I might be in the minority but I'm kind of against policing food outside of the immediate (adulteration) concerns. I think giving the consumer nutritional information is about the extent of what restaurants and grocers should be required to do.
Yep, most European governments have a very different view on this. But I'd also say the countries where there's more free will around it all (US and to a degree the UK) haven't proven that free will works. If you let the market decide on an issue where short term pleasure and long term benefit are fighting each other out, the short term will win 100% of the time.
We don't eat jellied eels. Nobody eats jellied eels in the UK and even when (a century ago) that was a thing, it was a London thing. And like anywhere there's good food and bad food. But there's still 220 Michelin Starred restaurants here and 235 in the US for a much bigger country. Perhaps you need better recommendations. It has changed a lot to be fair. Depending on how long ago they used to live here, they may not be choosing the best options. Steer away from the chain restaurants and go to places recommended by the likes of Michelin (not all are expensive, especially bib gourmande) and the Great Food Guide.
And OMG Newky Brown is a 90s student drink. Oatmeal stout? No, that's for Grandads... Try something like Camden Pale Ale, or Beavertown Brewery "Neck Oil".
