California Pizza KitchenNASDAQ: CPKI is a casual diningrestaurant chain that specializes in California-style pizza. The restaurant was started in 1985 by attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California, USA. Image File history File links California_Pizza_Kitchen. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... A casual dining restaurant is a restaurant that serves moderately-priced food in a casual atmosphere. ... A restaurant chain is a set of related restaurants, typically with the same name in many different locations either under shared corporate ownership (e. ... California-style pizza is a style of pizza arising from the California Cuisine cooking style. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... A lawyer, according to Blacks Law Dictionary, is a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice law. ... Beverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California. ...
The chain is widely known for its innovative non traditional pizzas, such as the "Original BBQ Chicken Pizza", BLT, Thai Chicken, and Jamaican Jerk Chicken pizzas. They also serve various kinds of pasta, salads, and desserts. A typical BLT sandwich. ... Jerk spices packaged in jars Jerk chicken being cooked Jerk chicken as London festival food Jerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica in which meats (traditionally pork, but now including chicken, fish, beef and even tofu) are dry-rubbed with a fiery spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice. ...
The chain has over 210 locations across 27 states and six countries, including 20 California Pizza Kitchen ASAPs designed to serve passengers at airports. The company has also licensed their name to Kraft Foods to distribute a line of premium frozen pizzas. Kraft Foods Inc. ... Various preserved foods Food preservation is the process of treating and handling food in such a way as to stop or greatly slow down spoilage to prevent foodborne illness while maintaining nutritional value, density, texture and flavor. ...
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The CaliforniaPizzaKitchenâs crust sits between the wafer thin crust favored by the New Yorkers and the thick, deep dish style savored by folks from the Windy City.
All the pizzas are hearth baked, which keeps the dough moist.
Traditionalists may choose from four "Neapolitan" pizzas in Italian style on thin, crisp crusts, from $8.59 (for a classic Margherita with tomatoes, mozzarella and basil) to $9.99 (for the Sicilian with assorted meats and cheeses).
Pizzas are good-size, thin but close to 12 inches in diameter, enough for two to share with an appetizer, and top out at just $10.79 for the priciest pie on the list, grilled garlic shrimp.
The wild mushroom pizza ($8.99) was a bit closer to traditional, also a "white pie" (two cheeses but no tomatoes) topped with a good ration of sliced, sauteed mushrooms (the menu claims white mushrooms plus shiitakes, portabellos and crimini mushrooms, but the basic white button mushrooms appeared to dominate the mix).