Las Vegas: California Pizza Kitchen (September 2001)

My spouse and I dined for dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen in September 2001. We had made reservations at "better" restaurants along the Strip, but after enduring a late grueling dinner the first night at Renoir, which was very formal and costly, we weren't awake enough to keep our original fine-dining reservations. California Pizza Kitchen, known within the food industry as CPK, is a polished 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, United States. The chain is widely known for its innovative and nontraditional pizzas, such as the "Original BBQ Chicken Pizza", BLT, Thai Chicken, and Jamaican Jerk Chicken pizzas. They also serve various kinds of pasta, salads, soups, sandwiches and desserts. They have an extensive children's menu for children ages 10 and under which includes a variety of different pizzas, pastas, salad and chicken. Launching in 2014, CPK debuted introduction of their Next Chapter locations. Focused on sustainability and "seeking the unique," Next Chapter locations boast reclaimed wood, natural stone counter tops and herb gardens. A newly reimagined menu introduces specialty hand-tossed pizzas, main plate offerings, seasonal features, hand-crafted cocktails and more. The chain has over 200 locations in 32 US states and 13 other countries, including 17 California Pizza Kitchen nontraditional, franchise concepts designed for airports, universities and stadiums.