The Bread Rises: Panera Bread Brings New Dining Option to Downtown Brooklyn
By Mary Frost
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A new Panera Bread bakery and café — bringing freshly baked artisan breads, pastries and a complete café menu to 345 Adams St. in Downtown Brooklyn — opened on Monday and business is already brisk.
On Tuesday morning customers chattered happily over the impressive bread and pastry display (at least one even took pictures with her cell phone) and many seemed surprised to find an extensive breakfast and lunch menu in addition to the well-known baked goods.