Le meilleur moyen de voir Londres à travers les yeux d'un local pendant les JO reste sans doute de fréquenter les pubs. Mais pas n'importe lesquels. Voici un petit guide:
Top 50 Gastropubs Awards: top 10
1. Hand & Flowers, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
2. Harwood Arms, Fulham, London
3. The Star at Harome, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
4. The Anchor & Hope, Waterloo, London
5. Jack In The Green, Rockbeare, Devon
6. The Royal Oak Paley Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire
7. The Hinds Head, Bray, Berkshire
8. The Hardwick, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
9. Pipe & Glass, Beverly, East Yorkshire
10. The Sportsman, Seasalter, Kent
Autre pubs figurant au top 50:
> The Bull and Last, Highgate
> The Canton Arms, Stockwell
> The Garrison, Bermondsey
> The Eagle, Farringdon
> The Mall Tavern, Notting Hill
> Fox and Grapes, Wimbledon Common
> The Avalon, Balham Hill
> The Sands, EndWandsworth
> The White Horse, Parsons Green
> The Thomas Cubitt, Belgravia
L'édition 2012 du guide Michelin Eating Out in Pubs comprend aussi des dizaines d'adresses londoniennes. Les nouveaux venus sont:
> Crabtree (Hammersmith)
> My dining room (Fulham)
> Bobbin (Clapham Common)
> Fox & Grapes (Wimbledon)
> Owl & Pussycat (Spitalfields)
> King's Head (Teddington)
> Grazing Goat (Marylebone)
> Portman (Marylebone)
Lauréats des Great British Pub Awards :
> Old Inn, Holton, Somerset
> The Feathers Inn, Hedley-on-the Hill, Northumberland
> The Saddle Inn, Lea, Lancashire
> The Hare & Hounds, Corsham, Wiltshire
> The Carpenters Arms, Felixkirk, North Yorkshire
> The Five Bells in Colne Engaine, Essex
> The Joshua Bradley, Gee Cross, Cheshire
> Ye Olde Whyte Lyon, Locksbottom, Kent
> The Brickmakers, Norwich, Norfolk
> Ock 'n' Dough, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
> The Globe Inn, Chichester, West Sussex
> Best Cellar - The Hut in Uxbridge, Middlesex
> Old Spot Inn in Dursley, Gloucestershire
> Justin Brown from The Sun Inn, in Dummer, Hampshire
> The Half Moon, Putney, London SW15