Panera Bread

Saint Joseph, Michigan, United States

Selection of Breads and Pastries

Panera Bread is a bread, soup, sandwich, and pastry chain. They typically offer fairly good value for lunch and dinner. This particular location offered Free Wi-Fi. They internal atmosphere feels like a Starbucks. They offered a selection of organic and healthy choices on their menu. Although not reviewed here, there was also the choice to purchase two of: a salad, a half sandwich, or a half salad for $6. Many of the options (soup/salad/combos) were served with your choice of a mini baguette, an apple, or a bag of chips.

Cost

Around $6 for a sandwich.

Dress

Casual - shorts and a T-shirt is fine.

Items Ordered

Broccoli Cheddar Soup in a Sourdough Bread Bowl

Broccoli Cheddar Soup in a Sourdough Bread Bowl

The most enjoyable way to eat soup is definitely in a bread bowl. Panera Bread makes this easy by providing an excellent sourdough bread bowl. The broccoli cheddar soup itself wasn't very impressive - it tasted like melted cheese whiz with a few bits of broccoli. ...but eating it in a breadbowl made the experience not only worthwhile, but fun!

Greek Salad

Greek Salad

This was a very good greek salad with lots of cheese. There was too much dressing - I would recommend ordering this salad with the dressing on the side. This wasn't a traditional greek salad - the salad was mostly lettuce, and there were no cucumbers. The dressing wasn't quite "Greek" - it was more of a Vinagrette. The salad was similar to East Side Mario's Salad