Rick Rosenfield, the original co-founder of California Pizza Kitchen, along with his wife Esther, announces the forthcoming opening of ROCA – an elevated fast-casual interpretation of Roman-style street food pizza “al taglio,” which translates to “by-the-cut.” Rick and Esther are joined by Chief Development Officer & Chief Operating Officer Steve Rich, Director of Operations Ohad Yosef, and Executive Pizza Chef Luigi Roditis. Opening Friday, May 28, 2021 as a pop-up experience at The Americana at Brand in Glendale, the restaurant celebrates the Roman origin of its style of pizza (“RO”) with a California-inspired ethos (“CA”), which blends creativity and commitment to premium products and ingredients sourced locally and internationally: think fresh produce from the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market, specialty cheeses, etc.; but what really sets ROCA apart is its artisan dough, perfected down to a science after more than 70 years of research and development
CPK Co-Founder Debuts Roman-Style Pizza Pop-Up in Glendale
ROCA opens soon in the former Tsujita space in Glendale
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A new restaurant is ready to take up residence at the Americana at Brand in Glendale soon. Named ROCA, it’s expected to open Memorial Day weekend with a shortened menu of Roman-style slices and more, all backed by a couple of big names in the LA pizza scene.
The new Roca, which will take over the former Tsujita at the Americana (which closed after a four-year run), comes from California Pizza Kitchen co-founder Rick Rosenfield and his partner/wife Esther Rosenfield. The pair already have a prodigious background in popularizing a particular kind of pizza in LA (and beyond), but for this new place they’ve brought on chef Luigi Roditis of Il Romanista in El Segundo to run the show. Fans of Roman-style slices will remember Il Romanista as the basically the first entrant into that market, way back in 2017, before places like Triple Beam Pizza in Highl
17 chain restaurants we want in the Lehigh Valley
Updated May 03, 2021;
While we are far from lacking a variety of national restaurant and fast-food chain options in the Lehigh Valley, isn’t there always room for more?
Whether you want a quick bite or a casual place to dine and relax, we found 17 dining options we wish would open their doors in the Lehigh Valley.
But if you can’t wait, we also let you know where you can travel to find the nearest location.
The Cheesecake Factory is at 24265 Cedar Road, Lyndhurst, in Legacy Village. Marc Bona, cleveland.comMarc Bona, cleveland.com
The official frozen pizza power rankings
Frozen pizzas, ranked.
Jan. 27, 2021 7 AM PT
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As we maneuver through the beginning of 2021, a.k.a. “2020: Fury Road,” some things have changed (the president) and others have not (the pandemic, lack of will to change out of pajamas). And while I’m certainly hoping for a better year than last year, as with all the speculation about Kim and Kanye divorcing,
But enough small talk: I’ve got hot takes on some cold pizzas. I’m happy to present to you the irrefutable, infallible and 100% correct
Frozen Pizza Power Rankings. I’ve ranked these using two metrics: taste, of course, as well as cook time the upper recommended limit for conventional oven cooking (a better ranking means a shorter cook time). When you’re sitting there hungry, waiting for that first slice to scorch the roof of your mouth, thus ruining all future slices, every minute counts. Here are the pizzas, from best- to worst-tasting: