Panera Bread

Good soups and healthy food. Free wifi.

This place does not follow proper hygiene standards. Ordered garden salad and sandwitches for catering for 8 people. Half the people got food poisoning and gastroenteritis in 24 hrs.

I come for the free Wifi....and the amazing tomato soups.

I am seriously addicted to their tomato soup and bread. There is something about it! The place is usually crowded, but if you find a seat -- it's hard not to also sit there all day... I always go to this place when I am catching up with a friend I haven't spoken to in a while. This is definitely one of those places where you will not get looks for staying long. Just be courteous, okay? :) Probably 7 hours is not a legitimate amount of hours to stay...

I'd like to start off with the fact that food at Panera in general is good, can't knock that down.
However, at this particular location these are the things that want me to stop supporting them completely.
1. Filthy dirty plastic trays they put food on. Those trays are never properly washed and you can clearly see it. Honestly it's just disgusting, especially because they put the panini sandwiches either on a tiny white paper squares which never fit on it and they are either half way or all the way on those dirty trays. It's winter now and there are fruit flies galore in this place.
2. Dirty metal spoons. Seriously, they are just dirty, if I came to someone's house I'd be embarassed to eat with spoons that have grease and some residue all over them like at this location
3. Tables are always dirty too, you can rarely see someone cleaning the tables after people leave
4. Tomatoes in the sandwiches they serve are always yellowish in color, they are not ready to be served at all
I honestly hope someone from corporate office reads this review and puts the location to the level.
Cheers.

This place has a B rating from the health inspectors... You all should be informed..

Violations recorded in the following area (s) and a Notice of Violation issued at the reinspection conducted on 11/20/2012."Critical" violations are displayed in red.

Violation points: 26 Sanitary Violations

1) Food Protection Certificate not held by supervisor of food operations.

2) Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.
3) Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
4) Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist.