Panera Bread

This is a standard Panera establishment with friendly employees and good food.  My only complaint is that there always seems to be a hard time to find a place to sit, harder than other Panera locations.  I'm not sure if this is because there are more customers here or if it is a smaller space.  It shouldn't stop anyone from going here and getting a good meal.

I am here about once a week for my business meeting. They allow us, and everyone else for that matter, to stay for hours. I like the sammiches and salads and they have decent coffee.
The best part are the employees, starting with the managers ( one of them is expecting and she is the most helpful). They have gone out of their way for my requests and have never batted an eye.
Only issue, I wish they had more seating.

I am very fond of this Panera, as they let me host my 40th Ward phone banks here - they let any group meet here, actually, and they have free-wifi as well as some outlets scattered around.  You don't even need to make an appointment!  Lots of free parking in the lot.

I like the food at Panera, I find it fresh and tasty for chain food.  Today I had the garden vegetable soup which was hot and tasty, and came with some yummy bread.  Mango smoothie was thick, yummy, and pretty low-cal.

I'm sort of glad I'll be here once a week for phone banks, because it's an excuse to eat more tasty Panera food.  It's nice and cool in there from the A/C, so it's always a good time for soup!  Some people come here to study and others come to chat, so the noise level varies - it's definitely not quiet, but it'll do!  Oh and they have a fireplace in the middle - haven't seen it lit (duh, since it's July), but I bet that'll be a nice touch come fall!