{"id":750,"date":"2025-07-17T00:59:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T00:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/?p=750"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:32:43","slug":"california-pizza-kitchen-closes-after-25-years-in-cherry-creek-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/california-pizza-kitchen-closes-after-25-years-in-cherry-creek-mall\/","title":{"rendered":"California Pizza Kitchen closes after 25 years in Cherry Creek mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpk.com\/\">California Pizza Kitchen<\/a> has closed up shop at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0first opened\u00a0at the mall 25 years ago, when the national chain made its debut in the Centennial State. CPK got its start with a Beverly Hills, California, location in 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Its corporate headquarters did not respond to a request for comment from BusinessDen.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\">\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\" data-curated-ids=\"\" data-relation-type=\"automatic-primary-tag\">Related Articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/07\/16\/molino-chido-stanley-marketplace-tacos-michael-de-leon\/\" title=\"Michelin-recognized chef teams up with Uncle owner for new taqueria\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tMichelin-recognized chef teams up with Uncle owner for new taqueria\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/07\/15\/denver-speakeasy-trybal-african-bars\/\" title=\"African-themed speakeasy set to open in Upper Downtown\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tAfrican-themed speakeasy set to open in Upper Downtown\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/07\/09\/leclares-patisserie-retail-closing-colfax-construction\/\" title=\"Colfax construction takes out year-old pastry shop\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tColfax construction takes out year-old pastry shop\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/07\/09\/konjo-ethiopian-opens-second-restaurant-milk-market-denver\/\" title=\"Ethiopian restaurant opens new location in Milk Market downtown\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEthiopian restaurant opens new location in Milk Market downtown\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/07\/08\/sundae-ice-cream-chain-opening-16th-street-mall\/\" title=\"Mountain town ice cream chain opening \u2018flagship\u2019 on 16th Street mall\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tMountain town ice cream chain opening \u2018flagship\u2019 on 16th Street mall\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Mike Wilson, the mall\u2019s general manager, told BusinessDen on Tuesday that a new business has already been secured for the space, but declined to answer specific questions.<\/p>\n<p>CPK\u2019s Colorado presence has been dwindling in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>After CPK filed for bankruptcy in 2020, The Daily Camera\u00a0reported\u00a0that spots in Boulder and Colorado Springs had closed. The outlet also said the future of a now-shuttered Broomfield restaurant was also up in the air. It is unclear when that restaurant closed.<\/p>\n<p>California Pizza Kitchen now has just one remaining Colorado location, at Park Meadows mall in Lone Tree, according to the company\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.denverpost.com\/dp\/preference\">Subscribe to our new food newsletter, Stuffed, to get Denver food and drink news sent straight to your inbox. <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Pizza Kitchen has closed up shop at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center. It\u00a0first opened\u00a0at the mall 25 years ago, when the national chain made its debut in the Centennial State. CPK got its start with a Beverly Hills, California, location in 1985. Its corporate headquarters did not respond to a request for comment from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":751,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions\/751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}