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Remember when Panda Express got a new E.C. locale, and broccoli beef-hungry folks honked up Clairemont Avenue? Apparently nobody learned their lesson with the new Chick-fil-A and Golf Road transformed overnight into an even bigger nightmare than usual. Listen, their chicken is good. But is it really that good? You can debate it in the Eau Claire Foodies Facebook group, whose 27,000-plus members have lots of hot takes. And we get it: Bon Iver and Eau Claire go together like peanut butter and jelly. But For Emma, Forever Ago debuted 16 years ago, and his collab with icon T-Swizzle is kinda old news. —Rebecca Mennecke