Nice article in today's Times about schools having dinners down the pub:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article6874736.ece

“I didn’t like the beef,” he says.
Why not? “Because,” he answers with calm and unassailable logic, “it wasn’t chocolate.” Joseph, you see, is 6.

Pub wins. Kids win. Teachers win.