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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

June 8, 2011

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

California Pizza Kitchen, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

000-31149

95-4040623

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

6053 West Century Boulevard, 11 ^th Floor

Los Angeles, California

90045-6438

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(310) 342-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On June 8, 2011, California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (the “ Company ”) issued a press release announcing the commencement of the previously announced tender offer by CPK Holdings Inc. and CPK Merger Sub Inc. to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company at a purchase price of $18.50 per share in cash.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Exhibit
99.1		Press Release, issued by the Company, dated June 8, 2011

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN, INC. a Delaware corporation

Dated: June 8, 2011

	By:	/s/ Richard L. Rosenfield
		Co-Chairman of the Board, Co-Chief Executive Officer, and Co-President

	By:	/s/ Larry S. Flax
		Co-Chairman of the Board, Co-Chief Executive Officer, and Co-President