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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Chicago
Pizza & Brewery, Inc.'s Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidated Statement
of Operations found on pages one and two of the Company's Form 10-Q for the
three-month period ended June 30, 2000 and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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