At the incoming Panda Express, the lights are on but there's no Orange Chicken

Updated 4/5: June is the new target date for the opening.

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The Panda Express Watch continues on the SW corner of First Avenue and 14th Street. 

The latest development: THE LIGHTS ARE ON...

This comes two weeks after a ladder inside the quick-serve chain's space moved from one spot to another.

We're 16 months into the first report of the PE opening on this corner. 

As previously noted late last summer, there were issues with permits — as in waiting for the city, Con Ed, etc., to approve them. A PE rep told The Village Sun that this outpost wouldn't open until the first quarter of 2023. (One tipster told us that management here was very late in turning in the necessary paperwork for the various licenses, etc.)

Anyway, we're now at the start of the second quarter of 2023. We reached out to PE for an update on the opening status.

In any event, the PE still looks ready for Orange Chicken action ... though this location hasn't appeared on the PE website.  

Panda Express launched in California in 1983 ... with more than 2,000 locations today, including a handful around NYC.  

H/T Steven