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Paseo NuevoPaseo Nuevo and California Pizza Kitchen: 07/23/07

Books (and snake) in hand from our trip to Chaucer's, we stopped at Paseo Nuevo for dinner. While there are many wonderful local restaurants at Santa Barbara, we opted for California Pizza Kitchen for two reasons: sentimentality and a menu that is kid friendly.

Paseo Nuevo opened the year before we started at UCSB but it really didn't take off until the 101 freeway bridge over State street opened in 1991. In the last year of our time at UCSB, the cook from our dorm got a better job as a chef at the Paseo Nuevo CPK. We started to go on dates to CPK to say hi to Juan when he was working.

So when we were looking for dinner on our first night of our vacation, CPK seemed liked the perfect place. We wanted to give Sean and Harriet a taste of what our lives were like back when we were college students and dating. We figure we'll treat the kids to a fancier experience when they're older and we're better settled financially.

We had a lovely dinner. Sean and Harriet were wonderful and we cleaned our plates. We learned that Harriet likes garlic and chicken. We had a table out of the way of the foot traffic so we could sit and enjoy without worrying about the kids being too loud or about Harriet's high chair being in the way.

On the walls the restaurant has hung artistically painted pizza boxes. Each box has a different theme. As it's been more than 2 years since I've eaten in a CPK, I don't know if the pizza box art installations are a chain wide thing or just a local decoration. Regardless, I like it! Some of them were very beautiful.

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Comment #1: Tuesday, July, 24, 2007 at 12:25:18

JennieBoo

Yummmmmm

Now I wanna go set out on a road trip, for the eats!

Hope you have/had a safe, fun time!!"



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