LOS ANGELES California Pizza Kitchen debuted this week seven new menu items, including two taco entrées and whole-grain options for pizzas and pastas.
The Los Angeles-based casual dining chain is offering a new crust option for any of its pizzas: whole-grain honey wheat, as well as the alternative of multi-grain penne for any pasta on the menu.
Other new items include Baja fish tacos with wild mahi mahi for $10.99, or steak tacos with grilled steak, shredded cabbage and ranchito sauce for $11.99. Both are served with blue and white corn chips and roasted-tomato salsa.
New specialty items added to the menu include the vegetarian Tuscan white bean minestrone with cannelloni beans, tomatoes, zucchini, spinach, onion, celery, Parmesan cheese and garlic-herb croutons, available for a recommended $5.99 for a bowl, or $3.99 for a cup.
On the sandwich menu, CPK has added a cranberry-walnut chicken salad sandwich, which includes chilled chicken breast, dried cranberries, toasted walnuts, celery, onions and mayonnaise, and is topped with Roma tomatoes and shredded lettuce. Also new are an albacore tuna salad sandwich; and a chicken club sandwich. All of the new sandwiches are priced at $9.99.
Anew dessert is the white chocolate strawberry cheesecake, priced at $6.29.
CPK’s parent company, California Pizza Kitchen Inc., operates, franchises or licenses 254 restaurants, including the namesake brand, as well as two LA Food Show Grill& Bar locations.
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