Can minor children sit at bars in DC?

[Anonymous]

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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?

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A chilling effect?lol

That's a problem with the other customer, not the child.

[Anonymous]

We are regulars at a place that allows our child to sit at the bar if they can’t seat us at a table (busy place). We try to move to the first available table though.

[Anonymous]

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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.

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I was responding to the argument that less is spent kids “by” kids because they’ll have a coke instead of alcohol. The bar will make more on the Coke than the booze especially during Happy Hour. Yes, the server makes less on salads and Cokes, but that may or may not matter to the house. They and the servers bank on table-turnover and repeat customers who spend and tip well. Families don’t always fit in the second category at a bar (unless dining at a table).

I do think it is a bit odd that OP wants to give kids a feel for the bar scene at the bar (does this mean HH?) — and I practically grew up in them.

[Anonymous]

We were at a bar/restaurant in Chinatown this weekend. My H and I were sitting at the bar. A group was next to us, with kids, waiting for a table, and they ordered drinks from the bartender. There was one seat open and one of the kids was sitting at the seat. The manager came over and told them that unfortunately minors could not actually sit at the bar. The kids were fine standing next to the bar. I imagine the manager wouldn't have said something if there wasn't a specific rule against it, something they could've been penalized for if witnessed by an inspector.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

LOL it's great that YOU have zero issue with it but I assure you your bartender and the other patrons do. but that's ok, the world revolves around you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

LOL it's great that YOU have zero issue with it but I assure you your bartender and the other patrons do. but that's ok, the world revolves around you.

Were there no tables available? The restaurant was packed but there were five open seats right in a row at the bar? Why would ou do this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

LOL it's great that YOU have zero issue with it but I assure you your bartender and the other patrons do. but that's ok, the world revolves around you.

So the world should revolve around the other patrons instead? And if the bartender doesn’t like working at a bar that allows children, he can quit.

[Anonymous]

No bar patron or bartender wants a family with kids at a Happy Hour. That's the last thing any of us wants to see. A couple with a newborn? Tolerable. Beyond that, stay away and give us our adult space please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

LOL it's great that YOU have zero issue with it but I assure you your bartender and the other patrons do. but that's ok, the world revolves around you.

So the world should revolve around the other patrons instead? And if the bartender doesn’t like working at a bar that allows children, he can quit.

The world of bars should revolve around patrons and bartenders, yes. Just go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

LOL it's great that YOU have zero issue with it but I assure you your bartender and the other patrons do. but that's ok, the world revolves around you.

So the world should revolve around the other patrons instead? And if the bartender doesn’t like working at a bar that allows children, he can quit.

The world of bars should revolve around patrons and bartenders, yes. Just go away.

My family are patrons that seems to be what you are missing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

LOL it's great that YOU have zero issue with it but I assure you your bartender and the other patrons do. but that's ok, the world revolves around you.

So the world should revolve around the other patrons instead? And if the bartender doesn’t like working at a bar that allows children, he can quit.

The world of bars should revolve around patrons and bartenders, yes. Just go away.

“Should” according to you. If a place was just a bar, I wouldn’t be there. But if it serves food, then we have every right to be there, if permitted by the establishment. If you don’t like the establishment making that choice, it is you who will have to “just go away.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

LOL it's great that YOU have zero issue with it but I assure you your bartender and the other patrons do. but that's ok, the world revolves around you.

So the world should revolve around the other patrons instead? And if the bartender doesn’t like working at a bar that allows children, he can quit.

The world of bars should revolve around patrons and bartenders, yes. Just go away.

“Should” according to you. If a place was just a bar, I wouldn’t be there. But if it serves food, then we have every right to be there, if permitted by the establishment. If you don’t like the establishment making that choice, it is you who will have to “just go away.”

Just go the Applebee's already

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

LOL it's great that YOU have zero issue with it but I assure you your bartender and the other patrons do. but that's ok, the world revolves around you.

So the world should revolve around the other patrons instead? And if the bartender doesn’t like working at a bar that allows children, he can quit.

The world of bars should revolve around patrons and bartenders, yes. Just go away.

“Should” according to you. If a place was just a bar, I wouldn’t be there. But if it serves food, then we have every right to be there, if permitted by the establishment. If you don’t like the establishment making that choice, it is you who will have to “just go away.”

Just because management permits it doesn't mean they want it. Believe me, they roll their eyes when you come in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

LOL it's great that YOU have zero issue with it but I assure you your bartender and the other patrons do. but that's ok, the world revolves around you.

So the world should revolve around the other patrons instead? And if the bartender doesn’t like working at a bar that allows children, he can quit.

The world of bars should revolve around patrons and bartenders, yes. Just go away.

“Should” according to you. If a place was just a bar, I wouldn’t be there. But if it serves food, then we have every right to be there, if permitted by the establishment. If you don’t like the establishment making that choice, it is you who will have to “just go away.”

Just because management permits it doesn't mean they want it. Believe me, they roll their eyes when you come in.

I don’t believe you because my money is as green as yours. And plenty of places don’t permit it, and I have no issue with that. But places that do recognize that families are often a good source of revenue at times that often aren’t crowded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

LOL it's great that YOU have zero issue with it but I assure you your bartender and the other patrons do. but that's ok, the world revolves around you.

So the world should revolve around the other patrons instead? And if the bartender doesn’t like working at a bar that allows children, he can quit.

The world of bars should revolve around patrons and bartenders, yes. Just go away.

“Should” according to you. If a place was just a bar, I wouldn’t be there. But if it serves food, then we have every right to be there, if permitted by the establishment. If you don’t like the establishment making that choice, it is you who will have to “just go away.”

Just go the Applebee's already

A chain is actually more likely to have a corporate policy forbidding kids at the bar because there are jurisdictions that forbid it and they like uniform policies. But fortunately for you, you will have a new place to welcome you with open, kid free arms.