THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED LA Food Show

THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED LA Food Show Restaurant Review:

Larry Flax and Rick Rosenfield opened their first California Pizza Kitchen in 1985. LA Food Show is the prototype for their second potential chain, and the CPK lineage shows at this Manhattan Village Mall eatery. The room is a slightly clubbier version of CPK, with an open kitchen and wide booths. Only the pretty bar lends the space any character. The food here is reliably good but not outstanding---it's Americana with a dash of Asian and Italian, and it fails to make an impression. Still, there’s an interesting variety, the menu populated with dishes as disparate as chicken Marsala and short ribs with buttermilk mashed potatoes. LA Food Show rates above average for a mall location, but neither the cuisine nor the ambience warrants a long journey.