Bakers Square Restaurant & Pies

This location is hit or miss. Some days the food is okay, others just meh. My concern is the kitchen. My last visit when I was leaving, I walked by the kitchen and from the space I saw it didn't look clean. There was trash on the floor and the counter didnt look clean.

Bakers Square is one of the few chain restaurants that recognized they were going "down the tubes" and actually completely renovated their property(s) along with their menu to completely turn it around.  The Lansing, IL location is a completely different place than it was even a year ago.  What a pleasant change.  The building is very nice inside and even has a ventless fireplace for a bit of visual comfort.  The food was heads and tails above the Bakers Square of old.  I noticed business picked up as well.  The food was very good and the service was good as well.  If you were turned off by this particular restaurant in the past give them another try - they did a lot to earn it.

I'm assuming you are reading this review because:

1. You are contemplating going to this particular Bakers Square and are curious as to what other reviewers have said.

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2. You have already visited this Bakers Square location and are now writhing in pain due to an acute gastric problem from the less-than-stellar food and the questionable sanitation standards they appear to embrace, and are attempting to write a scathing review between frequent bouts of aforementioned gastric distress and pounding shots of Pepto.

I feel your pain. ::urp::

I ended up at Bakers Square for my dad's birthday dinner. Personally, I was hoping for a different venue, but it isn't my birthday so...whatchagonnado? This store is most definitely an older store, and definitely showing its age. I can overlook some wear-and-tear and threadbare spots--it happens. What I cannot overlook is the decades old layer of grime on the tables, chairs, and every other surface I touched. When the table top looks like the sole frying pan in a frat house kitchen--you know you have a *big* problem. I should have skipped dinner. I should have started chugging Pepto before our drinks hit the table. I should have run across the street to Walgreens for some bleach and a scrubber sponge. Instead, I bowed to familial pressure and ordered a veggie burger and crossed my fingers for the best.

I should have stuck to my guns.

Fortunately, the Walgreens *is* across the street for your post-Bakers Square-gastric-emergency needs (don't forget the ginger ale).

My advice? Pick up a pie to go or skip this location entirely. Your stomach with thank you for it.