The invention of orange chicken is an all-American origin story. Nostalgic but modern, Panda Inn is one of the most ambitious reopenings in the San Gabriel Valley in the last decade. Is the orange ...

The Panda Inn in Pasadena, the restaurant that preceded the quick service chain Panda Express, reopened Friday, Nov. 15 after a nearly two-year overhaul. The full service restaurant, at 3488 E ...

Rebecca Roland is an editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, who covers the evolving landscape of LA’s food scene. After quietly closing in 2023 to refresh its interior and menu for the ...

Eatery: The original Panda Inn reopened in Pasadena after nearly two years of renovations. Courtesy of Dylan James Ho) Earlier this month, the original Panda Inn reopened in Pasadena after nearly two ...

The Panda Inn in Pasadena is fully booked for the weekend after reopening Friday, Nov. 16. It is the flagship restaurant of the Panda Restaurant Group, the Rosemead-based company behind four ...

Panda Express is one of the most famous fast-casual Chinese restaurant chains in America, with scores of devoted fans, evidenced but its 2500 worldwide restaurants at the end of 2024. Expansion isn't ...

Every year Panda Express sells more than $2 billion dollars worth of broccoli beef and orange chicken. The vast restaurant empire stretches out to some 1,800 restaurants around the world and employs ...

Here’s the backstory: Panda Inn Pasadena has been standing since the mid 1970s, when it was opened by owners Andrew and Peggy Cherng. They would eventually go on to open a second Panda Inn in Glendale ...

PASADENA >> The first Panda Inn, opened in 1973 in Pasadena, is getting remodeled and expanded as part of a proposal to build 258 apartments on the property. Though Pasadena’s planning department ...