California Pizza Kitchen Opens at Pine Straw Plaza in Marietta, Georgia

Fundraiser on Monday, February 25, Will Benefit Make-A-Wish
Foundation of Georgia and Alabama
LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (CPK) (Nasdaq:CPKI), home to the
Original BBQ Chicken Pizza and other innovative hearth-baked pizzas,
made-to-order pastas, creative salads, soups, sandwiches, appetizers
and desserts, opened a new restaurant in Marietta, Georgia today.

The new 4,200 square foot restaurant is located at the Pine Straw
Plaza, 4250 Roswell Road, at the corner of Roswell Road and Johnson's
Ferry. 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 (770)
971-7950.

The menu features all of the popular favorites along with the
newest menu additions including the 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; Italian Tomato & Basil Pizza with imported Italian
tomatoes, Mozzarella cheese and CPK's tomato sauce topped with fresh
basil and Parmesan cheese and 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.

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, February
25, 2008, to Make-A-Wish Foundation of Georgia and Alabama which is
headquartered in Marietta. Make-A-Wish grants the wishes of children
with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human
experience with hope, strength and joy. Kids' wishes include traveling
to Walt Disney World, meeting celebrities and sports stars, going on
shopping sprees or being an airline pilot or ballerina.

California Pizza Kitchen, Inc., founded in 1985, is a leading
casual dining chain. Of the chain's 234 restaurants, 198 are
company-owned and 36 operate under franchise or license agreements.
There are 25 CPK ASAP locations, 9 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.

California Pizza Kitchen
Sarah Grover, 310-342-5000

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