Back from the California Pizza Kitchen, who have just priced themselves out of my business. I've been watching this happen for two years, and today there is yet another new menu with yet higher prices, and they need to learn that they cannot do this ever few months. And by the looks of the crowd at prime lunch time, they're going to learn it quickly - the restaurant, which is normally jammed from 12:30 to 2:00 was only half full. Since Mr. Hunt only ordered an egg roll appetizer for lunch, I did the same - the spinach artichoke dip. Said dip used to come in a nice big bowl and said bowl was always filled to the top. Today's came in a slightly smaller bowl and was only two-thirds filled. When I began ordering this dish years ago, it was $5.99. That seemed pricey for an appetizer, but I really liked the dip as a starter, to share. Then it went up to $6.99, then to $7.99, and today it hit $9.49, which is the price of some of their sandwiches. There are now only two or three things on the menu under ten bucks, and many of the pastas are up to around sixteen bucks. Enough, say I.
