Panera Bread

During my 2 weeks stay in State College, this place on North Atherton street became my go to place for a quick lunch or dinner. I prefer their healthy soups and salads. They do have great a great selection of sandwiches and baked goods which I did not try. Ordering is quick using the various terminals and food is prepared fast. There is always enough seating. Of all the items I tried, my favorite was the Turkish chilli bowl. Simple, hearty and delicious. For drinks, I usually prefer their Cafe Latte. What I found really nice is that they don't charge extra if you replace the normal milk with almond milk. A big thumbs up.

This Panera was good, but, had a few issues during our visit. We ordered the Mac n cheese sandwich and the flatbread pizza. The fountain machine was not working and they ran out of the kitchen sink cookie as of the previous night. Besides that, we did receive our order in a timely matter and both meals were great. Could have been a five star it it weren’t for the issues.

I am currently working here and I can say from my first few days here it is an absolutely fantastic place to work. All of the staff are very kind and helpful, when a mistake is made there is no putting down of someone, everyone helps pull the weight evenly, the managers are kind and understanding when situations come to light. Overall Panera is a fantastic place to work, they will change your mind on line work for restaurants quickly. It's amazing to work in a place where people enjoy what they do and the people that they work with. There is always smiles being spread around the building, laughter when things are getting fast paced, and a helping hand when you are feeling like you are falling behind.

Update 2: the manager addressed my concern and made it right. They're improving a lot. Update: I just went for a bagel. Easy right? Guess not. See picture. They skimmed off a shaving of it and called it a day lol. I was polite and waited 10 minutes. Unbelievable. If you don't want to do your job just quit. I don't understand people. Old review: It seems the good employees have stuck around for the most part and some of the people who had poor attitude left. I went in today and they were understaffed but very kind. I hope they get more staff, so many customers.

Staff are always super friendly and helpful. The food is really good, but they are a bit pricey (for my budget). But my issue is with the Iced Coffee. I get my coffee here every morning, but the past few months it has been such a disappointment. More often than not, it's very weak and watered down. Nothing like how it used to be. Otherwise, nice place to eat/study/chat. FYI-- the Panera on S. Allen St, downtown, has the BESSST Iced Coffee!

As you can see unprepared uncooked tiny little bagel same way grilled cheese every time we go there in the beginning thought just me having the problem maybe next time will get better every time you go same problem over and over and yet they still stay very busy they will not have my money next time that’s for sure