Exploring New Dining Options with the Mom

Here's the plan:

Once a month I'll be treating my Mom...and myself...to breakfast, lunch, or dinner at a local restaurant we've never been to before.

Today's destination was: Panera Bread on West Innes Street here in Salisbury.

Located right next to Cook Out in a really big and hard to miss building...they've been open for quite a while, but we just haven't been to visit yet.  Discovering they had a Drive-thru made the trip much easier.  I opted for the Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad and an Iced Chai Tea Latte.

Grilled Chicken Ceasar Salad

My salad was really good.  I particularly liked the fact that it did NOT come with tomatoes, since I can't handle the acid in them.  Just the right amount of dressing, croutons, grilled chicken, lettuce, asiago-parmesan cheese and a piece of bread on the side.

We also indulged in the "baker's dozen" bagels and 2 containers of creme cheese.  They were out of the Asiago Cheese ones (which are my favorite)  and opted for Cinnamon Crunch, Blueberry, and French Toast.  I wasn't sure about the French Toast, but it's actually quite good.  Our creme cheese choices were plain and wild blueberry. 

We won't be ordering from them often...it is a lot more bread than I usually eat...but I'm glad we went here first to see what they have to offer. 

Mom had:
Napa Almond Chicken Salad Sandwich with All-natural, antibiotic-free chicken, diced celery, seedless grapes, almonds and special dressing, lettuce and tomotoes on a freshly baked Sesame Semolina Bread. It came with a small bag of chips too.  She gave it high praise, but said the bread was a little hard.  To drink, she got a large Iced Green Tea.  She really like the Green Tea and said she'll be going back just for that.


Conclusion:

I love the fact that they have a drive-thru.
The food is really good.
The prices are fair.
I will recommend them to anyone who asks...although I'm sure everyone has been to visit since they've opened.