| Topic: | Re:Into the arms of Starbucks | |
| Posted by: | Rebecca Singer | |
| Date/Time: | 24/06/08 16:29:00 |
| I'm in my 40s and pub gardens have always been where children played, it's not some new and dramatic happening designed especially to irritate those who would rather not have to encounter kids - when I was a child you weren't allowed into the pub unless you were eating, so you were expected to play in the garden and that's something that has carried on, even with the changes in the law. Bringing this back briefly to Shackology, they offer a child's menu. In my simple reckoning if somewhere offers a child's menu, it is OK to take children there during the day, the early evening, and at the weekend. I personally don't take my child to Trompette or Vacherin or FishHook (though I have seen older, extremely well-behaved children in all of them) because I like an evening out without him, the food isn't directed at him, and I regard those as 'adult' restaurants, but I do take him to anywhere that explicitly caters for children, ie by offering menus aimed at children - Annies, Reef, Shackology, Sams, Ground etc, etc. I do not mind at all if Shackology decides it wants to be an adult-only venue like All Bar One, but while it continues to offer both an adult menu *and* a menu explicitly aimed at children and continues to want to take my money as a parent, I don't think it is unreasonable to expect to take a child there and to also expect some level of service in the way of such items as high chairs etc, etc. Shack was so child-friendly they even supplied crayons and paper for drawing. Believe me, I'm perfectly with you on not wanting children everywhere, Todd, but while any restaurant or bar offers to take my money to feed my child I will continue to expect to be able to go there at any reasonable, child-friendly time of the day. |