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| - I'm sad for Panera. When I went to college in the late 90's Panera was the place to be. It was cool, clean, had free WIFI and had great food. I wrote many-a-essays on Panera and their success, great food and top-of-the-line service. I can say with confidence and honest sadness, Panera is no longer what it use to be and there are too many other great options out there. I have visited Panera for the last time. At The District, the booths are so old you plop down and truly almost injure your tailbone because the pads in the seat (specifically the 2nd booth from the bathroom area, but they are all probably the same as they are worn, torn and ugly) are virtually gone. The booths are so worn out, so old, so lacking padding, so hard, so broken. The bakery cabinet was 2/3 empty when I visited and the young many assisting me said they only fill it once a day, in the morning. So nice, these pastries have been there all day, want one? This location is also inundated with tweens. There must have been thirty 12 year olds with skateboards all over the District and inside Panera. They were yelling, cussing, skateboarding - I mean come on I'm not a "get off my lawn" type of person but where are their parents? Where is security? Is this beautiful Green Valley Shopping District turning into a playground for the local middle school? I was very disappointed with Panera and the District on this visit. I don't have any reason to ever go back.
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