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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidated Statement of Operations included in
Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc.'s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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