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 ...

Classic Chinese American dishes at the newly remodeled Panda Inn in Pasadena include mapo tofu, top left, lion's head meatballs, the famous orange chicken and crispy beef. (Shelby Moore / For The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first Panda Inn, the restaurant that eventually spawned an orange-chicken-fueled fast food empire, is still in operation in Pasadena, about two blocks from the Sierra Madre Villa Station. Last ...