I worked at Panera for a summer in college. Nothing is really fresh, just FYI.

Yes, your palate is unsophisticated OP. I nearly suffered from a bout of hypertension after consuming a Panera sandwich in Iowa while visiting the in laws. Insanely salty and only people who live in chain wastelands would order from them.

Anonymous wrote:I am a self proclaimed food snob and I do like Panera.

Interesting, I am not a food snob and hate Panera. I'd eat at McDonalds before I would go to Panera.

I don’t go out of my way to eat at Panera, but if I’m on a road-trip and the options are the usual fast food options and Panera, I’m usually picking Panera.

Anonymous wrote:I love the autumn squash soup with pumpkin seeds on top. Delish!

Yes, that’s good stuff. It’s my consolation after the strawberry salad goes off the menu at the end of summer.

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Anonymous wrote:Panera tastes terrible to me. Everything is so salty!

Yes to the high salt.

Anonymous wrote:I just got a buffalo chicken sandwich from Panera for lunch. All I've ever heard is that Panera is over-priced hospital food but I am shocked at how good this is. Crispy chicken, crispy fried pickles and buffalo sauce on a fresh brioche bun. Is my palate that unsophisticated or is there anyone else out there who has tried Panera recently and agrees with me?

Horrible. Teen son and I wonder how it’s still open.

If you like it, I love it for you.

Who cares what DCUM thinks?

If you like it, why do you care what others think? It's okay to you.

I like this whole genre of sandwich lunch places!

We are the ultimate in trashy according to DCUM.

We just took our twins to the new Great Wolf Lodge in Perryville, MD for their birthday. They invited their best friends (another pair of twins 3 days younger) so all four were celebrating their birthdays this week. On the way up, we stopped at Panera for lunch because the kids all wanted it. Two kids had soup (one in a bread bowl), two kids had breakfast souffles. My wife and I had soup & salad pick twos. Good meal all around and everyone was happy. Stopped at a Double T diner on the way home. I think the snobs on DCUM probably disapproved of our entire weekend.

I love Panera! I haven't been in a while though, so I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it's gotten worse. It was always pretty salty, but that didn't bother me that much.

I love the autumn squash soup with pumpkin seeds on top. Delish!

I haven't eaten there in years becasuse I don't eat gluten, but their coffee is so bad. LOL