[Jane52]

I like Panera but NOT in the Veranda location. People come from other states where everything is noisy and rush, rush, rush, and it was a pleasant surprise to come to Lake Sumter Landing and have a quiet, pretty southern hometown restaurant there where one can sit and be served.

The place was peaceful and warm as The Veranda, and now, knowing how Panera is at Spanish Springs, it will be just another Panera where you have to push and shove to crawl between people standing in the long lines, to get to the condiments bar, and people are trying to push and shove thru the people without spilling their drinks and food.

I think it is an obnoxious, loud atmosphere, having all the sights and sounds of an airport bar selling 25 cent shots of booze at 9:00 a.m.