Playground Working On a Standalone Bakery Next Door, Taking Over Former Mexican Bakery Booted Out by Gentrification

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • October 9, 2013
From my sources, I heard that the folks at the Playground were hiring people and expanding. The rumor was that they were taking over the space about to vacated by Moya's Panderia–which had stayed open for over 20 years before being unceremoniously...
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