California Pizza Kitchen Opens in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Opening to Benefit Child Focus

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, soups, appetizers, sandwiches and desserts, opened its newest Las Vegas location today at Town Square, the south Strip's new 1.5 million-square-foot open-air shopping, dining and entertainment destination.

The new CPK restaurant is approximately 5,700 square-feet and is located directly off Las Vegas Boulevard, South at Town Square Boulevard. Hours of operation are 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Guests can dine-in or place a take-out order by calling [phone].

The Town Square CPK opened with the newest menu additions including Cabo Crab Cakes, a new appetizer made with blue crab, pan-sauteed and served with roasted corn and black bean salsa and roasted pepper aioli; Miso Salad, a fresh new salad made with blue crab and shrimp or chicken along with shredded Napa cabbage, fresh avocado, julienne cucumbers, daikon, edemame, carrots, green onions, cilantro, crispy rice noodles and crispy wontons, tossed in a Miso dressing; Blue Crab Cakes, a new specialty item made with blue crab, pan-sauteed and served with fresh grilled asparagus and spaghettini in a creamy lemon-caper sauce; Italian Tomato & Basil Pizza with imported Italian tomatoes, Mozzarella cheese and CPK's tomato sauce topped with fresh basil and Parmesan cheese. For those with a sweet tooth, a new dessert is being added to the menu: a three-layer Red Velvet Cake frosted with vanilla bean cream cheese and white chocolate curls served on vanilla bean sauce.

The new restaurant also features an extensive beverage menu for its full bar, including CPK's original California Cosmo, along with four new cocktails including Beverly Hills Tea, Coconut Mojito, Caribbean Sunset Sangria and Appleberry Sangria.

In keeping with CPK's tradition of giving back to the communities it serves, CPK will donate 100% of all dine-in pizza sales from the Town Square location on December 17th to Child Focus, a local non-profit organization that provides resources and services to the more than 6,000 Clark County children in foster care. Child Focus' programs include mentoring and tutoring services to promote academic success in addition to sibling preservation and reunification events. The organization has also been selected to administer the Nevada state initiative FAFFY, which offers public funding to support young adults transitioning from foster care to living independently.

California Pizza Kitchen, Inc., founded in 1985, is a leading casual dining chain. Of the chain's 229 restaurants, 194 are company-owned and 35 operate under franchise or license agreements. There are 26 CPK ASAP locations, 10 of which are company-owned and 16 are franchised. Also included in the company's portfolio of concepts 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, appetizers 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.