Noodles N Company Brings Fast-Casual Global Noodles to OC

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • November 25, 2015
If I had to describe Noodles & Company in three words, they would be “Panera with noodles.” In fact, the Noodles & Company at the Village at Orange—the first and, so far, only OC location of this Denver-based chain—is actually connected to a...
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