"Panera Bread 2 with Monica Ruiz and Chris O'Malley" is Episode 282 of Doughboys, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Panera Bread 2 with Monica Ruiz and Chris O'Malley" was released on January 7, 2021.
"Tomorrow... with Monica Ruiz and Chris O'Malley" - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
Monica Ruiz (The Bold and the Beautiful, The Rookie) and Chris O'Malley (Watermans) join the 'boys for a revisit of Panera Bread. Plus, another edition of Can I Take Your Order?
Nick's intro[]
In 1867, in St. Louis, Missouri, William Dench*, the business partner of Eberhard Anheuser, sold his stake in their brewery to Anheuser's son-in-law, Adolphus Busch. And so Anheuser-Busch was born, and two German-Americans collaborated to build the St. Louis original into the dominant American macrobrewery on the backs of its Budweiser brands.
But there's another international institution that was founded in the city famous for its Arch and transatlantic flight: a purveyor of, not liquid, but solid yeast byproduct - a bakery founded in 1987 as St. Louis Bread, though its official corporate history has been oddly retconned to place its founding in Boston.
But true breadheads know what's up!
And in 1993, the prosperous STL baker was purchased by French-American pastry chain, Au Bon Pain, who took the concept national. The new ownership renamed the company the Spanish word for 'bread box' or 'bread basket' and that branding extended to newly-opened outposts, though the Missouri location still retained the Gateway to the West's name. Oddly, the new company sold off its Au Bon Pain holdings in the late '90s to focus on its new Midwest cash cow, though in something of a storybook ending, the companies reconnected and remerged in 2017. This time, one must hope, for good.
And while through a series of mergers, Anheuser-Busch may have grown into the almost indecipherable-sounding multinational conglomerate, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, which manages international brands like Corona, Stella Artois, and Foster's, and is headquartered in the Belgian city of Leuven, the St. Louis Bread Company sticks to its roots by focusing on its sweet and savory baked goods and keeping its corporate offices at home in the Show Me State.
This week on Doughboys, we return to Panera Bread.
[Nick says 'Dench' but Google tells me his name was William O'Dench. -ed.]
Fork rating[]
The first time The Doughboys visited Panera Bread, Nick rated it 2.5 forks, Mitch went with 3.25 forks, and they famously described it as a place to go to give someone bad news.
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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4 forks |
| Mike Mitchell |
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3.9 forks |
| Monica Ruiz |
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4.5 forks |
| Chris O'Malley |
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3.5 forks |
Monica and Chris went to Panera numerous times for the show, and shared their orders.
The Spoonman Bite of the Night Slurp of the Burp Whatever went to the Creamy Tomato Soup.
Can I Take Your Order? 📝[]
KFC
In this segment, Nick presents a restaurant chain, and using its menu, Mitch and guest craft an order under an "array of pre-conditions."
The restaurant for this episode is KFC.
The preconditions this time are:
- a budget limit of $10, which includes tax
- must order vegetarian
| guest / host | order | result |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Mitchell |
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| Monica Ruiz & Chris O'Malley |
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winners! |
Roast Spoonman[]
Blue Velvet, directed by David Lynch
| “ | Red Velvet, directed by David Lunch | ” |
–Josh Pope | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | Nick: 2021! For the podcast, and in my real life, I am going vegetarian. I'm going to see what it's like if 'no meat shall I eat.' Mitch: Fuck you. You're an asshole. |
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–Nick's 2021 announcement | ||
| “ | Nick: I wrote down in my notes as I was eating it: "NOW WE'RE TALKING!" Mitch: You are a freak. |
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–Nick Wiger's notes | ||
| “ | Nick: I lost my baguette in my car!
Mitch: This is insane. |
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–Nick Wiger | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | Hi from Ireland! When you talk Taco Bell with Betsy and Mano it fills me with a longing to try it followed with anxiety that I will order badly. Can you pick a Taco Bell meal for a first-timer complete with exact ordering instructions, including how many packets of sauce, etc. please? | ” |
–Leisha | ||
Taco Bell Order for a First-Timer 🔔[]
| order | vegetarian order |
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Related Episodes[]
| Panera Bread episodes | KFC episodes |
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