St. Louis Bread Co.

"Worst Panera Ive ever experienced. Parking lot has trash everywhere, front door has been broken for at least a month, the seating area needs a deep clean and their inventory taking seems to be off too as this location is consistently out of whats on the menu. This place seems like it’s just running on autopilot- like nobody really cares- sad."

"So I love Bread Co. No matter the location, the food is always top notch. However, I'm writing a review of this location specifically because of recent experiences I've had here. Every time I've come in for lunch over the past two weeks, another customer, an older man, usually wearing a gray beanie and sweatshirt, is always here and ALWAYS stares at me and other female customers. As in, he sits there, not looking at his phone or his coffee, and just stares at women in the seating area. Every time I glance up, he is staring at me. I've been sitting in the seating area for the past few hours finishing a paper I have due, and I have caught him staring at me so many times that I even got recordings of it (not attached to this review for his privacy). Even if I deliberately move to a spot where he cannot see me, he pointedly moves to a spot where he can continue staring. I'm leaving a review about it because when I brought this up to a few friends in casual conversation, EVERY ONE OF THEM KNEW WHO I WAS TALKING ABOUT. This is evidently enough of a problem that an entire group of people experienced it individually, but also when another female customer left at the same time as me this evening, I asked her on the way out the door if she noticed it; she also had noticed and thought it was creepy. I'm not suggesting that this is Panera's fault, but women be warned: don't come to this location if you don't want a man staring at you the entire time you're seated and eating."

"Rapid pick up had 15 people in front of me at 2 in the afternoon. Longer wait than a sit down restaurant. Make sure you go in before placing your order."

"The St Louis bread company is always great. I went to the one in Clayton by the esquire movie theater. I ordered the pick two soup and salad. The soup was hot and delicious and the salad was fresh. They are very polite and it doesn't take long to get your food."

"Ordered the spicy chicken sandwich, squash soup, and cinnamon latte. The food is fine as usual. Love the squash soup and latte. However, the preparation speed was far too slow. I ordered at the kiosk and I had to wait for 25 minutes for my simple sandwich to be prepared…which is not even half the speed for McDonald’s lol"