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| - A really nice bakery café. Our local version of Panera of sorts. I thought this when I first went in as I worked at Panera at the time.
Where are they better than Panera? Well, it's a small local company for one, which I prefer. They have a MUCH larger selection of bakery items than Panera does. They really have something for everybody. This includes a flour less chocolate torte cake, which I REALLY LOVE!. Panera has ZERO flour less offerings.
Where is Panera better than them? Well, Bartam house is REALLY pricey. More so than Panera. They also don't offer, or at least promote if they do, that most of their foods are organic and hormone free like Panera does. Panera still has a rewards program too. Panera also donates all unsold breads and pastries to homeless organizations each day. Everything you see was made fresh over night or during the day. NO baked items are left over from the day before at Panera.
Otherwise, Bartram's people really do try to be warm, friendly, and helpful. A few of the other bakery items I've tried are really good though I do try to avoid flour most of the time. They have an artichoke soup which is really good.
A few of the other foods I've tried were just fine. I've had a couple of sandwich items and breakfast a few times. Good food but nothing extraordinary, at least not that I've discovered so far. So with just OK - good food and not being organic and hormone free I can't see how they justify their prices.
At least, again, it is a small local company. Most Panera's actually are franchises and not corporate owned. However, in our area they are all owned by one big company from OH. Local, kind of, but small, no.
If nothing else at least give it a shot. Try it a few times and decide for yourself. At the very least it is worth a chance.
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