Hi All,

After years of talking about it my wife and I are finally letting the kids (12 and 13) use their passports in about 8 weeks (London and Paris). Our plan is to stay with friends of friends in Faversham,Kent and commute in for the day(s). We have 3 days in the city and will be doing a lot of the usual touristy stuff (plus hopefully seeing a Chelsea game) in the city center (or centre I guess ). However, I was hoping to be able to avoid the worst of the touristy places to eat (high prices/low quality) and perhaps have some nice "normal" meals. No white tableclothes, but no eating off styrofoam either.

Any suggestions for places we could reach easily and maybe have a nice leisurely meal (lunch or dinner) between museums, tours, plays, etc. We're pretty flexible on types of foods but Italian and good pub food tend to work well with the kids. Any and all tips appreciated and I'll add them to the Google map of London I'm building.

Thanks in advance!

Mike from Chicago