Pizza topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheeses, Fontina cheese, and smoked gouda cheese. Fresh baked taste from the microwave! Home. At Last. California Pizza Kitchen. Nothing about pizza has been the same since we opened our first restaurant in Beverly Hills in 1985 and introduced BBQ Chicken Pizza to the world. Our idea was to create pizzas topped with the flavors and tastes that people craved from their favorite restaurant dishes. As we hope you will discover from your first bite, this is truly a cool new way to enjoy pizza. Enjoy! Larry and Rick, Co-Founders.