California Pizza Kitchen Opens at Tempe Marketplace

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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2007--California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) (NASDAQ:CPKI), 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 its fifth Phoenix-area location at Tempe Marketplace today.

The new 5,900 square foot restaurant is located at Rio Salado Parkway just west of Loop 101 in Tempe. Hours of operation will be Sunday through Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Guests can dine-in or place a take-out order by calling (480) 967-5091.

The menu will feature all of the popular favorites, including the Thai Chicken Pizza, Jamaican Jerk Pizza, BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad and Shanghai Garlic Noodles, as well as five new menu items: Mediterranean Salad, Pan Sauteed Salmon served with fresh grilled asparagus and spaghettini in a creamy lemon-caper sauce, Cajun Pizza with blackened chicken and spicy andouille sausage with a Creole sauce, The Works Pizza topped with sweet Italian sausage, pepperoni, sauteed mushrooms, green peppers, black olives and mozzarella cheese, and a rich White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake.

There is also an impressive beverage menu with a great selection of wines and more than 40 specialty drinks. Also available are five new cocktails including Caribbean Sunset Sangria, Peach Passion Punch, Mango Lava Colada, Absolutly Sweet Peach Tea and Malibu Iced Tea.

Following CPK's tradition of giving back to the communities in which it operates, the new CPK restaurant will donate 100% of all dine-in pizza sales during regular business hours on Monday, August 13, 2007 to Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation which helps seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities. Starlight builds playrooms and teen lounges in hospitals and provides PC Pals and Fun Centers so kids can play games, e-mail and chat with friends while working to get better during their hospital stay.

California Pizza Kitchen, Inc., founded in 1985, is a leading casual dining chain. Of the chain's 215 restaurants, 184 are company-owned and 31 operate under franchise or license agreements. There are 26 CPK ASAP locations, 11 of which are company-owned and 15 are franchised. Another company-owned concept 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.

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