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Pret a Manger

Terminal 8•Gate 4•Post-Security
SandwichesCoffee & TeaSalads

Hours

3:30 AM - 10:30 PM

Pret A Manger offers freshly prepared sandwiches, salads, and organic coffee made daily in-shop, delivering wholesome, on-the-go meals with a commitment to natural ingredients and sustainability.

Finding it

Pret a Manger is in Gate 4 in Terminal 8 near Gate 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.

Nearest gates
Gate 4
Level
3

Terminal 8 has 49 places to eat and 50 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 12am.

Hours against the security queue

Pret a Manger opens at 3:30am and closes at 10:30pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical JFK checkpoint queue at 19 minutes around 3am.

Across the week, JFK security runs longest around 8am at a median of 33 minutes, and lightest around 2am at 10 minutes. The queue is typically building before this location opens.

Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's JFK wait-time record, not a live reading.

About this location

This Pret a Manger sits near gate 4 on Terminal 8's level-three row, open 3:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. — thirty minutes later closing than the other Pret a Manger near gate 44 at the same terminal, and well short of Neir's Tavern's midnight cutoff a few doors down. The menu is sandwiches and coffee, a faster counter than the tavern's table service. The 3:30 a.m. start covers the terminal's first departure bank for travelers at the low-numbered gates.

One of 2 Pret a Manger locations at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

What to expect

  • sandwiches
  • coffee

Other options in Terminal 8

All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.

Sources

Official Travel Resources

1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.

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