Photo of the Day: Testing Out Breakfast at Shelby's New Panera Bread

I just couldn't resist.

On the inaugural day of Panera Bread's first day open in Shelby Township, on 26 Mile Road, east of Van Dyke, I had to stop in and do breakfast.

The new , and is the second location in Shelby Township. The store features a drive-thru window, a 3,800 square foot bakery-cafe, and outdoor seating.

As I sit outside on the store's patio chairs, I watch as excited patrons walk by and decide to enter once they realize the new location is now open for business.

For me, a Monday morning at work doesn't get much sweeter than this: sipping on my hot hazelnut coffee and munching on my steel cut oats with blueberries, cinnamon, granola and pecans.

Who knows, breakfast might turn into lunch if the free wi-fi is nice to me.

Did I mention they are giving away free samples today?

The Sterling Heights Regional Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting at this location Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.