Panera And Public Space

Trying to untangle risk aversion, fear, and unfamiliarity

I’ve found that I enjoy sitting in a particular Panera Bread location in Rockville, Maryland. It’s one of the older standalone stores with a lot of seating, and a lot of walls/quasi-rooms, so you can just set up somewhere and be anonymous.

The coffee is cheap and decent (though one of the coffee urns always seems to empty) and the seating is comfier than…