"No kids" restaurant

[emax4]

I remember being told to be quiet at restaurants, but I never had any issues. Actually, the one thing that stands out is going to a local diner, ordering food, and falling asleep before it came. I think my parents ended up wrapping it up and me eating it at home. So, with a sleeping kid, there were no issues

[AlmightyALT]

a sign I saw at the vets office:

"ATTENTION PARENTS: Unruly children will be given a cup of coffee and a free puppy"

My husband actually saw this happen once. Coffee shop in Whitehouse, TX. Kid running around like nuts. So the barista/owner gave him some espresso and a puppy. The momster was NOT HAPPY. The owner shrugged, pointed out the sign, proceeded to number off on his hand what the kids was doing and what she was doing (NOT watching the kid). Momster stormed out with a wailing kid after handing the puppy back. The crowd applauded her exit.

Of course that coffee shop was owned and frequented by the local Rennies..... The owner was Cardinal Richelu (sp?) for a few years!

[Treasure]

I remember when i was about 8 going to one of those Japanese hibachi style restaurants with my parents, 2 brothers (one older, one younger) and a 3rd adult. We were seated with a couple, that were dressed nice (she had on a black sequined cocktail dress, he was in shirt and tie) as we were escorted to the table, my mother leaned over to me, and told me to sit closet to the couple, the other adult then sat next to me, my older brother next to him, and then the younger one next to mom (ostensibly so she could help him), and dad took last seat. I remember the look of "Oh Gods!" on the lady's face, she quickly tried to hide it, and by the end of the meal, I'm sure I had charmed her..... as I recall, it was the only table with 6 open seats together

My mother knew exactly what she was doing - She already knew that I was the most well behaved, and that I at least wouldn't embarrass her, and the boys were sandwiched so that if they got out of hand, there was one readily available to "gibb" them back in line...
My mother took the opportunity to teach us about etiquette and culture...


and yes there were many times (anniversaries, valentines, birthdays, etc) when mom and dad got a babysitter and went out, or sent all 3 of us kids to friends' houses to stay the night.... because they went to places where it was cost-prohibitive to take a family of 5....

but yes it is nice to occasionally be able to go somewhere that dinner for 2 isn't $45+ and enjoy the peace of no children....
Some places have "kids eat free night" ... why can't there be a "Kids free" night(as in No Kids) too?

[sweetj82]

There are some resturants where I wouldnt even think to take my son. To me its common sense. Why the heck would I want my son in a fancy resturant or a bar type place.


I have been told a few times that my son is well behaved.

[SongsOfDragons]

There was a wine bar/small gastropub type place in Newbury, Berkshire, which is where I lived from 1999-2005. It barred everyone under the age of 25, let alone 16 or 18, and rumour was they strictly enforced it too. No-one I know went there, mainly because this part of town was semi-pedestrianised and the one-way system sucked, but also because my generation are only just coming to the age of being able to be a patron (I'm 25 in 20 days ).

[Lace Neil Singer]

Last time I went on holiday, my mum and I went to a childfree hotel. Not full of bitter hateful childfrees at all; in fact, the vast majority of patrons there were parents enjoying a holiday away from their kids. One couple we talked to did this every year; they left their kids with the grandparents and had a week away by themselves; they called it their sanity holiday.

[AnaKhouri]

I love this idea. I work hard every time we go out with Khan to make sure he behaves; if I get out by myself for once I don't want to deal with kids whose parents don't work so hard.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I like the idea of an adult-only restaurant. But, some people seem to disagree (careful: CRAZY!):

http://www.feministe.us/blog/archive...honest-people/

I am confused at the point the author of that blog is trying to make. Is it:

A.) People should be more tolerant of the presence of children in certain settings and social situations, or

B.) There should be no places where children are not welcomed, and people must always accept and embrace their presence in these places?

The first argument is perfectly reasonable. The second isn't reasonable in the least. To argue that is to argue it's a-okay to take young children to the bar, the noisy night club, the sexually and violently-graphic R-rated movie, the expensive restaurant where quiet and decorum are expected of the patrons, and nobody should ask you to leave if the child starts to misbehave.

Which they probably will. They aren't miniature adults. They get overstimulated easily and can't tell when the overstimulation or boredom will end. So they act up.

Either the writer meant to argue the second point, or meant to argue the first but worded it as poorly as it possibly could have been, so it came off as arguing the second.

[Crime Scene Scarf]

I'd love more child-free places around here. I don't hate children, by any stretch. They're fine when they're not talking or screaming or running around, or trying to befriend me or people at my table.

I've had too many meals ruined by kids who shouldn't have been somewhere in the first place. There are places in the world are not child-friendly. Thre are plenty of parents who have hired a babysitter, and spent money to go somewhere fancy, only to have somebody else's kid shrieking through the entire thing.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I remember going to a restaurant and this woman being turfed out cuz her kids were annoying other diners, and one crashed right into a waiter carrying a load of plates. The woman was screaming as loudly as her kids when they told her to leave. XD

[Mr Hero]

I don't like going to restaurants where they allow kids. No one likes them little baby goats.

[Shalom]

I don't like going to restaurants where they allow kids. No one likes them little baby goats.

Oh, I dunno. According to Nero Wolfe, kid is better than lamb in any recipe that calls for it.

(ETA: I remember now he was talking about shish kebab. He then went into a whole rant about how it ought to be pronounced seekh kebab.)

Some occidental jackass had made it shish instead of seekh, and it would serve him right if the only seekh kebab he got was old tough donkey instead of lamb...

[Jay 2K Winger]

Oh, I dunno. According to Nero Wolfe, kid is better than lamb in any recipe that calls for it.

Jonathan Swift agrees with you, I think.


...what?

[Crime Scene Scarf]

I don't like going to restaurants where they allow kids. No one likes them little baby goats.

I'd rather see goats. Goats are cute, and have funny little faces that make me smile.

[dalesys]

I'd rather see goats. Goats are cute, and have funny little faces that make me smile.

Just don't get downwind of daddy. Billygoats can REEK!