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Panda Inn

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Restaurant chain

Panda Inn
GenreSit-downChinese restaurants
FoundedPasadena, California (June 8, 1973; 52 years ago (1973-06-08))
Founder
Headquarters
Number of locations
4
Area served
Southern California
Key people
  • Andrew Cherng, Founder and Chairman of the Board
  • Peggy Cherng, Ph.D., Co-Chairman of the Board
  • Tom Davin, Chief Executive Officer
OwnerPanda Restaurant Group
ParentPanda Restaurant Group
Websitewww.pandainn.com

Panda Inn is achain ofsit-downChinese restaurants inCalifornia owned and operated by thePanda Restaurant Group.[1][2][3]

The company's original founding goal was to bring new varieties of Chinese cuisine, such asMandarin cuisine andSichuan cuisine dishes, toSouthern California, which had traditionally favored ChineseCantonese cuisine.[4]

History

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The first Panda Inn was founded by Andrew and Peggy Cherng and Andrew's father, Master Chef Ming-Tsai Cherng,[5] all of whom used to live in theYangzhou region of China'sJiangsu province. Their first location was opened on June 8, 1973, inPasadena,California.[6] A short time after Ming-Tsai died, a second location was opened in 1982 in nearby Glendale.[6]

A few months after the opening of the Glendale location of the Panda Inn in 1982,[7] the Cherngs were invited by the developer of theGlendale Galleria to open a quick serve version of the Panda Inn inside the mall.[7] This new concept was called thePanda Express and it opened inside the Galleria in October 1983.[6]

The first Panda Inn in Orange County, the sixth in the chain, opened inLa Palma in 1990.[8] A Panda Inn in San Diego opened at Horton Plaza in 1985[3] but closed in January 2017.[9]

Andrew Cherng and his wife Peggy Tsiang Cherng are alumni ofBaker University inBaldwin City, Kansas.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^"What's black and white and ready to get fancy? Panda Group facing off with P.F. Chang.(RESTAURANT)(P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc.)(Panda Restaurant Group Inc.)".Los Angeles Business Journal. August 13, 2007. Archived fromthe original on July 17, 2012. RetrievedOctober 10, 2008.
  2. ^Booe, Martin (July 12, 2001)."A Two-Strike Start, but Panda Inn's a Hit; It's not dim sum, it's a buffet, and it's a chain, but this skeptic finds good food and value for the money in La Palma".Los Angeles Times. p. F.44. RetrievedFebruary 1, 2009.
  3. ^abNelson, David (December 12, 1985)."Horton Plaza's Panda Inn: Plum Tree Beef Arrives in San Diego, At Last".Los Angeles Times. p. 6. RetrievedFebruary 1, 2009.
  4. ^"About Panda Inn".Panda Inn. Archived fromthe original on February 6, 2003.
  5. ^"About Panda Express (Inn)". Archived fromthe original on February 4, 2003.
  6. ^abcEng, Dinah (February 5, 2013)."How Panda Express brings Chinese food to the mall".Fortune. RetrievedJune 28, 2015.
  7. ^abNichols, Chris (February 16, 2017)."The First Panda Inn Is Set to Be Demolished After 44 Years Los Angeles Magazine".Los Angeles Magazine. RetrievedMarch 15, 2021.
  8. ^Jacobson, Max (March 23, 1990)."The Equation Is a Little Off in Panda Inn Chain's Formula Chinese Food".Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^Rowe, Peter (January 20, 2017)."Horton Plaza: from remarkable vision to troubled reality".San Diego Union Tribune. RetrievedSeptember 2, 2017.
  10. ^"Cherngs honored for contributions in L.A. area"(PDF).Baker Pride alumni magazine. Kansas:Baker University. Spring 2008. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on July 26, 2011.

Further reading

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  • Jennings, Lisa (August 1, 2005). "Having words with Peggy Tsiang Cherng: chief executive and co-chair, Panda Restaurant Group".Nation's Restaurant News.

External links

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