Foie Gras Burgers, Fizz Add Fun at Opera Tavern: London Dining

Opera Tavern occupies a former pub in Covent Garden, an area of London where you are more likely to encounter tourist joints than the kind of restaurant to which you ever would return. Hail the Opera Tavern.

There are exceptions. Rules is ideal for classic British food and L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon serves superb French dishes to diners with fat wallets. Clos Maggiore takes care of Provence and Tuscany and the Ivy coddles celebrities. Actually, the Ivy is good and you no longer need wait months for a table.