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SAN DIEGO TO LONDON THE EASY WAY
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Worth the heck of a walk from
the tube of the same name or the taxi fare is the elegant Putney
Bridge restaurant on the Embankment in SW 15 London. The
first new restaurant built on the river since 1953, it has an airy,
spacious sunny feel. |
| More intimate, at 85 Picadilly, is Diverso in W1 London(telephone
0171 491 2222, nearest tube Green Street) with regional, honest Italian
food-and the prices posted outside, required of all London restaurants-show
it's not as expensive as it looks. For classic British fare, and we
mean that as a compliment try Green's Restaurant and Oyster Barr in
St. James (020 7930 4566). The waiters love Americans. |
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Something different and simpler? Check out the Crown
pub in Chelsea in SW London on Dovehouse Street, (telephone 0171 352
9505, tube South Kensington). Built in 1860 as a no-nonsense pub for
locals it retains its simple decor. Pub meals usually mean cheap loss-leader
food but the Crown went upscale in Sept. 1998. |
| Another new restaurant with great
food and no pretensions is Satsuma on 56 Wardour Street, (telephone
0171 437 8338, tube Picadilly Circus.) Satsuma, specializing in Japanese
food, is in Soho in London W1 so expect to see evidence around you
of the Bohemian life. Surroundings more American are found in London's
new sports-themed restaurant, Babe Ruth's. It opened in 1996 at 172-176
the Highway, east of Tower Bridge, (telephone 0171 481 81810, nearest
tube Tower Hill.)
If you're at the Tower of London anyway, are anxious for American atmosphere and sports TV-and can handle a mile and a half walk then call the restaurant for directions. Our favorite watering hole in that area is the pub at 57 Wapping Wall (020 7481 1095 pubs.com). Built in the 1520s and originally called the Devil's Tavern, it changed its name recently (in 1777) to the present Prospect of Whitby
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