Comments on: Thank you, Panera

By: BB

BB — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:54:17 +0000

I work at Panera. I like the food and all of the breads we serve. I am not going to lose any weight if I keep eating there. Yummm !!!!!!!

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:20:29 +0000

Hey, jeff i happen to work in Panera down here in orlando and it was cool to hear that u appreciate panera so much. Ive written many a essay sitting in my own booth listening to music. Working there is great experience and it is like a family sometimes. I hope Panera can continue to be a place of not only work, but relaxation and great food!!!!

By: Mark Forman

Mark Forman — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:22:56 +0000

Jeff,
I hate you. You made my mouth water. I could see Panera so clearly, with all the goings on you spoke of . I could even smell the coffee and the scones. The problem is-I have no way of going being several thousands of miles from the nearest one here in Taiwan.

We have Starbucks out the yin-yang, but the bloom is long off of that rose. Will just have to wait until my next trip back to the States. Unfortunately, “knowledge” tells me none in Phoenix. Guess, I’ll have to live vicariously through you a while longer.

By: Scott Smith

Scott Smith — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 18:27:18 +0000

A follow-up… In case Panera is paying attention, their muffins stink because they over-mix the batter. Think Raymond Carver, Panera–Less is more.

By: Mike Orren

Mike Orren — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 17:22:59 +0000

You might tell your new web developer friend that Superlawyers is already taken by an advertorial-pushing publisher.

By: Robert Young

Robert Young — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:17:23 +0000

Jeff,

Next time you’re in Princeton (I live here), give me a shout… java’s on me.

By: Esteban

Esteban — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 01:38:48 +0000

I had a similar challenge a month ago. My 8 year old was at horseback riding camp and I too needed a temp wi-fi office.

But I lfound a McDonalds, my former place of employment some 35 years ago, and spent a day watching the passing parade of humanity and sipping ice coffee. My table even had an outlet next to it and I spoke to three Mexican workers off and on all day about our hopes for a Mexican victory at the World Cup. Not to be.

You see, my upscale hometown has a Panera. Been there. Great cheese rolls. But the people are all ltoo much like me — arrogant, pretentious prissy bastards who all speak in a conspicuously loud voice to their little “shit doens’t stink” kids so everyone else in the room will know they are enlightened parents.

“Yes, Billy, today after swimming camp ends you are starting foreign policy camp at Brookings. And then there is epidemiology camp at Walter Reed. No 5th grader is going to be better prepared for an international pandemic of influenza. ”

I want my Big Mac.

By: Scott Smith

Scott Smith — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 00:51:21 +0000

I have not foriven Panera for removing their cheese danishes (at least in NW Indiana). Although, my blood sugars are a lot lower so maybe I should thank them for making just about the worst muffin on earth.

Richard Russo, the novelist who wrote ‘Empire Falls,’ usually writes in cafes and places like Panera. I don’t know how he does it without headphones, but judging from his work, it works well.

By: ashok

ashok — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 22:48:13 +0000

I’m sure you know this, but Micawber, next to Panera, is a place where one can just spend days transfixed by books. I love their used book section.

And yeah, it is fun to people watch in Panera. Usually, when I was there, I would see parents and grandparents talk about which amazing college their kid was going to.

I’m getting hungry. I love that bread and those soups.