A popular national restaurant chain that specializes in American Chinese cuisine and boasts more than 40 years of history is poised to open another Sarasota County location.
It took roughly 11 minutes for the Venice Planning Commission to recenlty approve the site plan for a Panda Express planned for Venice Crossing Commercial Center on Laurel Road.
The most significant aspect of the plan is that the restaurant agent, Ohio-based CESCO Inc., asked for 38 parking spaces, which is 33% more than the maximum number of spaces typically earmarked for this type of project…