California Pizza Kitchen Opens at Colorado Mills; Proceeds from November 19 Pizza Sales to Benefit The Children's Hospital Foundation.Business/Food Editors & City Desks LAKEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 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, will open its fourth restaurant in Colorado at Colorado Mills Colorado Mills is a 1.1 M s.f. mall containing 10 anchor stores, and approximately 200 regular retailers. It also has some restaurants, including casual dining, and regular restaurants, and some entertainment facilities. on November 14, 2002. To celebrate the grand opening, California Pizza Kitchen will donate 100 percent of pizza sales on Tuesday, November 19, 2002 to the Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. Foundation. As the fund-raising arm of The Children's Hospital, The Children's Hospital Foundation is dedicated to seeking and receiving donations for patient care, capital, research, programs, educational and endowment needs of the hospital. "We are greatly appreciative of California Pizza Kitchen's support and dedication to children," said Ray Merenstein, Vice President of the Research Institute for The Children's Hospital Foundation. "CPK's generosity will help The Children's Hospital continue to deliver the highest quality patient care, prevention, research and community education." California Pizza Kitchen 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, licenses or franchises 146 restaurants of which 114 are company-owned and 32 operate under franchise or licensee agreements. The California Pizza Kitchen website is www.cpk.com. "We are delighted to celebrate the opening of our fourth area restaurant by supporting the remarkable Children's Hospital Foundation," said Fred Hipp, 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. of California Pizza Kitchen. California Pizza Kitchen will be located inside Colorado Mills on The Street, across from the United Artists Theatres. The 5,000 square-foot restaurant will seat 175 people. Colorado Mills is a brand new, 1.2 million square-foot shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into . Anchored by Last Call!-Neiman Marcus, Off Sax Fifth Avenue, United Artists Theatres and Borders Books and Music, the center is located at 14500 West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood. |
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