The Southern California Enclave, known for the outrageous opulence of its idol rich.

In 1985, retired federal prosecutors Rick Rosenfeld and Larry Flacks chose the world's

most glamorous zip code as the location for their upscale pizza concept.

To hit up their kitchen, they poached Chef Ed LaDue, the star pizza chef from another

Beverly Hills institution, Wolfgang Pucks Spago.

LaDue's flair for innovation included using then unheard of toppings, like jerk chicken

and barbecue sauce, and cooking his creations in a wood burning oven.

The distinctively left-coast personal pies were a hit, and Rosenfeld and Flacks Pizzeria

expanded to two dozen locations by 1992, leading to a series of acquisitions by Pepsi and

multi-highfinated private equity firms which took the concept nationwide.

Chef LaDue died in 2007, but his California style pizza will live on,

and the 200-plus standalone restaurants at airport and mall park kiosks spread across North

America. This week on Doe Boys, C-P-K, California Pizza Kitchen.

Welcome to Doe Boys, the podcast about chain restaurants. I'm Nick Wiger alongside by Co-host.

Back in studio for 2016, Mike Mitchell, the Spoon Man. Hi, Mitch.

That's right. I just want to say, how do how?

To Spoon Nation, also.

What? Okay.

And isn't that special to the monster squad?

And also, Nick, I just want to say to you, oh god damn it.

I'm really excited for whatever this is.

I also just want to say one last thing to you too.

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