suburbia arrives: Panera Bread opens

The Panera Bread sandwich chain opened for business today, March 12, in its new Downtown Brooklyn location at 345 Adams Street, steps from the Brooklyn Marriott.

Two more restaurants are destined to join Panera on Adams Street in what is being deemed a mini “Restaurant Row”: Sugar and Plumm, a combination restaurant, ice cream parlor and chocolate retailer; and American BBQ and Beer Co. Construction on both restaurants, located side by side, began this month.

http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/37088

This is right down the street from the new Shake Shack that opened in late December:

The menu will include some new shakes with a Brooklyn accent such as the Fudge-Etta-Bout-It. It contains chocolate custard drizzled with a special chocolate-cinnamon sauce and chunks of chocolate throughout.

There’s also the Borough Precedent which was inspired by Marty Markowitz. It’s made with vanilla custard, fresh seasonal fruit compote and Brooklyn-made Early Bird granola.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/12/20/shake-shack-opens-first-brooklyn-location-at-fulton-mall/

Don't forget about The Gap, now in the Fulton Mall

http://ny.racked.com/archives/2012/02/27/lines_are_long_at_the_new_fulton_street_gap_outlet.php