California Pizza Kitchen Opens in Northridge, California and Norfolk, Virginia on Tuesday, January 24.LOS ANGELES -- 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. (CPK CPK creatine kinase. CPK creatine phosphokinase. ) (Nasdaq:CPKI CPKI California Pizza Kitchen, Inc ), home of the Original BBQ Chicken Pizza and other innovative hearth-baked pizzas, made-to-order pastas, creative salads, appetizers, soups, sandwiches and desserts, opened two new locations today. A new CPK opened in the Northridge Fashion Center Northridge Fashion Center is a large shopping mall located in Northridge, California. It opened in 1971. It was severely damaged during the Northridge Earthquake in 1994, but renovated extensively in 1995 and 1998. located at 9301 Tampa Avenue, in Northridge, Calif. at the north end of the shopping center next to Macy's. Another new location has taken over the ground-floor space in downtown Norfolk's MacArthur Center shopping mall, adjacent to the Monticello Avenue entrance. Both restaurants will be open Sunday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. The menus feature newly introduced items, including Schezwan Orange Chicken Lettuce Wraps; California Shrimp Cocktail; Adobe Chicken Chowder, a creamy, rich chowder with chicken, Wehani rice, sweet roasted corn, green chilies, mild onions, bell peppers and cilantro; Spaghetti Carbonara car·bo·na·ra n. A sauce for pasta containing eggs, minced bacon or ham, grated cheese, and seasonings. [Italian (alla) carbonara, (from) a charcoal grill, from carbone, with sauteed pancetta pan·cet·ta n. Italian bacon that has been cured in salt and spices and then air-dried. [Italian, diminutive of pancia, belly, from Latin pantex, pantic-.] , petite peas and Italian parsley in a Romano cheese cream sauce; Shanghai Garlic Noodles with wok-stirred Chinese noodles in a garlic ginger sauce with snow peas, Shiitake mushrooms, mild onions, red and yellow peppers, baby broccoli and scallions; the Milan Pizza, a new Neapolitan-style pizza with grilled and sweet Italian sausage, sauteed wild mushrooms, caramelized onions, Fontina fon·ti·na n. A ripened cheese of variable texture and flavor, originally produced in Italy. [Italian.] , Mozzarella, and Parmesan cheeses. For those with a sweet tooth, two new desserts are being added to the menu: a Chocolate Banana Royale Cake and a Caramel Fudge Pecan Cheesecake. The new restaurants also feature all of the CPK favorites, including the Jamaican Jerk Pizza, BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad and Kung Pao Spaghetti. Full bars offer extensive beverage menus 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. 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. Of the chain's 190 restaurants, 159 are company-owned and 31 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. For more details, visit www.cpk.com. |
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