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California Pizza Kitchen co-founder dishes on culture, billion-dollar secrets

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Rick Rosenfield, left, and Larry Flax were federal prosecutors and defense attorneys before they opened the first California Pizza Kitchen.
Rick Rosenfield, left, and Larry Flax were federal prosecutors and defense attorneys before they opened the first California Pizza Kitchen.
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The billion-dollar success of California Pizza Kitchen, even though the first location opened in Beverly Hills, traces its origin story to Florida. 

 

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