Dawson Street area cafés have reacted to the arrival of yet another UK restaurant chain, Pret a Manger, which is set to open this summer in the city centre. ‘Pret’ follows a number of other UK chains such as Wetherspoons and Café Nero that have set up shop in Ireland in recent years.
The new Dawson Street branch is the first of 20 coffee and sandwich shops that the company intends to open in Ireland.
While most local café owners and managers are positive about the unit being occupied after a long period of vacancy, some are concerned about the effect of more and more large chains on Dublin’s identity.
