California Pizza Kitchen - aka CPK

• Did you know that California Pizza Kitchen was established by two lawyers named Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax?  They opened their first CPK in March 1985 in Beverly Hills, CA.  
• In total there are 265 locations of CPK in 32 states and 10 foreign countries.  
• Since August of 2000, they are a publicly traded company - ticker symbol is CPKI
• Website: http://www.cpk.com/

For date night... the Husby and I decided to go to one of our "go to" places... CPK at Pearlridge!!!  This is actually the first restaurant we ate at when we first met... it's a part of our history.  Besides being a part of our "love story"... we happen to just love eating here because we always know what we're going to get.  Mainly because we always (nearly always) get the same thing... 

The Original BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad... 

A mixture of chopped lettuce, corn, jicama, black beans, tomatoes, basil, monterey jack cheese and crispy tortilla chips and their herb ranch dressing, topped off with chicken breast and a tangy BBQ sauce.  It normally comes with cilantro also, but we order ours without it.  We tend to order the "full" version to share, but if you're going solo... the half is more than enough of a meal.  It's a very hearty salad... full of taste sensations for your mouth ranging from crunchy, to sweet, to tangy. 

We also ordered their Portobello Mushroom Ravioli in their garlic cream sauce.  

We had only ordered this once before... and it left a great impression on us.  However, this time... there were crunchy bits in the ravioli that made you wonder "what was that?!".  But the overall flavor was good... the ravioli were filled with chopped up portobello mushrooms, herbs and cheese, covered in their garlic cream sauce.  It was good, tho I probably would have liked a little more sauce on my ravioli, but that's cause I'm a "sauce" kind of girl.  

They do offer this dish with a red sauce (tomato/basil) and with grilled mushrooms (for an extra cost).  I think next time if we order this, I want to try it with the red sauce.  

Our other "go to" items are the Pepperoni Pizza (the Husby's fave!) and their Spinach-Artichoke Dip.  

Both of which are super good, but I'm thinking that we'll need to expand our personal menu soon.  Speaking of which, when we paid we were told that if we come back in 7 days and bring our receipt, we can get 20% off our next bill.  OMG!!!  Looks like we'll be heading back again SOON! Yay!!!

They currently have 6 locations on Oahu and 1 on Maui.  You can find out more information by heading over to their website... http://www.cpk.com/

Happy eating!