About Panera Bread
Set at 1121 Emmet Street N (22903), Panera Bread is an artisan bread bakery roughly 1.5 mi from downtown Charlottesville, heading northwest. Its listing also places it among bakery cafés.
Our Charlottesville directory counts 53 bakeries in total — about one per 845 people living in the city. If you want to compare, Hotcakes sits less than 0.1 mi from here.
Opening hours for Panera Bread are not verified in our data. A quick call to (434) 245-6192 before you go saves a wasted trip, especially on holidays.
Listed services include takeout and delivery. The brand runs 1,910 locations we track across the country.
Panera traces its roots to the St. Louis Bread Company, which opened in Kirkwood, Missouri, in 1987; Au Bon Pain acquired it in 1993 and developed it into the Panera Bread concept, and some St. Louis-area cafes still carry the original name. The fast-casual chain is known for its Broccoli Cheddar Soup in a sourdough bread bowl, toasted sandwiches, salads and bakery items like the Cinnamon Crunch Bagel.
