Secrets of the City

I think a McDonalds with a playground would be your only real option.

I would look for a place with a separate room for such events. Better for all involved.

The Hooters at Block E would be lovely for this.

There’s a Pizza Ranch somewhere in the west suburbs. Worth the drive!

I once walked by that Hooters while Sesame Street Live was in town at the Target Center. The Hooters sign said “Welcome Sesame Street fans!” Wish I’d gotten a picture.

Chuck E. Cheese or Dave and Busters.

Forgive us. We’re not really a kid-friendly crowd. That is, most of us do not look for places to eat with kids foremost on our minds. Thus, we may not be too helpful in this particular category…

DeRusha lives north-ish and has kids; maybe he’ll pipe up.

I’m kid-friendly but I would draw the line at involving kids in any kind of adult party setting unless it happened at someone’s house.

I hope joyfulmom returns with a report of the happenin’s. My guess is that no matter what restaurant is used, whether it’s kid-friendly or not, whether indoors or out on a deck or patio, the baby shower will end with kids crying and being cranky and the other customers getting pissed about 60 minutes into the festivities.

I live up North, too, but just can’t think of a place that would fit the bill.

Just about every place is pretty dead around 3, so it’s just a matter of finding a place to accomodate a party of 10 with things to occupy the kids while the adults chit chat. My suggestion would be somewhere like Famous Daves, Bucca, Fridays,Sunshine Factory. Maybe not intimate as you’d prefer, but you have to sacrifice something. When you call just ask them for the most out of the way table they have. Then I’d tell the older kids that you’ll give them a treat for helping occupy the little ones. Or just get a sitter for the afternoon. A lot of kids out there are looking for something to do and want to make money.

Try the Grand Cafe! 38th and Grand Ave S Mpls.

Everytime we have gone to ANY type restuarant with the kids (or any outing for that matter) we always recieve compliments for how well behaved our children are. Something that I can’t say for many adults these days… including a few of you that responded so rudely. McDonald’s? Come on… why even submit a post. My children know how to act appropriately, maybe some of you could learn a lesson from them? For those of you who posted legitimate responses… Thank you

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Well, since you got all huffy…

I think you should know that I have it on good authority that EVERYTIME Max and the rest of the Secrets of the City group go to happy hour, baconalia, trivia night or anything else, they always receive compliments on how well behaved they are.

Gosh. But we’re just pure forces of chaos and nakedness.

Like that time, Max, when you drank too much rum (again) and threw up at that black tie reception at the Guthrie? You cleaned it all, liquid and debris.

When Bixby overturned the winning table after she lost at trivia? She picked up the chairs, I think.

When aliecat tried to put out her cigarette in the face of that woman giving here The Stink Eye for violating the smoking ban in bars? She said she was sorry.

The amount of restraint that it took for me not to post a link to my second favorite tumblog of the week was off the charts.

Why is a McDonalds suggestion so rude? It’s popular with children, and many are designed to accommodate and entertain children. More so then, say, your neighborhood bar or cafe.

the baby shower will end with kids crying and being cranky and the other customers getting pissed about 60 minutes into the festivities.

kid-friendly, indeed.

Most such events w/a kid crying; that’s fine. Unrelated note: NYC has this truck. I would love that. No idea why I’m so fascinated by roving trucks selling food, but I am.

You should bookmark MIdtown Lunch, jane, to satisfy your roving-truck cravings. There are articles there from time to time of what’s new and what’s good on the street in midtown Manhattan.

And it isn’t that I don’t know where to recommend for a shower with kids, it is more that I don’t want her shower and kids showing up where I am.

HQ, who recommended The Grand Cafe, what were you thinking? That is not a place for a bunch of kids. Maybe one or two with parents, but it is way too nice for 4 kids to be bored senseless at.

Why not get takeout and go to a park?

Carol’s Kitchen in Blaine might fit the bill. They take “comfort food” like hot turkey sandwiches and meatloaf to a new level of yummy.

This is a party in honor of YOU and the baby you are bringing into this world. If it makes you happy, then that should be all that matters. I hope you have a great time!

Check out the Supreme Duck Baby Shower Cake

This is a party in honor of YOU and the baby you are bringing into this world. If it makes you happy, then that should be all that matters.

Oh, how selfish is that? In a private residence, whatever floats your boat. But in a public bistro? Your “happiness” ends when I hear the first wail from a rug rat.

Well, I guess that would be true if it were just you in a location by oneself with your friends and people who were with your party…

Well, that jinx tie breaker is broken by the fact that I was nicer than Noodles.

I was nice. I didn’t use any exclamation points!!!!!!1!!!!