Panera rises among classy Lincoln bakeries
By JJ. Harder
Staff Writer
It's part Garden Cafe, part
street-corner deli, and part
Starbucks. Panera Bread Co. has
come to town. And what more
appropriate place than South
Pointe Pavilion?
Panera is a chain of
bakery/cafes that was founded in
St. Louis and has spread to 26
states. Omaha has two locations,
making it one step ahead of its
kid sister Lincoln.
At first glance, Panera seems
like an expanded Barnes &
Noble coffee bar, but you won’t
find plastic-wrapped sandwich
es in a refrigerated display here.
Freshness is obviously what
Panera has relied upon to
become successful. So Panera’s
bread and butter is its bread and
butter, so to speak. But that’s just
where die menu begins.
There aren’t any extravagant
dishes with words Idee flambe or
Marsala; Panera just serves solid
soups, salads and sandwiches.
But these aren’t the types of
sandwiches you’d get at the
Sandwich Factory or the Sawmill
Deli.
I always feel like I’m getting
ripped off there because I could
make the sandwich myself for a
'third of the cost.
But at Panera, the unique
breads take away that notion.
There are 11 sandwiches, includ
ing everything from Tuscan
Chicken to Peanut Butter & Jelly.
These are big sandwiches, like
Schlotzsky’s, but better-tasting
and more fun.
The Bacon Turkey Bravo is a
perfect example of a sandwich
that could have been boring -
bacon and turkey are not exactly
exciting.
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Gouda cheese and the flavorful
Tomato Basil Bread made it
excellent. Same story with the
Smoked Hath and Cheese. A few
bean sprouts and rye bread made
it out of the ordinary.
Panera offers four soups a
day, including Cream of Chicken
and Wild Rice and Vegetarian
Gumbo. The Potato Cream
Cheese was hearty, but at the
same time not very filling. The
Chicken Chili tasted more like a
liquid burrito than it did chicken
or chili (I still don’t know if that’s
good or bad). Panera also has
five choice salads.
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everything you could ever want
with the words latte or hazelnut
in the name (What’s a Caffe
Borgia?). What really caught my
eye was the smorgasbord of pas
tries Panera displayed behind
glass.
If Willy Wonka ever opened a
bakery, it would probably look
like this. Chocolate cookies,
huge muffins, glowing Danish
pastries, bear claws the size of
your head -1 couldn’t decide, so
I tried a little of everything. It
tasted as good as it looked.
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glass counter of treats is die wall
of bread. Panera has pretty much
every bread you could want - I
hope. Swirl rye, French loaf,
sourdough strip, asiago cheese,
fiesta and many more. The bread
is baked fresh daily at least, and
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