Panera Bread - Cookeville

You are Panera BREAD and the bakers at this locale are OVER BAKING the baguettes! My family gets food here often because they love the salads and soups. Please, please, please, start taking your baguettes out about 5 minutes earlier they should be GOLDEN not BROWN. It makes them bitter. I have attached photos you see the center part of the split? That is the color the WHOLE thing should be. Now look at the bottom that is CLEARLY burned! Please note this is consistently happening, it’s not a one time thing. I hope you review your comments and address this. Edit Sept 14,2021 please see additional pictures you are still burning the baguettes! Edit Dec 13,2021 added more pictures and I'm please to state that the most recent trip resulted in fantastic baguettes. Thank you Panera for listening. If this remains consistent I will update my star count! Update: 21Feb2021 We ordered food here again and the baguettes were PERFECT even the pieces in the bag given to us with our group soup! Thanks again for fixing it I have adjusted my star rating to 5 stars, keep it up!!!

Just love their tomato soup french baguette. Always fresh, hot don't have to wait forever. So much better than an average burger with cold fries. Always clean. Their turkey club is awesome also.

Fantastic stop for lunch and supper. The flatbread pizza a lot for one person, but it was delicious. The Chipotle Chicken Avocado Melt is one of the best sandwiches I've had, the chips left much to be desired though (consider replacing them). Finish it off with a chocolate croissant and you won't regret it. Prices are little high for semi-fast food, but I'll be back.

The food was excellent during our visit. We had been wanting to try the flatbread pizzas for quite some time and they were delicious as well as the salads that came with them. My only complaint was with the cleanliness of the tables. There were lots of empty tables but only two of them looked clean enough to eat on. All of the other tables had crumbs and obviously needed to be cleaned. There weren't very many people dining in so it was surprising to have to hunt for a clean table. Also the men's restroom sink faucet was out of order so I could not wash my hands and had to resort to hand sanitizer. I know there are many staffing shortages these days, so this is just a small complaint since the food was delicious and the service was also good.

Delicious Flatbread pizza. Staff was great! Mason was a super star customer friendly worker who deserves a praise and raise