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California Pizza Kitchen closes East Cobb restaurant

California Pizza Kitchen’s Original BBQ Chicken Pizza is slathered with slices of tender chicken, red onion and barbecue sauce intertwined in smoked gouda cheese.
California Pizza Kitchen’s Original BBQ Chicken Pizza is slathered with slices of tender chicken, red onion and barbecue sauce intertwined in smoked gouda cheese.
By Kristal Dixon
July 2, 2020

California Pizza Kitchen has closed its restaurant in East Cobb, the company confirmed Wednesday.

The closure of the restaurant at 4250 Roswell Road in Marietta brings the brand’s presence in metro Atlanta down to five locations.

Company spokeswoman Kate Franklin said California Pizza Kitchen “looks forward to continuing serving patrons” at its five other locations in metro Atlanta: Midtown, Buckhead, Alpharetta, Dunwoody and Peachtree Corners.

Franklin also said the company is working to ensure employees at the East Cob restaurant will be placed in positions at the other California Pizza Kitchen locations around the region.

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The East Cobb California Pizza Kitchen is the latest restaurant to fold amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Other restaurants that have closed include The Federal in Midtown, Noble Fin in Peachtree Corners, Amelie's French Bakery in West Midtown, Dantanna's in downtown Atlanta and Mother Bar + Kitchen in Old Fourth Ward.

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Kristal Dixon covers Cobb and DeKalb county schools for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Before joining the AJC, Dixon worked for Patch.com and the Cherokee Tribune in Canton.

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