No advise on diners, I rarely eat at any.
However, I will contribute to this thread as a parent of a 2 year old with adventurous tastes. I find myself asking the same "kid friendly" question alot when considering where to dine & appreciate an index of places others have gone and enjoyed. When we are going out to "white table cloth" restaurants we go for late lunches or early dinners. The staff, and other diners seem more forgiving if a child acts like a child for a second before they can be taken away from the table.
Places we have been and felt welcome:
Joes Stone Crab, Shaws, Renga Tei, Saloon, San Soo Gap San, Lao Sze Chuan,Klas, Cajun Connection, Amanacer Tapatio, Coalfire, Fabulous Noodles, Semiramis, Sun Wah, Tank Noodle, Rips, Cherry Supper Club, Monaris 101.
Luckily we have a daughter who eats pretty much anything, prime beef, bbq pork, duck, shellfish, any pasta, any rice dish, crawfish, alligator, frog legs, etc.
As far as the allergy issue brought up upthread, we feed our daughter peanut butter, as well as shellfish(she is a crab, lobster, and shrimp eating fanatic), and have been since she was about 2. Peanuts we try to avoid not because of potential allergy issues, but because of possible digestive issues I have heard about(we also dont feed her lettuce for the same reason). I have my own opinion on the influx of allergies(I think it is more due to kids living inactive lifestyles,being cooped up indoors, and not outside playing as much as kids did back in the day). But that is a debate/discussion for a different day.
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jimswside on January 6th, 2009, 2:38 pm, edited 2 times in total.