Fogo de Chao with toddler

[Anonymous]

Take the kid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's big and loud and touristy - it's totally toddler friendly. Plus the salad bar is perfect for a toddler meal. I'm sorry I didn't think of this. Go early of course, but I say go for it. Kids have to learn how to eat in public at some point in their lives - might as well be a lifelong skill.

I'm not someone who finds taking a child under 3 out do dinner anywhere fun. This statement is hilarious. We expect good table manners at home. It has easily transferred to restaurants, without needing an actual restaurant to teach kids to stay in their seats and behave.

Do you all only teach manners in restaurants, while being at home is a free for all? Eating at a table is eating at a table. The surroundings are of no concern.

What an idiotic statement. Do you think reading a book in your study's armchair is precisely as difficult as reading a book at a rock concert? Children need to learn to deal with their surroundings. Pretending context doesn't matter is silly.

Your comment seems even more out-of-place since you're clearly criticizing someone who more-or-less agrees with you, and you've just found some silly way to sound even haughtier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's big and loud and touristy - it's totally toddler friendly. Plus the salad bar is perfect for a toddler meal. I'm sorry I didn't think of this. Go early of course, but I say go for it. Kids have to learn how to eat in public at some point in their lives - might as well be a lifelong skill.

I'm not someone who finds taking a child under 3 out do dinner anywhere fun. This statement is hilarious. We expect good table manners at home. It has easily transferred to restaurants, without needing an actual restaurant to teach kids to stay in their seats and behave.

Do you all only teach manners in restaurants, while being at home is a free for all? Eating at a table is eating at a table. The surroundings are of no concern.

What an idiotic statement. Do you think reading a book in your study's armchair is precisely as difficult as reading a book at a rock concert? Children need to learn to deal with their surroundings. Pretending context doesn't matter is silly.

Your comment seems even more out-of-place since you're clearly criticizing someone who more-or-less agrees with you, and you've just found some silly way to sound even haughtier.

Stop projecting.

In my experience, even though we did not take our kids out to restaurants prior to age of 3, the still could manage to eat at a restaurant, stay in their seats, not scream, use their napkin and hold their utensils properly. They did not need a restaurant at 15 months to teach them that.

I don't care if someone wants to take their toddler to Ruth Chris's on NYE, does not bother me. I just never found it pleasant to dine out until the kids were old enough to want to sit still for an hour, which is not a behavior issue, but a maturity thing.

[Anonymous]

I don't think the term "projecting" means what you think it means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I seriously don't get who would be offended by a little kid at Fogo de Chao. Has anyone ever thought "I want an elegant and serene dining place. Perhaps a restaurant where I use stop sign flash cards to indicate when I desire for costumed characters to slice my all-you-can-eat meat roast with a sword." Do these people also get upset when there are children at renaissance fairs?

Thanks, PP. This is gold.

OP, I've taken my kids to the one in DC. We started going when my oldest was only about 6 months. We've been about 10 times since, and she's 6 now. There are high chairs, the servers are very friendly, and there's a changing table. Slight negative: the changing table in the DC location is in the upstairs bathroom's handicapped stall. So it's a small hike, but no big deal. The ice cream sundae they always offer my kid more than makes up for it.

To the "hell no" PP: kids exist, and they go to restaurants. Get over it. As others have already pointed out, Fogo has very kid-friendly policies listed right on their website.

Have fun, OP! Go hungry. There's a TON of awesome things to choose from!

OP here. More like this, please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I seriously don't get who would be offended by a little kid at Fogo de Chao. Has anyone ever thought "I want an elegant and serene dining place. Perhaps a restaurant where I use stop sign flash cards to indicate when I desire for costumed characters to slice my all-you-can-eat meat roast with a sword." Do these people also get upset when there are children at renaissance fairs?

Thanks, PP. This is gold.

OP, I've taken my kids to the one in DC. We started going when my oldest was only about 6 months. We've been about 10 times since, and she's 6 now. There are high chairs, the servers are very friendly, and there's a changing table. Slight negative: the changing table in the DC location is in the upstairs bathroom's handicapped stall. So it's a small hike, but no big deal. The ice cream sundae they always offer my kid more than makes up for it.

To the "hell no" PP: kids exist, and they go to restaurants. Get over it. As others have already pointed out, Fogo has very kid-friendly policies listed right on their website.

Have fun, OP! Go hungry. There's a TON of awesome things to choose from!

OP here. More like this, please.

I'm glad you finally got the answer that you wanted. I see you're one of those posters.

[Anonymous]

Is this restaurant the same thing as Chima?

