Anonymous wrote:Haha. When does this place open? Im going to walk right in with my kids and then make a big scene about how my rights are being violated if they refuse me service.

+1

I was thinking the same thing!

Why is there so much hate toward children?
I find the "I have children but don't want to be bothered by yours on my date night" comments sad.
Children are people too! If I want to take my kids, nieces, grand kids etc. out to eat.... Let them eat!

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Anonymous wrote:Haha. When does this place open? Im going to walk right in with my kids and then make a big scene about how my rights are being violated if they refuse me service.

Would you mind specifying which of your rights are being violated? I am curious.

LOL. This reminds me of the smokers who loudly shout that their constitutional right to smoke is violated in airports and public buildings where there are no smoking signs. Newsflash, mommy geniuses: most forms of discrimination (including no kids allowed) are perfectly lawful, as has already been pointed out numerous times on this thread. Good luck bringing your case.

Anonymous wrote:Pp here.
I would be ok with "no kids after 8" or whatever. That's more reasonable.

What's next? Kid-free flights?
It's already hard being a parent, juggling multiple schedules, etc. Let's not make it harder.

God, I hope so!

Signed, mother of 2 small children

P.S. What's wrong with all of you whack-jobs who can't comprehend that the world doesn't revolve around your children?

ThatSmileyFaceGuy wrote:If Im shelling out an extra $20 per hour to leave my kids at home with a babysitter, it would be nice to go out and enjoy a decent meal without being bothered by someone elses kids

+1

Anonymous wrote:In downtown Bethesda, that would mean that there were twenty kid-free restaurants. And that would be fabulous. I nominate Grapeseed.

Love it!

Anonymous wrote:I will weigh in as someone without kids. I don't have a preference one way or another about children at restaurants. But after skimming this thread, I see that many of the patrons would be parents who want a kid-free meal.

I don't have kids, and kids don't usually bother me in a restaurant. But after I skimmed this thread I'm just happy because of some of the PARENTS it's going to keep out. I'm going to support it just for that.

Anonymous wrote:Haha. When does this place open? Im going to walk right in with my kids and then make a big scene about how my rights are being violated if they refuse me service.

I hope you get choke-slammed and tasered for resisting arrest.

If Im shelling out an extra $20 per hour to leave my kids at home with a babysitter, it would be nice to go out and enjoy a decent meal without being bothered by someone elses kids

Several thoughts, and I'm a little late to this discussion.

1) I'm perfectly fine with age limits, but a sounds like this one is extreme. No kids at all? Presumably, that means under 18? We tried to go to Nougatine in NYC, a Jean Georges restaurant, but they have a 3 yr old min age. We have an 18 month. We were fine with the minimum. The main flagship restaurant has a minimum of 10. Notable that J&G steakhouse here in DC does not have any age restrictions.

2) There are a lot of better restaurants that are perfectly fine with kids. Ours have been to Adour, the aforementioned J&G, and Sushi Taro, which brings me to...

3) There are so many other sushi places that allow kids, including Sushi Taro. I don't anticipate this is going to be in the same class of sushi that the dishwasher at Sushi Taro could prepare, so why bother.If you have kids, you can go to Sushi Taro for much better sushi, which brings me to my last point...

4) Makoto is probably the best Japanese restaurant in DC and I don't think they have a no child policy, but the restaurant is set up in a way that does not accommodate kids very well. Customers know that it is NOT a place to bring young children, thus we've not been there since our kids were born, though we were very regular before.

If parents used more common sense when dining with their kids, it wouldn't be a problem.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the need for a petition. Personally, I don't care if they open a kid-free sushi place. If people want to eat in a restaruant without kids, whatever. If they have takeout, I'd get stuff from it from time to time (my son and I like sushi but DH does not, so not a place for a date night for me).
I do however, think it is an asinine business idea to open a restaurant like that in Del Ray, which is notoriously kid-friendly and full of families with young kids. It is equivalent to turning away revenue. But if the place can make it, that's fine.

Thank you for being reasonable. Personally I don't like sushi so wouldn't go to this restaurant either but find it preposterous that people would petition and protest if others want to go.

People are upset on principle bc a restaurant like this does not belong in family friendly Del Ray, regardless if they like Sushi or not. I dont see why this concept is so hard to understand.

Murica is a free country. If you are so concerned you should have put in a bid for the spot.

Can they do this in Bethesda? For once, I'd like to have a close-by date night without other people's kids around. And I have 2 entirely average normal kids who are 4 and 2. Sometimes, I just like my dinners without them.

I absolutely would!

I'd rather see a restaurant go kid-free after 7/730pm though instead. Makes more sense to me.

I'm trying to imagine kids in Makoto. Can't imagine.

Yes I think I would go, but only if the sushi, service, and atmosphere were amazing/worth it.

In downtown Bethesda, that would mean that there were twenty kid-free restaurants. And that would be fabulous. I nominate Grapeseed.

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Anonymous wrote:I would boycott. My kids, ages 3 and 1 and are great at restaurants. I would hate for this niche to become normal.

+1. Mine too.

What now? Do you boycott a new French place for fear the pizza place will turn French? Restaurants make money off of serving families. There will always be plenty of such places. One no kid restaurant isn't going to rock the world.

But, if ten percent of restaurants went no kid would that be so hard to bear?