A sign at the Panera Bread at 1380 16th St. notes the location has closed. (Thomas Gounley/BusinessDen)
Panera Bread has closed its sole location in downtown Denver after 10 years.
The St. Louis-based chain’s store at the corner of Market Street and the 16th Street Mall was closed as of Thursday morning.
“We’ll miss serving you from this bakery cafe,” notices posted on the doors read.
The company didn’t respond when asked the reason for the closure.
Restaurants and retailers along the 16th Street Mall have been struggling amidst renovations to the pedestrian and transit corridor. But Panera had made it through that — its block was one of the first to reopen.
The store sits at the base of the 10-story 16M building, which features both office space on floors two through six and apartments on the four floors above that. Panera moved in once the building was completed in 2014.
Other restaurant tenants at 16M are Dragonfly Noodle and STK Steakhouse.
Panera has a host of locations in the metro area. The closest to downtown are in Berkeley, Glendale and Central Park.