[Anonymous]

We live downtown and eat out 3-4 x a week. We've eaten at Fogo a few times, very kid friendly and the staff is great. My child as been going there since she was an infant and now is 5. They know her, as do most local places.

Try to get a seat away from the salad bar as all the people coming and going can be somewhat distracting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's big and loud and touristy - it's totally toddler friendly. Plus the salad bar is perfect for a toddler meal. I'm sorry I didn't think of this. Go early of course, but I say go for it. Kids have to learn how to eat in public at some point in their lives - might as well be a lifelong skill.

I'm not someone who finds taking a child under 3 out do dinner anywhere fun. This statement is hilarious. We expect good table manners at home. It has easily transferred to restaurants, without needing an actual restaurant to teach kids to stay in their seats and behave.

Do you all only teach manners in restaurants, while being at home is a free for all? Eating at a table is eating at a table. The surroundings are of no concern.

What an idiotic statement. Do you think reading a book in your study's armchair is precisely as difficult as reading a book at a rock concert? Children need to learn to deal with their surroundings. Pretending context doesn't matter is silly.

Your comment seems even more out-of-place since you're clearly criticizing someone who more-or-less agrees with you, and you've just found some silly way to sound even haughtier.

Stop projecting.

In my experience, even though we did not take our kids out to restaurants prior to age of 3, the still could manage to eat at a restaurant, stay in their seats, not scream, use their napkin and hold their utensils properly. They did not need a restaurant at 15 months to teach them that.

I don't care if someone wants to take their toddler to Ruth Chris's on NYE, does not bother me. I just never found it pleasant to dine out until the kids were old enough to want to sit still for an hour, which is not a behavior issue, but a maturity thing.

Genuinely curious NP here - you didnt take your kids to any restaurants before age 3? And you have more than one kid so that means this lasted five years or more? Does this include more casual eateries or are we just talking white table cloth type of places? We eat out at least 2-3 times a week with the kids, ranging from a diner or casual counter service place (like a kebob shop or taqueria) to family style restaurants to nicer places like fogo de chao. Are you saying you didnt even eat at like a Silver Diner or a TGIFridays for 5+ years? Or do you just mean nice restaurants?

[Anonymous]

Hey op! I just had DC #2 and DC #1 is in daycare to hold his spot( hes 2 years old) while Im at home on maternity leave with the baby.

I thought it would be nice to surprise DH 3 weeks ago by showing up during lunch and taking him to fogo. He was thrilled!

We had a great time and the newborn slept all the way through lunch.

At the next table over from us there was a family with an infant ( maybe 6 mos) and a toddler ( maybe 2 years). The toddler was sitting in a highchair enjoying himself and the infant was cooing away.

The wait staff was polite to both of our families and the other patrons were doting over our two tables and the newborn, infant and toddler.

Go and have fun. Its loud and no one will mind that your toddler is there! Especially during lunch when the restaurant is not filled to capacity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live downtown and eat out 3-4 x a week. We've eaten at Fogo a few times, very kid friendly and the staff is great. My child as been going there since she was an infant and now is 5. They know her, as do most local places.

Try to get a seat away from the salad bar as all the people coming and going can be somewhat distracting.

Do you have other suggestions that are also kid friendly downtown? We typically do Matchbox, Nandos, Carmines or Hill Country, but I'd love to hear where else you have found "appropriate" to take your kids?

[Anonymous]

You idiot -you would take a toddler to a restaurant that offers the child nothing in the way of food or fun just so you can destroy everyone else's experience in the restaurant. You my friend are the reason I don't go to any chain restaurants.
If I wanted to see your drooling, loud, crying obnoxious child I would go to McDonalds. You are the kind of person that enjoys ruining other patrons dining so you can make a point that you take your kid everywhere you go. You are an A hole!

[Anonymous]

it's hardly a high-end restaurant. a toddler is fine -- i imagine you're going early?

[Anonymous]

We took an infant there once and it was so bad we laugh about it now.

Now that infant is 5 and good at restaurants. He's interested in new foods, so we will absolutely be taking him with us to an early diner there...especially sine we know he's free!!

[Anonymous]

DH and I used to take our older daughter to restaurants when she was an infant. She slept the whole time. When she became a toddler, going out to eat became a nightmare. I didn't want to ruin other diners' evenings and I had heartburn from trying to keep her quiet and calm the whole time. Now we have two. The second one wouldn't even sit still as an infant so we just don't go out. It sucks, but it's just not worth it right now. We'll go out later. For now, I will eat without heartburn at home and you eat a pleasant meal out. I'll see you with my well-behaved children in 2-3 years.