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Au Bon Pain expanding in nation's capital, launches winter LTOs

January 13, 2014

Au Bon Pain announced today the opening of a new café in Washington, D.C. The new location, 801 17th St. N.W., is the 21st Au Bon Pain café to open in Washington, D.C. or the surrounding area. There are more than 310 Au Bon Pain locations in the U.S. and internationally, according to a company press release.

The café, occupying approximately 2,100 square feet of Lafayette Tower at the corner of 17th and H streets, is located in a previously unoccupied space. The grand opening event on Jan. 15 will be marked with a red-ribbon-cutting ceremony plus giveaways to the first 100 customers, as well as a sweepstakes through January for all Washington, D.C.–area Au Bon Pain cafés. Two winners will be selected from each café to receive either one free sandwich or one free coffee per week for a year, said Sue Morelli, CEO.

"Our nation's capital is a dynamic place to live, work, shop and eat. We are delighted to open this new location and serve delicious, healthy and sometimes indulgent food to people throughout the Washington, D.C., area," she said

What's new on the menu

Au Bon Pain's culinary head, Chef Roger Bowles, has developed new craveable, limited-time-only menu specials for winter. The new winter menu specials include a distinctively delicious new hot sandwich plus additional delights, including:

• Oven Hot Country Grilled Cheese, Tomato & Bacon: Cheddar, sliced tomato and applewood smoked bacon on country white bread.
• Tomato Basil Bisque Soup: Savory vegetables and smooth tomato puree, simmered in a creamy vegetable broth with basil, fennel and sweet cream.
• Bacon and Cheddar Scone: Crumbled applewood smoked bacon, cheddar and chives.
• Caramel Pecan Turtle Cupcake: Chocolate cake topped with chocolate frosting, caramel, chocolate chips and chopped pecans.
• Greek Vanilla Yogurt & Banana Honey Parfait: Greek nonfat yogurt over fresh honey-glazed bananas with a side of honey granola.

"Customers throughout Washington, D.C., know and love Au Bon Pain," said Bowles. "We're excited about this new location and providing a restaurant choice to the many people who frequent this area. We look forward to serving this community with favorites they know and love, as well as some inventive new menu items."

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