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| - I've had California Pizza Kitchen many times in my teenage and college years, so of course when I found out there was one at the Charlotte Airport, I made a beeline for it. I was tired of the other food court restaurants in the center of the airport.
I ordered a BBQ chicken pizza (Duh! Signature CPK!) and a small SmartWater and that set me back almost $18 - yikes. Airport prices for ya.
After a 10-15 minute wait, I finally got my pizza. I took it with me to my gate so I could sit and eat in peace. This was literally the worst pizza, let alone CPK, that I've ever had in my life. The crust, or lack of crust, or bread, or whatever you want to call it, was reminiscent of stale flour tortilla with supermarket BBQ sauce and like a few pieces of chicken on top. The best part of the pizza was probably the fresh basil they had on there. I can't even begin to explain how hard it was to chew the pizza given it's strange, chewy texture. I should have taken a cross-section of the pizza - it was literally as thin, or thinner, than a flour tortilla. Maybe a half-cooked, 3 week old tortilla.
Save your money and eat at some other expensive airport restaurant. And skip the $5 SmartWater.
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