one of Louisville's most established cultural organizations," said Fred Hipp, CPK CPK creatine kinase. CPK creatine phosphokinase. president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . Customers at the new Oxmoor Center CPK can expect the same friendly open-style kitchen, light woods and colorful pizza box art on the walls -- all signatures of the California Pizza Kitchen contemporary decor. The restaurant, located near Galyans in Oxmoor, is just over 5,000 square feet with 185 seats. California Pizza Kitchen, Inc., founded in 1985, is a leading casual dining chain in the premium pizza segment. The restaurant features hearth-baked pizzas, pastas, salads, soups and sandwiches. The chain operates 132 restaurants of which 103 are company-owned, and 29 operate under franchise or license agreements. The California Pizza Kitchen Web site is www.cpk.com. Oxmoor Center, owned by Beargrass Corporation, is a 917,000 square-foot regional shopping center located at 7900 Shelbyville Road and I-264. The center is anchored by Jacobson's Lazarus, Sears and Galyan's along with 100 specialty stores and service shops. |
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