Nettie’s House of Spaghetti in Tinton Falls, New Jersey is not a place other people want to play with their children. Sure, there are cozy banquettes and plenty of tables, with plenty of space between them, even if you need to socially distance again.
Nonetheless, children have been welcomed since Nettie’s opened in 2018, but the restaurant announced on social media this week that it would be banning young children from March 8.
“Between the noise levels, the lack of space for high chairs, the crazy messy cleanup and the responsibility of children running around the restaurant, we decided it was time to get the situation under control.
The new policy has resulted in nearly 3,000 complaints ranging from “I love you” and “Stay home kids” to complaints about how “children are part of society” is “awful”. Comments flooded in. family unit. ”
Meanwhile, Nettie’s Yelp page displays a “more active than usual” message that completely discourages users from rating Nettie, but on Google, the rating is almost five stars since last week. Yes, and only one user has a goose eye view of the location. It does not allow children. Eater contacted Nettie’s who have not yet responded.
Banning kids in restaurants seems like cyclical news, but this round is worth noting because many young kids weren’t out in restaurants because of COVID. Back in 2018, Steve Inskeep of NPR’s “Morning Edition” said: turned away When I was told that my family was not welcome at a restaurant in Pittsburgh. The policy does not allow children under the age of 6 to enter the dining room, but it was not announced on social media, as is the policy of many restaurants.
publications like washington post and trend I am writing an etiquette aid for taking children out in public. Eater has its own guide to kid-friendly restaurants in the city.
Greg Baxtrom, chef and owner of Patty Ann’s Family Restaurant, also runs Olmsted and Petit Patate in Prospect Heights and Five Acres in Rockefeller Center, and has several restaurants for children. But families with children and couples wanting a bite and a few drinks. “How do you have something that’s family-friendly but still accommodates 9 p.m. drinkers?” he says.
He says the restaurant named after his mother is the most family-friendly restaurant for him. With an elementary-inspired design, the menu features dips, blooming his onions, adult fish sticks, and root beer his floats to whet your child’s appetite. Also, he just recently bought games for restaurants like Connect 4 and Uno for the kids to use in the space.
Michael King, executive chef at As You Are in Brooklyn’s Ace Hotel and father of two, sympathizes with his parents eating out. “Eating in restaurants with kids sucks,” he says. “Whether it’s your local bagel shop, The Smiths, or you want to take your kids somewhere cool, it doesn’t matter.”
His restaurant offers a kids’ menu of hits such as pasta with butter, grilled cheese, American cheese sliders and chicken fingers. Instead of fries, kids can get apples and carrots. “Just give it to the parent so they don’t have to negotiate with the server or their own child,” he says.
Brunch is the meal the kids attend the most, which may be why they love chocolate chunk cookies and black and white donuts, says King. Regardless of the time of day, the hotel’s kids meals are family-friendly and great value.
“We don’t make money on children’s food,” he says. “But taking kids to dinner is hard work, so we might as well support these brave parents.”
