Pandor Artisan Boulangerie & Cafe Opens In Long Beach

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • August 20, 2013
Pandor, the Newport Beach bakery I reviewed around this time last year and said this: “[Pandor's] Tropézienne and kouign-amann are just some of many eclectic regional French specialties that will inspire the kind of where-have-you-been-all-my-life...
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