Kid-friendly Restaurants in DC?

[Anonymous]

We're new to DC and looking for a location to meet friends to celebrate DS's 2nd birthday. Because of his age, we're thinking this will be more for the adults and less about kids (other than just being kid friendly). Are there any places in DC (or close-in MD) that are Chuckie Cheese-esque (play area, kids area, etc) that are less crazy? Even possibly serving good food for the adults (bonus points for beer/wine). Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

Find a Joe's Crab Shack

[Anonymous]

Comet Ping Pong.

[Anonymous]

Kiddie happy hour at the Reef.

[Anonymous]

Clyde's in Chevy chase might be good. Lots of space for kids and there's some fun decorations for them to look at.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Clyde's in Chevy chase might be good. Lots of space for kids and there's some fun decorations for them to look at.

Love Clyde's and agree that if you're going to do a nicer restaurant with a toddler it's a good choice. However, it's far from "Chucky Cheese-esque".

[Anonymous]

We live in DC so our kids don't grow up with chunky cheeses and suburban crap. Go to Virginia if you want that

[Anonymous]

U R rude- PP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live in DC so our kids don't grow up with chunky cheeses and suburban crap. Go to Virginia if you want that

I live in Virginia and have never seen a Chuck-e-Cheese, and never had any reason totey to find one. Many of the restaurants here are kid-friendly if you go on the early side. If you are going to have a lot of kids, I suggest one of the many many burger joints. The staff at BGR in Clarendon are always really great to our kids, the tables and walls are colorful and hard to damage, the food is good, and the kids love to watch the fancy Coke machine there.

[Anonymous]

Dogfish Head in Falls Church was always our go to. Great food, GREAT beer and if you go at 5 there is a highchair at every table.

[Anonymous]

While it lacks a kiddie area, Cafe Deluxe (in Bethesda or near the Cathedral) is kid-friendly. We live in chch and I can't really think of a nearby restaurant that has an actual play area.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the suggestions. We were wanting to avoid Chuckie Cheese, but in NorCal (where we just moved from) there were several other restaurants with inside play areas so adults could sit & enjoy dinner/drinks while kids played train table, chalkboard, etc. I guess DC doesn't have much like that?

[Anonymous]

Cheff geoff's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live in DC so our kids don't grow up with chunky cheeses and suburban crap. Go to Virginia if you want that

I realize you're seething with jealousy, pp, but there's not need to be rude.

One of the drawbacks of living in D.C. is that mainline retailers tend to avoid it like the plague. Fortunately that's starting to turn around a little -- Biden was at a Costco yesterday! So, I would imagine that you'll eventually start to attract desirable establishments like CeC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the suggestions. We were wanting to avoid Chuckie Cheese, but in NorCal (where we just moved from) there were several other restaurants with inside play areas so adults could sit & enjoy dinner/drinks while kids played train table, chalkboard, etc. I guess DC doesn't have much like that?

There are/used to be some coffee shops that do that, but I can't think of any restaurants. I was also thinking of Cafe Deluxe (they have paper tablecloths and will give you crayons to draw on them).

Or maybe, one of the tex-mex places with a tortilla maker the kids can watch (and usually get some dough to play with) like Uncle Julios or Guapos.