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...
Two other officers were crippled for life. The plaque does not mention the Sidney Street Siege but it is so closely connected we've added...
This plaque contradicts English Heritage's rules about erecting only one plaque per person, as there is already one for him in E1.
On this site was a social club which operated 1765 - 1871 as Almack's and was then renamed as Willis's Rooms. Wikipedia talks of "a bras...
These almshouses were built c.1847 and badly damaged in WW2 which is when the Society vacated them. They are labelled on the map at Marke...
Odd that the plaque gives the 19th and not the 18th as the date.
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