California Pizza Kitchen

This was my first visit to a CPK since I relocated Fresno. I came for here for lunch with a friend from work, and the restaurant was just a little more than half full. What I've always liked about other California Pizza Kitchen locations is the fact that they serve not only classic pasta and pizza options, but a several unique pizza variations as well.

I've tried many different items on their menu; pizza, pasta, steak, soups, salads, etc. The pizzas and pastas are in the 3.5 to 4 star range. The soups and salads are a 3. The pastas are a solid 3. I had a rib eye steak most recently. It was so trimmed and lean that even at mid rare it was dry and lacking flavor. A 2 at best. I wished I had taken a photo of it for comparison purposes. The photo I have added is CPK's photo. If it had looked like that, I'm sure it would have tasted better. The Service at this location was pretty good. We had two servers helping us. One was very good, however the other, while having a pleasant demeanor, and wanting to do a good job, she just couldn't figure out what she was doing. I would not choose to dine at CPK personally. I only go when the majority chooses to go. In this case, I was out voted 3 to 1. :)

Food 8 Service 9 Atmosphere 8.5 So so pizza, had the asada. I should try a different crust the standard was too heavy, possibly gluten. I had a strawberry peach cooler and it was amazing. The tequila fettuccini looked good on the menu. I'll be back to try other things.