It's been in the rumor mill for a good year now that Panera Bread would be opening a Lafayette location soon. We obviously haven't seen or heard anything in awhile about it. But the location and some more info have been announced!

According to Developing Lafayette:

Panera Bread has a spot picked out and you may never guess where. I hope you don’t like CiCi’s Pizza, because it will be coming down aka Demolished to make way for Lafayette’s very own Panera Bread. The project should start this year with a tentative date of early 2015. We may not see immediate action at the 2622 Johnston St. location just yet. However, maybe towards the 3rd or 4th quarter of this year things may start.

I've only eaten at Panera Bread a couple of times, but I'll tell ya, it was GD delicious! I personally can't wait for this place to make it's mark on Lafayette.

Are you excited about Panera Bread coming to Lafayette?

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