Came for lunch on a Friday.
Okay so I wasn't sure what Atlanta Bread was. I assumed it was either a spin off or a knock off of Panera Bread. While I was waiting on line I Wikipediaed them turns out it's a knock off. Basically in 1993 the creator of AB visited a PB and figured that if he stole basically everything down to the warm earthy decor of PB he would have a successful place. At its peak there was 250 franchised locations across the US in 2014 there are about 50 still standing. So I'm assuming that this Atlanta bread here in champaign has been a successful franchise because it's one of the few survivors.
I had a cheddar broccoli soup and a Caesar salad. Soup was solid, salad was decent. The portion sizes on both were generous.
I liked that after you order they bring the food out to you. I didn't like that they blatantly ripped off Panera bread. I did notice they have pizza on the menu so I guess that's their highlighted difference between Panera bread. So yeah if you like soup salad bread or Panera you will probably like this place.