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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am fine with this. I have a 5 yr old who is actually pretty good in restaurants, but I still wouldn't take her to a fancier restaurant and I actually like when restaurants are very up front about the kind of place they are. A lot of restaurants will go out of their way to advertise that they are family-friendly or want to have kids there, and then you show up and they don't have a kids menu and people are annoyed about your kid.

[b]That said, I'd love if there were more truly family-friendly restaurants in DC [/b]-- we often eat in the suburbs simply because it's easier to find a place where we know kids are truly welcome.

When I fantasize about opening my own restaurant, I imagine we'd do something called "family hour" a few nights a week, where we do an early service (like 5-7) that is geared specifically for families with young kids, with specials for the kids or family friendly shareables and the whole point would be to get lots of families in there for 90 minutes or so, and kids could learn how to behave in a restaurant without the stress of needing to get it exactly right every time because they are kids and they need more chances than that. Also just an opportunity for families to celebrate a birthday or graduation or something at a nicer restaurant but in a family friendly way. I feel like it could be good for the restaurant and great for families -- real community building and a way to create relationships with customers that could last a really long time because I would be so loyal to a restaurant that went out of it's way to become a part of my family's mealtime in that way.[/quote]

We live on the Hill and there are many family friendly restaurants over here. [/quote]

Which Hill restaurants do you consider family friendly? We live near H Street and our go-tos are Union Market and the Roost because the food hall aspect makes it very easy to take kids there. And we love Pupatella (have been fans of their original location for years and thrilled when they came to the Hill). But there are few other places we feel really comfortable taking kids for dinner. Maybe our older kid but not the younger, and definitely not them together because that's a very specific vibe and I don't think it's appropriate to a nicer restaurant. We do take out often for this reason -- just so much easier to enjoy some of our favorite spots when we can do so at home and not worry that the kids are being too messy or loud or won't like the food.

When our kids are tweens/teens, I am sure we will take them out a lot.[/quote]

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