Beer and Lunch in Prague - avoiding tourist traps

I don't have a specific recommendation since I frankly can't recall the names of the places where I ate-just the tasty dumplings themselves! However, keep in mind that the "old" parts of Prague are really pretty enormousthat includes "old town" itself. In my own experience I just tried wandering off from the main tourist areas even a block or two and seemed to have good luck.

That advice makes sence to me. Did you have any problems with the unavailabilty of english menus ? I am going to take some notes that I can use when reading non-English menus.

I can't stop recommending this place. I was there in 2008, and had dinner there 2 out of the 3 nights we were in Prague. If you take a tram (the 28 I think) to the Jeleni stop, you take the little street down the hill and it's on your right. U Zlaté HruškyPage Top Czech, Eclectic / Int'l Castle Quarter Nový svet 3 Prague, Czech Republic 110 00 Praha 1
www.uzlatehrusky.cz

Disregard my previous post. Upon reading the translation of the webpage, it appears the restaurant has been closed. For health reasons..... :(

In old town, enjoyed a delicious meal at Klub Architektu. Truly memorable beer at Klasterni Pivovar (Montastery Brewery) and there is a restaurant there as well - near the castle.

If you don't mind a short tram ride and Hungarian food, I had both a wonderful meal and a couple of good beers at Paprika, up in Holešovice (it is at 39 Jate?ní street). The owner was really nice (he served us, it's a small place), and judging by the enormous party of Hungarians celebrating a wedding in there, it seemed pretty authentic :)

The place in Prague that we ate that seemed the most "local" to me was Kolkovna, at V Kolkovn? 8. We also liked Klášterní Pivovar, on Strahovské nádvo?í 301, up near the castle. It's also a brewery. We were spending a week after Prague in the countryside, where we would be eating only Czech food (not our favorite cuisine), so most of our other meals in Prague were something other than Czech food. We did enjoy our pizzas at Café Restaurant Metamorphis, in a smaller plaza near Old Town Square. I think that every menu but one (and that was in a tiny town in southern Czech Republic) was also in English and also usually German. I did have a list of local dishes that I wanted to try, in Czech, but the English translations were very helpful. While very touristy, we did enjoy having drinks at the touristy cafes right on Old Town Square. Just be sure to check your bill.