California Pizza Kitchen

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Slow-burns edition

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 12, 2014

After building for months, new realities emerged for restaurants overseas—and at their keyboards.

Groundbreaking new restaurants: Where are they now?

By Kelly Killian on May 13, 2016

From the explosion of eatertainment to Yum's fast-casual flops, we look back at some of our "groundbreaking concepts" of the last two years to see which ideas flourished and which ones flopped.

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9 ways restaurants are giving vets a break

By Jackson Lewis on Nov. 10, 2016

Veterans Day provides an opportunity to than the nation's service men and women—and maybe snag some traffic in the process.

Emerging Brands

Inside Bottlefish, the new concept from CPK industry vets

By Lauren Hallow on Jan. 09, 2017

The founders of California Pizza Kitchen switched gears with their new opening, an upscale casual-dining seafood restaurant. Here's a look at the concept, and how they plan to use their real estate connections to expand nationwide.

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