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Posted at 2007-09-06 04:21:48 by kate
Do you ever eat out with your kids? How often? Do you go to real restaurants or kid-friendly restaurants? (And how old are your kids?)
Most importantly: what are your tricks for keeping your kids happily non-screaming in mixed (kid/adult) company?
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Posted at 2007-09-06 12:37:22 by AliceBran
I have only 2 suggestions. Senor Flacos or Pizza Place in Westerly. We only eat out wiht the kids if 1-there's no food in the house or 2-I REALLY need a break from the kitchen-that's about twice a month at most. I bring crayons or markers, small containers of cookies and favorite snacks, some cheese slices and yogurts-which I sneak to the kids if there's a food emergency for my 20 month old. My 3 year old lives on air most of the time. I also bring juice boxes (a treat in our house). Both places are family friendly early in the evening 5-7ish, both have crayons. Children run and scream on a regular basis. Flacos doesn't have juice boxes, but does have child friendly mexican offerings. We usually leave a large mess and a large tip. As for behavior tricks; we have none-we roll the dice every time. Sometimes the kids are excited about the pretty young waitresses and the change of scene, and sometimes it's a horror show and we're wolfing down food and out of there in 45 minutes and the kids ate nothing. I am hopeful that over the years they will enjoy eating out as much as we do. I'm not wild about the food at Flacos (Margaritas is sometimes better-both inconsistent in my book), but they have beer and chips and salsa and I don't have to cook or clean up. The pizza at Pizza Place is very good.
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Posted at 2007-09-06 18:31:31 by megbergen
we take the kids out for breakfast rather than dinner. We find it is easier, less melt downs. We bring markers and coloring books. But with breakfast you get served quicker and they are much more likely to eat breakfast too b/c they are hungier. we go to chicken little right near the seaport. as for dinner.....we do take them out, but I find breakfast is easier.
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