Talk:P. F. Chang's

I suppose this should be deleted outright from the article, but I'm moving it here to this talk page. --Pixelface 22:20, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

• In the South Park episode "The China Probrem," Cartman and Butters dress up as stereotypical Chinese children and go to P. F. Chang's to try and trick the Chinese people there into telling them when the "invasion" is set to occur. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.131.16.201 (talk) 00:37, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
• In the South Park episode "A Million Little Fibers," Towelie gets fired from his position at this restaurant for being high on the job.
• In the "South Park" episode "More Crap," Stan's dad gets constipated from eating P.F. Changs, and takes the biggest crap in history.
• On the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner, P.F. Chang's is mentioned as one of the reasons for Shatner's weight gain.
• On The O.C., P.F. Chang's is mentioned by the character Summer Roberts to be an idea for a first date, though she doubts that they have one in Chino, California, Ryan's hometown (Season 1, Episode 10).
• On the "Drake and Josh" episode, "The Storm", Gavin asks Mrs. Parker if she wants to go to "B.F. Wang's" with him and split some mushu.

Can I ask why this stuff shouldn't be in the main article? Muzzamo 06:39, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

I doubt that the company would appreciate the article mentioning that a cartoon character took the biggest crap in history after eating there. --Pixelface (talk) 07:53, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't think that it matters what the company thinks. We are not here to please them. Muzzamo (talk) 22:43, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Adding to that the company likes the fact that they have been mentioned on South Park and publicly admit that it's a kind of flattery to them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.168.253.53 (talk) 20:58, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I didn't realize this was the wiki for PF Chang's. ;) heh I say put it back in. There needs to be some mention that PF Chang's has been parodied at some point. --FazzMunkle (talk) 07:29, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

I agree, put it in there. I'd never even heard of this place until a brief South Park reference. 158.143.136.212 (talk) 17:15, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

What do people think of this? Having it in the talk page doesn't make much sense Muzzamo 03:51, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

no one has opposed this so I'm just going to do it Muzzamo 04:35, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

The popular culture stuff doesn't belong in the article because it has no relevance to P.F. Chang's. What I mean by that is you don't need to know anything about South Park to have a comprehensive understanding of what sort of restaurant P.F. Chang's is, how their business is structured, etc. If they decided to sue South Park's creators for the episode about someone getting constipated from eating there, then that would be notable enough to include in the article. Sure, trivia is fun, but we're supposed to be writing an encyclopedia here. Eseymour 23:44, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

I have moved it back to a 'Notable Motifs' section in accordance with Wikipedia:Trivia sections Guidelines where it specifically states:

• This guideline does not suggest removing trivia sections, or moving them to the talk page. If information is otherwise suitable, it is better that it be poorly presented than not presented at all.

Considering this guideline... The matter is not one of whether or not anyone can continue to violate the guidelines and continue blanking the entire section or move it all to the talk page again; it's a matter of going through and making the information more suitable for a better article. Now we need to fact check and integrate it within the content of the article. Cowicide (talk) 00:15, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

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Please edit the first 3 paragraphs to read

P. F. Chang's China Bistro is an American-based, Asian-themed, casual dining restaurant chain founded in 1993 by Paul Fleming and Philip Chiang. The first P.F. Chang’s restaurant opened that same year in Scottsdale, Arizona, which is also the site of the company headquarters. ^[1]. P.F. Chang’s was acquired by Centerbridge Partners in 2012.^[2] The company was sold to TriArtisan Capital Advisors on March 2, 2019.^[3]

The inspiration of the restaurant chain was planted when Chiang, a recent art school graduate, agreed to fill in as chef and owner of The Mandarin in San Francisco during the restaurant’s owner and chef’s extended trip to China. ^[4] That owner was Chiang’s mother, Cecilia Chiang, a James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award-winner credited with introducing traditional Chinese cuisine to America. (citation)^[5]

The chain specializes in American Chinese cuisine, plus other Asian dishes. Employees describe the menu as "Asian flavors." As of 2019, Chang's operated 216 restaurants in the United States ^[6](citation) and more than 100 in international markets under licensee agreements. Countries include Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Turkey, Lebanon, Philippines, South Korea, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom.

The edits add a little more context to the origins of the company and update the number of locations to 2019 numbers.

Thanks,D'Nezzy Smith (talk) 22:48, 24 February 2020 (UTC)