On 2015-07-27 9:22 AM, sf wrote:

>
>> True: if they have booster seats or high chairs, you're not talking fine
>> dining.
>
> Yet clueless oldsters seem to think it is from all the complaints I
> see on rfc about children acting normally. I eat at child friendly
> restaurants often enough to observe if out of control behavior happens
> as a general rule vs a rarity. The complainers are just old grouches
> who should either stay home or use their head and choose a different
> style restaurant. The world isn't going to change just for them.
>

The old grouches may be paying good money for a nice meal in a nice
restaurant and don't want it to be disturbed by children. Some of them
have paid babysitters to look after their kids while they have a nice
quiet night out. That is why there are family restaurants and those
which choose not to have high chairs.