Can minor children sit at bars in DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Memo to parents: yours is not the Christ Child. Get over yourselves.

Funny, I would say the same thing to people who, although not owning or running the bar in question, believe they have a right to dictate who else occupies a public space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bars and are happy hour are primarily intended for people who wish to drink and in many cases reach a certain point of intoxication. intoxicated adults are not the people I really want to surround my kids so I can't really imagine taking them to hang out in bars. Bar atmospheres can be pretty rough - people drink and go to bars to let loose and what gets said and done in a bar is often not appropriate outside a drinking environment.

At lunch or something might be fine but having your kids sit at bar in late evening - just why? What is the benefit of exposing them to bar culture and inebriated adults at an early age?

Most parents sitting with kids at a bar are not going to the kind of establishments that you are describing. More importantly, they generally aren't going out "late evening" when you are more likely to see the sort of issues you mentioned. Instead they are the folks there late afternoon or early evening, often when places are less crowded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Memo to parents: yours is not the Christ Child. Get over yourselves.

Funny, I would say the same thing to people who, although not owning or running the bar in question, believe they have a right to dictate who else occupies a public space.

Parents with kids at bars = boring bar.

Thanks for ruining the fun.

STAY AWAY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Memo to parents: yours is not the Christ Child. Get over yourselves.

Funny, I would say the same thing to people who, although not owning or running the bar in question, believe they have a right to dictate who else occupies a public space.

Parents with kids at bars = boring bar.

Thanks for ruining the fun.

STAY AWAY

You do seem like a barrel of fun.

Which bars would you particularly me and my ilk to avoid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Memo to parents: yours is not the Christ Child. Get over yourselves.

Funny, I would say the same thing to people who, although not owning or running the bar in question, believe they have a right to dictate who else occupies a public space.

Parents with kids at bars = boring bar.

Thanks for ruining the fun.

STAY AWAY

You do seem like a barrel of fun.

Which bars would you particularly me and my ilk to avoid?

Raise your kids, then come back to the bars. In the meantime, don't be a buzz kill for the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

Trashy for sure.

[Anonymous]

We've done this- but it's always been a bar attached to a good restaurant and we've always ordered dinner for DS (usually quite nice dinner, since he's a bit of a foodie) and a non alcoholic drink (something fancy and a bit costly it's own right).
We've never felt like people wanted us to move or leave-- there's typically a lot of turnover as people eat/drink or wait for a table at the bar- one stool doesn't matter all that much.
I think if it's just cheap appetizers and drinks (like a *real* bar), crowded and two minors are taking seats- I could see it being a little thoughtless (not rude, but inconsiderate and out of place).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Memo to parents: yours is not the Christ Child. Get over yourselves.

Funny, I would say the same thing to people who, although not owning or running the bar in question, believe they have a right to dictate who else occupies a public space.

Parents with kids at bars = boring bar.

Thanks for ruining the fun.

STAY AWAY

You do seem like a barrel of fun.

Which bars would you particularly me and my ilk to avoid?

Raise your kids, then come back to the bars. In the meantime, don't be a buzz kill for the rest of us.

In your honor, we took the family to Copycat Club. The kids loved the dumplings and liked the rest of the food as well. There was a decent crowd, but it wasn't full and we weren't taking seats from anyone else. Also, our tab was at least as much as many other groups because we were all having a full dinner, whereas lots of other folks were just have a drink or two and maybe a snack. The owner and bartenders were all better off financially by having us there. As for the other patrons, we simply went about our business and in no way interfered with anyone else's time. If they viewed that as a buzzkill (and it didn't seem like they did), that would be on them and not us.

[Anonymous]

You’re a COOL mom!

[Anonymous]

My alcoholic grandfather used to take me to the bar with him all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re a COOL mom!

I can assure you that I am not. But, I like good food and I like my kids to eat good. If a bar didn't have that, I would have no interest, at least with the kids.