Panera Bread

I needed a place to take a few phone calls on a Friday morning. I expected a large amount of people there and sufficient background noise that would usually prove challenging. However, I was pleasantly surprised when the place was not that. Not because it wasn't good, not because the service wasn't great, but because it's a brand new Panera! Thank you, Panera and crew, for making my Friday morning productive.

Ordered a half salad, oriental sesame, wife ordered the green goddess salad and the son ordered the mac and cheese. Took 5 to 10 minutes to get our order, seemed long for the few people that were there. For the amount of food that we received I thought they charge too much. The salads tasted good, son said that the mac and cheese was good. I was very happy with the hibiscus ginger tea, very tasty! The little slices of bread that came with each meal was ok.

Really good soup and salads!! One of the workers ate lunch with us and talked about his college and major! Invited us to Silver Lake College concerts too!

We decided to give it a try for the first time. The staff was friendly and helpful. Everyone that we spoke with seemed to be happy with their jobs. I'm not fond of standing to order but we had a pleasant booth where we could visit over or food without feeling right on top of others. I had French Onion Soup which was very good. I had a half sandwich, the steak and white cheddar panini. It tasted really strange. I finally figured out it was the horse radish sauce. The meat was kind of tough and the roll was hard to bite also. I guess I'm glad I went but I would not order this sandwich again. Looking at the menu to find the name of this sandwich as I'm writing this review, I see it has pickled onions! I would have been happier with mayo and regular onions. I guess I didn't take enough time to see what I was ordering. You can order online and use screens to order inside, so I guess they may be attracting the younger generation.

This place is brand new. Everything looks great. Parking lot well maintained. Bathrooms were clean. Staff was friendly. Lots of different options for food and bread items. The food here is really good but I always leave still feeling hungry. The prices are a little higher than I’d like to pay. I spent about $13 on just my own meal.