When one door closes, another opens—and patrons of the recently closed Ronkonkoma-located Panera Bread know this all too well.
A Panera Bread—along with a Bojangles—has been proposed and is in the works as part of the next entry in Route 83’s three-year-ongoing Holmesview Common Phase 2.
Reports of the new restaurants offer hope for local onlookers left puzzled when plans for the lot’s Amazon Retail Center curiously never materialized.
Both the Panera Bread and the Bojangles would rest on Horseblock Road just east of Route 83, making for a pair of fresh new additions to the already restaurant-rampant area.
Bojangles filed its property application in August. Panera Bread was officially proposed at the Town of Brookhaven Zoning Board meeting on Wednesday, November 3, at 2 p.m.
If approved, Panera Bread will sit directly across from Taco Bell.
More than a dozen Panera Breads are currently serving customers across Suffolk County, with over a dozen more operating in Nassau as well.
Moreover, the announcement of their latest comes mere days after Panera’s Portion Road, Ronkonkoma base closed up shop for good—ending a 10-year run.
Long Island Business News reported that this Panera, established in October 2015, was owned by Doherty Enterprises, Inc., which operates several Paneras and Applebee’s in the greater area.
Prior to the Farmingville proposal being announced, the most recent Panera Bread to come to Suffolk was the one situated in the Islandia Shopping Center that also brought forth a Chipotle—much to the delight of Hauppauge Motor Parkway regulars.
When a popular chain expands, the line at its closest neighboring affiliate decreases; that’s just food science.
Farmingvillians, next time you’re keen on venturing out of town for your Turkey Bacon Bravo and broccoli cheddar soup fix, think again—soon enough, you need look no further than your own backyard.