[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 the Glendale Galleria to open a quick serve version of the Panda Inn inside the mall.

[7] This new concept was called the Panda Express and it opened inside the Galleria in October 1983.

[6] The first Panda Inn in Orange County, the sixth in the chain, opened in La Palma in 1990.

[8] A Panda Inn in San Diego opened at Horton Plaza in 1985[3] but closed in January 2017.