The first Pret a Manger shop and kitchen was opened near here by Julian Metcalfe and Sinclair Beecham on 22nd July 1986.
Passionate about food - Thank you to our loyal staff and customers
SW1, Victoria Street, 93-95
Londonist brought this plaque to our attention. The plaque, which is inside the shop, does not tell the whole story - see our page "first Pret a Manger - shop" for that.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Pret a Manger - first
The brand Pret a Manger actually started in Hampstead but that folded after 1...
Co-founder of Pret a Manger with Julian Metcalfe, who he met at the Polytechn...
Co-founder of Pret a Manger with Sinclair Beecham, who he met at the Polytech...
Lisa O'Brien has pointed out that the plaque-makers got 'assoluta' wrong.
June 2020: This building has been demolished and we anticipate another 'spreadsheet' block. Let's hope the plaques have been retained. 2...
This plaque is at eye level on the front of the pedestal to the left of the entrance, under the Wernher bust. Apologies that we do not y...
Both plaques are actually around the corner in Shakespeare Road.
A bit of a puzzle, this one, but bear with us. We started with the dictionary: ‘Lustrum’ = a ceremonial purification of the entire ancien...
Jonathan Thomas Carr. Founder of Bedford Park, the first garden suburb, in 1875. He lived in the suburb, first at Tower House, since replaced by St Catherine’s Court flats, which he left in 1904 to...
This is a real puzzle. Looks like the palmette in the Euston Road, also in the borough of Camden. They are both outside very interesting ...
A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Library.
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