Have you been to Pret A Manger in The USA? What do you make of it?

Terrible and overpriced.

Different selection than in London.

Sandwiches taste different - in the same way that UK chocolate and other foods taste different from American - a combination of different ingredients and slight customization for local tastes.

I've been to ones in London and NYC (I've never seen one in my part of the US.) The concept is the same; the food is somewhat different. I like both of them -- great option for a quick bite or when you're by yourself.

How’s it pronounced?

They're all over the place in downtown DC. Agree it's overpriced for what it is, although I'd go more with "mediocre" than "terrible."

pret, just as it is spelled, a monger with a hard gair rather than a ga sound of a soft g.

A better selection of snacks than most airport convenience venues, but very expensive.

A better selection of snacks than most airport convenience venues, but very expensive.

I didn't care for them in London, but I haven't tried them here in the States. It's just a shoppe that sells very plain sandwiches. I've always presumed it may have originated in Paris. Never understood the attraction other that presumed consistency

You are a stupid piece of shit fucker for even asking this. I hope you get AIDS.

It's terrible. Any local grocer does the same for far less $$.

OP why don’t you just ask if anyone has been to a McDonalds?

You can get a much better sandwich at any market that also makes sandwiches, same in the UK. Hell, you could buy a loaf of bread, mayo and sliced meat for the price of a sandwich ready made in London or NYC. UK loaf bread is so much better than in the US. All the many shaped loafs with oversized slices but they all taste the same. Of course, UK supermarkets are only feeding a population that barely 1/5 that of the US, so that may explain a lot.

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They have only one in L.A. at LAX, and only one at the airport in Vegas and one at the Charlotte, NC airport. All the others are in the north east and Chicagoland. They must be having trouble getting into airports because there are so many other airports they'd do better business in than Charlotte, NC.

It’s the Olive Garden of sandwich shops.

Went to one, once, when I worked in midtown. I wasn’t impressed, and there are better places to spend money on tastier food. Sorry.

Off-topic: whatever happened to Cosi?

Their tuna fish sandwiches are very salty. I’m just crossing the street to my office, not riding the mayflower for two months. No need for all the salt.

It’s convenient but overpriced.

Nothing special.

[quote]pret, just as it is spelled, a monger with a hard gair rather than a ga sound of a soft g.

Ummm, thanks for playing.

See r14

I would pronounce it the French way (like R14.) Maybe it's pronounced differently in the UK?

The English used to like to pronounce French wrongly. Apparently Churchill, who spoke good French, loved making DeGaul angry by pronouncing French words as if they were English.

And as for this shoppe, in NYC , I've liked their soups. Nothing else.

"pruhta-monger", fast, as one word

and pronounce douchebro as "doo-SHEH-broe"

[quote]The English used to like to pronounce French wrongly. Apparently Churchill, who spoke good French, loved making DeGaul angry by pronouncing French words as if they were English.

And you pissed him off by misspelling his name.

In the USA, I don't know.

We have it in Paris.

It is good.

Went to one in Manhattan a few years ago. Meh.

Honestly, you are better off going to McDonalds.

Ugh- they are piping up w everywhere in the northeast US. Bland, little to no filling, processed. But low calories and at train station, so I get it. Better than Au Bon Pain or other US chains.