On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 17:22:09 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

> On Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 5:58:13 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> > I caught a small portion of a radio show about kids in restaurants. One
> > women, who seemed to have some expertise on manners and training kids,
> > suggest that if the place does not have high chairs..... maybe it's a
> > place you should not be taking small children.
>
> So, how can you know a place doesn't supply high chairs

That's what telephones are for - and if they are just walking past:
ask. You can bet money that a lack of bench seating + a lack of high
chairs is a clue to the clueless.

> and what's to stop someone from plopping a kid down on a booth bench?

If they have bench seating, children are obviously welcome - in spite
of what certain posters on rfc would like to dictate. Also style,
ethnicity and noise level make a big difference. A noisy restaurant
is usually more child friendly than a quiet one. As a general rule,
Mexican is more child friendly than French and a restaurant with paper
place mats (or none) and paper napkins in a dispenser on the table is
more child friendly than one with white tablecloths and real napkins.
Old farts who don't want to see children in the room should keep that
in mind and choose their restaurants wisely.

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sf