It looks like a London-based chain of sandwich shops has said farewell to Boston.
According to a source, Pret A Manger has closed all of its stores within the city, including in the Financial District (Arch Street, Federal Street, Franklin Street), South Station, Boylston Street in the Back Bay, and Longwood Avenue in the Longwood medical area. Calls placed to all locations seem to confirm this, as all but one have disconnected their phones, and we have now been told by the chain that the Boston locations are closed "permanently," though the message does say that they do hope to return to the city.
We have also been told this afternoon by a source that 30 UK locations of Pret A Manger will be closed as well, according to a BBC article.
Pret a Manger first started out in England in the 1980s, with approximately 90 locations currently found in the United States. The website for its U.S. outlets can be found at https://www.pret.com/en-US
[July 30 update: According to a press release, all Chicago outlets of Pret A Manger except for the one at the University of Chicago have also closed down.]
by Marc Hurwitz (Also follow us on Twitter at @hiddenboston)
[A related post from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): List of Restaurant Closings and Openings in the Boston Area]
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