Another Broken Egg sets opening for second central Ohio café in former Panera

POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) -- Another Broken Egg, a brunch chain with a Southern-inspired menu, is opening another central Ohio café by the end of the year inside a former Panera Bread.

The Florida-based chain is launching the new location this month at 8823 Owenfield Drive near Lewis Center, taking over the building once home to a Panera that closed several years ago. The spot will mark the brand's second central Ohio location after the first opened at Easton Town Center in 2022, also inside a former Panera.

Another Broken Egg boasts a series of brunch specialties, like cinnamon roll French toast, eggs benedict, biscuits and gravy, omelets and buttermilk pancakes. A selection of sandwiches, salads, beverages like the salted caramel cold brew and a number of sides round out the menu.

The chain is expanding into Lewis Center as First Watch also opened a new restaurant in the area in July. The 4,600-square-foot location is the brand's first new central Ohio eatery since opening a Sawmill location along Dublin Center Drive in late 2022.

Other eateries opening in Lewis Center include a locally owned, fast-casual Mediterranean chain that began welcoming guests this fall. The opening expands the company to five central Ohio eateries, with the other locations in Gahanna, Sunbury, Westerville and Plain City, and a sixth coming to Grandview Heights.

A combo craft brewery and coffee shop opened in Lewis Center in May. The shop is home to a range of brews, a cocktail menu created in collaboration with Watershed Distillery, freshly roasted coffee from One Line Coffee and pastries from Der Dutchman.

A national chain that unveils a lineup of new flavors every week and boasts an award-winning chocolate chip cookie, opened in Lewis Center earlier this summer. The shop marks the brand’s first Ohio location and is joining dozens of storefronts nationwide, including in Nevada, Texas, Indiana, Florida, New Jersey and more.

A shop boasted as the state’s “biggest coffeehouse,” home to beans sourced from Yemen and a brew recipe dating back 500 years, opened in Lewis Center in March. The new location marks the brand’s second central Ohio shop after the first opened last year in Hilliard at 3221 Hilliard Rome Road.