California Pizza Kitchen whips up innovative pizzas that range from excitingly different to overwhelmingly overdone. The atmosphere is upbeat, and the prices are typical of a sit-down chain.
The Country Gourmet on Daniel Webster Highway in Merrimack, New Hampshire is a pleasant little restaurant serving food that is neither country, nor gourmet.
For those who think California cuisine is simply a bizarre mixture of incompatible ingredients, San Francisco Kitchen in Nashua, New Hampshire is proof positive. Or, rather, negative.