Can minor children sit at bars in DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a kid is sitting at the bar, then they are taking space away from a paying customer. It's shitty of you, even if not illegal.

I'd get them an overpriced Coke or something.

-- OP

Sorry one overpriced Coke does not equal several over priced cocktails. Please stay away!

[Anonymous]

I have no issues with kids sitting at a bar. If you're angry at that, you are an angry person.

My wife and I do it with our toddler when we eat at the bar and just recently, did it with all 3 kids at Centrolina at City Center. All 3 kids sat at the bar and so did my wife and I. We ordered food and my wife and I ordered drinks. Zero issue.

[Anonymous]

When I was in my 20s, I was seated in the outdoor patio area of a Chicago bar and grille during the daytime and was carded when I ordered a hamburger and a Coke! They claimed I had to be 21 to sit there. The bar was inside the restaurant. It made no sense. I think new hires may sometimes be confused about policies and err on the side of caution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a kid is sitting at the bar, then they are taking space away from a paying customer. It's shitty of you, even if not illegal.

They can still be paying customers by ordering food. I’ve taken kids to numerous restaurants that do happy at the bar only. I’ve also done it myself and there are times I am not drinking. Would you consider me not a paying customer when I am ordering dinner?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a kid is sitting at the bar, then they are taking space away from a paying customer. It's shitty of you, even if not illegal.

They can still be paying customers by ordering food. I’ve taken kids to numerous restaurants that do happy at the bar only. I’ve also done it myself and there are times I am not drinking. Would you consider me not a paying customer when I am ordering dinner?

Why don't you understand that a child sitting at the bar has a chilling effect on other customers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a kid is sitting at the bar, then they are taking space away from a paying customer. It's shitty of you, even if not illegal.

They can still be paying customers by ordering food. I’ve taken kids to numerous restaurants that do happy at the bar only. I’ve also done it myself and there are times I am not drinking. Would you consider me not a paying customer when I am ordering dinner?

Why don't you understand that a child sitting at the bar has a chilling effect on other customers?

Well, that’s different than whether they are, themselves, paying customers, which is what i was responding to.

But, since you ask, that’s ridiculous if you feel that way and it is on you, not my family. It should only have a chilling effect on you if you are planning on getting sloppy drunk, profane, or abusive.

And to be clear, by profane I mean truly inappropriate language to me, other customers or staff. I am not going to try to impose the language police for normal adult language simply because I brought my kids to a bar. If I want to be there, I recognize that I will have to accept language that I generally would prefer my kids not to hear. And if you want to be there, you may have to put up with someone who you apparently would not want to sit next to or near.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a kid is sitting at the bar, then they are taking space away from a paying customer. It's shitty of you, even if not illegal.

I'd get them an overpriced Coke or something.

-- OP

Sorry one overpriced Coke does not equal several over priced cocktails. Please stay away!

Some people order a steak, others order a lobster. Some have many cocktails, others nurse a bud light. As long as the family is ordering a reasonable amount, it doesn’t matter that they may not be the most profitable customers that evening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a kid is sitting at the bar, then they are taking space away from a paying customer. It's shitty of you, even if not illegal.

I'd get them an overpriced Coke or something.

-- OP

Sorry one overpriced Coke does not equal several over priced cocktails. Please stay away!

Some people order a steak, others order a lobster. Some have many cocktails, others nurse a bud light. As long as the family is ordering a reasonable amount, it doesn’t matter that they may not be the most profitable customers that evening.

Whoops, I meant salad, not lobster. But my point was clear. Plenty of adults spend wildly divergent amounts and a server/bartender has no reasonable gripe just because someone ordered somewhat less expensive items.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up doing this. I tried to with my kids and they said we had to sit at a table.

Several family members owned or managed bars. Some worked downstairs in the bar, and lived upstairs. Bar seats were cool because they spun (wee!). However, if we were visiting during a busy time of day, we weren’t allowed at the bar, probably due to the reasons cited above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a kid is sitting at the bar, then they are taking space away from a paying customer. It's shitty of you, even if not illegal.

They can still be paying customers by ordering food. I’ve taken kids to numerous restaurants that do happy at the bar only. I’ve also done it myself and there are times I am not drinking. Would you consider me not a paying customer when I am ordering dinner?

Why don't you understand that a child sitting at the bar has a chilling effect on other customers?

??? I suspect it chill people because they know they might do something inappropriate, in which case they should check themselves anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I was in my 20s, I was seated in the outdoor patio area of a Chicago bar and grille during the daytime and was carded when I ordered a hamburger and a Coke! They claimed I had to be 21 to sit there. The bar was inside the restaurant. It made no sense. I think new hires may sometimes be confused about policies and err on the side of caution.

Bars have their own policies that may be stricter than the law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a kid is sitting at the bar, then they are taking space away from a paying customer. It's shitty of you, even if not illegal.

I'd get them an overpriced Coke or something.

-- OP

Sorry one overpriced Coke does not equal several over priced cocktails. Please stay away!

Some people order a steak, others order a lobster. Some have many cocktails, others nurse a bud light. As long as the family is ordering a reasonable amount, it doesn’t matter that they may not be the most profitable customers that evening.

Whoops, I meant salad, not lobster. But my point was clear. Plenty of adults spend wildly divergent amounts and a server/bartender has no reasonable gripe just because someone ordered somewhat less expensive items.

Ironically, the establishment makes more on the spar than the lobster or steak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a kid is sitting at the bar, then they are taking space away from a paying customer. It's shitty of you, even if not illegal.

I'd get them an overpriced Coke or something.

-- OP

Sorry one overpriced Coke does not equal several over priced cocktails. Please stay away!

Some people order a steak, others order a lobster. Some have many cocktails, others nurse a bud light. As long as the family is ordering a reasonable amount, it doesn’t matter that they may not be the most profitable customers that evening.

Whoops, I meant salad, not lobster. But my point was clear. Plenty of adults spend wildly divergent amounts and a server/bartender has no reasonable gripe just because someone ordered somewhat less expensive items.

Ironically, the establishment makes more on the spar than the lobster or steak.

. SALAD not spar!

[Anonymous]

We sometimes go to District Chophouse before a Caps game to grab something to eat. Their policy has been that children are allowed at a table in the bar area but not at the bar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a kid is sitting at the bar, then they are taking space away from a paying customer. It's shitty of you, even if not illegal.

I'd get them an overpriced Coke or something.

-- OP

Sorry one overpriced Coke does not equal several over priced cocktails. Please stay away!

Some people order a steak, others order a lobster. Some have many cocktails, others nurse a bud light. As long as the family is ordering a reasonable amount, it doesn’t matter that they may not be the most profitable customers that evening.

Whoops, I meant salad, not lobster. But my point was clear. Plenty of adults spend wildly divergent amounts and a server/bartender has no reasonable gripe just because someone ordered somewhat less expensive items.

Ironically, the establishment makes more on the spar than the lobster or steak.

. SALAD not spar!

True, although the server doesn’t. But it is still neither here nor there. Some tabs are bigger, some aren’t. That’s a fact of life whether patrons are adults or kids, at the bar or at a table.