Go Ahead, Bring Your Crying Baby!

Published on Friday, May 15, 2009, by Joyce Slaton / Edit Post

Look for the restaurants of Washington DC to be filled with a large number of sippy cups and highchairs June 13–21, as the city is the home of what’s being billed as the first Kids’ Restaurant Week (subsequent Kids’ Restaurant Weeks follow in Chicago and New York City). Participating restaurants will offer fixed-price menus and seating from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Parents and kids age 12 and over pay $29; kids under 12 pay their age.

Families who venture out will get to try a bunch of snazzy restaurants not typically frequented by the onesie set, such as Juniper, Mie N Yu, Zola. And the special kids’ focus will help parents avoid getting the stink-eye from the types of diners who question their right to be seen in public.

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  • This is a great idea! I don't have kids but I often catch myself rambling about exposing children to different dining scenes and how to expose children to different cultures through food. So I love this idea!

  • Ditto on the thanks, warning-wise. However, I refuse to refrain from giving the "stink-eye" in other restaurants and cities. Until the tots can learn their "outside" manners, please keep them out of my zone.

  • Thanks for the warning.

  • Do the kids eat the same menu as the adults, or is there a separate prix fixe menu for the under-12s? Because my niece can eat way more than $3 worth of "adult" food. She's known the word pate for at least a year, but I don't think she's ever had a chicken nugget/finger/tender.