What, exactly is a "bakery bun"

[Don Cuevas]

I'm looking at the Applebee's menus on line. Several sandwiches say something like the following:

"Cheddar cheese and crispy Applewood smoked bacon crown our thick ‘n hearty burger on a toasted bakery bun."

What other kind of bun might a restaurant serve? 

[Deleted]

Maybe they just mean that they did not crack open a Pillsbury cylinder of dough and stick it in the restaurant oven.

[Deleted]

Oh, I think this belongs in that "food jargon I hate" thread. It goes hand-in-hand with "artisanal" baking techniques. What the hell is that?

[Don Cuevas]

There are true, artisanal baking techniques, but Marketing has appropriated and misused the term.