Glover Park restaurant, help me spread the word!

[Anonymous]

So I feel a bit outraged, as a mom you know how sometimes you just need that one glass of wine! This afternoon my 2 yr old and I met some friends at Townhall for lunch. They were all having a glass of wine, so after my food came and the waiter asked me if I would like anything else I ordered a glass of wine. To my shock and horror, he turned me down and wouldn't serve me because I had a child with me.
Now if I were pounding shots at 11 pm, maybe I can see his concern but to turn me down for a single glass of pinot grigio with my salad I wanted to scream and run out.
Please spread the word this place is not child friendly! Sorry had to rant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I feel a bit outraged, as a mom you know how sometimes you just need that one glass of wine! This afternoon my 2 yr old and I met some friends at Townhall for lunch. They were all having a glass of wine, so after my food came and the waiter asked me if I would like anything else I ordered a glass of wine. To my shock and horror, he turned me down and wouldn't serve me because I had a child with me.
Now if I were pounding shots at 11 pm, maybe I can see his concern but to turn me down for a single glass of pinot grigio with my salad I wanted to scream and run out.
Please spread the word this place is not child friendly! Sorry had to rant.

That is crazy! Did you say anything to the manager? I've never heard of someone not being served a glass of wine when they are with a child. I've taken my 16 mo. daughter out to restaurants, just the two of us, for dinner and I almost always have a glass of wine. No big deal! I hope you contact the manager and complain, if you haven't already.

[Anonymous]

OP here, I am 100% certain it was the manager that gave the word to deny service, I know him well and he has made it clear his restaurant is not for children. Please please please spread the word.

[Anonymous]

Now, I'll start off by saying I'd never take my 2 year old to Townhall because it doesn't seem child friendly at all, but that is above and beyond all points of crazy! I've never heard of anything like that...

[Anonymous]

Meh, Town Hall doesn't want to be Surfside or Kavanaugh's, and they don't want little kids. So what? Where is the crime?

Tell us why you brought your kid in there when it has already been made clear to you that the 'restaurant is not for children.'

[Anonymous]

OP here, it's a restaurant, if I want to have lunch there with my child I can. I went there only because I had friends that wanted to meet for lunch there, no crime in having a child.

[Anonymous]

from their website - note use of word FAMILY. Contact the owner. If the mgr was the owner, letter to the alcohol board or even dc govt that you were denied service.

Town Hall is located in Washington, DC at 2218 Wisconsin Avenue NW in the heart of Glover Park. Our restaurant provides a warm, comfortable neighborhood experience combining the quality and sophistication of American bistro fare with the relaxed atmosphere of a neighborhood tavern. Secluded booths cater to the family looking for bit of well-groomed respite while flat-screen televisions line the bar for the sports minded individual. Weekend nights also attract a fashionable crowd looking to escape the trappings of the established DC nightlife

[Anonymous]

It was the managing partner that made the call to deny my service I am sure. Great idea to contact the alcohol board.

[Anonymous]

The manager's/server's name may be on your receipt! If you want to share it with us.....

[Anonymous]

OP here, I know his name, it's Paul Holder, he is the managing partner.

[Anonymous]

You lost me at "need". Maybe your friends' drinking did not make a good impression on the waiter and he decided to stop serving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, I know his name, it's Paul Holder, he is the managing partner.

What an idiot. He's going down!

[Anonymous]

I once waited tables at a place intended for swanky or hipster adults. The owner was quite clear to us that kids were unwelcome and that we were NOT to be accommodating to families with children. ie, no special foods made, no half plates, no alterations of the spicy fare.

The place had one high chair and candles everywhere. When I had to sub as the hostess, I was to tell any parents to leave their strollers in the coat closet and that there are no high chairs available. The hostess also had to tell children directly -- not their parents -- to keep their hands out of the weird fish bowl-water feature.

Here's the deal though; if we had been boycotted by mommies with toddlers, that would've been fine at the time. Plenty of grown ups, especially of the unmarried/dating sort, filled the tables. Let's be frank, no single, 27-something without kids is going to boycott a good bar-restaurant because the owner is arrogant to little kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:from their website - note use of word FAMILY. Contact the owner. If the mgr was the owner, letter to the alcohol board or even dc govt that you were denied service.

Town Hall is located in Washington, DC at 2218 Wisconsin Avenue NW in the heart of Glover Park. Our restaurant provides a warm, comfortable neighborhood experience combining the quality and sophistication of American bistro fare with the relaxed atmosphere of a neighborhood tavern. Secluded booths cater to the family looking for bit of well-groomed respite while flat-screen televisions line the bar for the sports minded individual. Weekend nights also attract a fashionable crowd looking to escape the trappings of the established DC nightlife

I'd say "a bit of well-groomed respite" and a 2 year old sort of cancel each other out. I doubt the owner will mind that you are spreading the word to other moms not to take their small kids there.

[Anonymous]

Not only would I not take my DC there. After hearing this, I wouldn't go there with my DH or my girlfriends. How rude!