I have not been to this Panera. I have only been to the one at Polaris a couple of times. I can get a fresh sandwich anywhere. I have only tried two of Paneras. The Chicken Salad was bland and I love an Italian but this just did not do it for me. Is the special sauce mayonaise? I was definitely not impressed. A friend ordered a half sandwich and soup and complained about the small size of the sandwich. In all fairness it is a half sandwich, but his did not speak well to a meal that was over $6.50\r
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I do like the coffees. The ambience was nice but there were several dirty tables and a lot of crumbs and litter on the floor. The counter help, as I remember were pretty nice.\r
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I do like the breads and have ordered them for groups and parties in the past but you better order in advance because the breads are par baked in a commissary somewhere and only finished off here. So if you need several loaves of a particular bread you may need to give more that 2 days notice. I thought this was fresh baked bread? There is actually a nice bakery in Westerville that bakes fresh, one day notice is fine, and they actually open at 2 in the morning. Think it's Schneiders or Snyders.
Pros: Coffees, ambience. The counter staff was friendly.
Cons: The sandwiches just did not stack up. And when did fresh baked begin to mean commissary?
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