Shane Curcuru gets coffee at the Kendall Square Au Bon Pain, promptly remembers why he stopped going there, including:

... ABP cups have a far higher failure rate than other local shops - more often than not while driving or walking to work, I get a steady stream of drips down the seam side of the cup, from right under the edge of the lid. Either the seams are too uneven, or the plastic lids are too inflexible. It's disappointing, and today I forgot to wrap a napkin around the edge of the cup, and so got dripped today. ...

Mike Mennonno reports he was in his local Au Bon Pain the other day when:

A woman on the other side of middle age in a prairie dress who looked as if she'd just escaped from a polygamist sect burst in clutching something to her breast.

It turned out to be a pigeon. The woman was a bird-whisperer, apparently. I'm not sure what brought her into the restaurant, but soon the manager showed up to ask her to please take the bird back outside. The woman clutching the pigeon looked pained, and implored the manager to lower her voice. So as not to offend the bird, I guess. The manager explained it was nothing personal against the bird, it's just a violation of the health code.

The Bird Whisperer huffed out all offended. ...

Spotted a couple days ago in Harvard Square.