I went in to Panera on a fine fall evening, expecting a nice tomato soup. When I walked up to the counter, I was greeted by the most pleasant, no, extraordinary smile from this short little man. His name? Robert, maybe Richie. I forget. I asked for the largest tomato soup he could give me, and he told me I had wonderful taste, but the Mac and cheese was in season, and my taste buds would be much more satisfied by 3 Mac and cheese bread bowls. Hear me when I say this, my heart fluttered when he took my card from my hand. And when he brought the Mac and cheese with a flush in his cheek and a glimmer in his eye, I tried to make the interaction linger. I quickly took a bite while he was still at the table, and the Mac and Cheese, well, it had a certain panache to it… it was bursting with flavor, a hint of salt, a pleasant tang. It’s as if I had been waiting my entire life to try this delicacy. I can’t wait return once again, and meet the eyes of this very helpful employee and his delightful Mac and cheese.
The food is always good when I go inside. It's clean. There's usually a variety of breads available. Sometimes they forget my butter when I go but definitely recommend it.
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Tristan Ribbens
Oct 12, 2025
Ordered an egg white avocado sandwhich this morning, but apparently they were busy because they forgot the egg entirely.
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Ana Martinez
Sep 20, 2025
Rouse makes me beautiful designs
They told me they didn’t have hot chocolate, which is insane. Why would the cashier then write mocha and say they could give me a mocha latte. If you can’t do one, why would you be able to do the other?? They also didn’t have any multigrain flats for my Avo egg white sandwich, which was disappointing. I get home and there’s no “mocha” in my latte at all, it tasted like a regular latte. Something I could have made AT HOME. What an absolute waste of money, I’d rather the cashier told me that chocolate syrup was completely unavailable so I could have ordered something else. It doesn’t even taste like a latte, it’s just watered down milk in a cup. Disgusting, don’t go here if you want what you order to be done properly.