Exhibit 21 SUBSIDIARIES Name Percentage (Voting Power) Owned - ---- ------------------------------- ABP Midwest Manufacturing Co., Inc. 100% Au Bon Pain Corporation* 100% Au Bon Pain Fairlane Corporation* 100% Au Bon Pain Foundation, Inc. 100% Au Bon Pain Properties, Inc.* 100% Pain Francais, Inc. 75% Saint Louis Bread Company, Inc. 100% ABP Equipment Company 100% ABP Holdings, Inc. 100% The Joint Ventures Organized and Operated 51-90% Pursuant to the ABP/LI Associates Joint Varied Ownership Venture Agreement * Inactive