Yes! We have a booth. A perfectly located booth to keep my little wanderer safely penned for dinner. The menu, also perfect. We quickly order a couple of fancy cocktails and the shrimp appetizer while we mull over the selection and decide what entrée to feast on. The seafood is supposed to be amazing, and word on the street is the lobster dish is the best in the...wait, what? A kids menu? Here? No. Yes? No. Yes! Wow. Was not expecting tha...wait, what? Chicken fingers. Pizza. Mac n' cheese. Right, I get it. Kids don't deserve the good stuff. (P.S. I don't get it)
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Here's my beef. The kids menu. Why on earth would I take my child to the newest, freshest seafood restaurant to feed him chicken fingers or frozen pizza? I can feed him that at home. You, Mr. Restaurateur and Mr. Chef, are the professionals and make it your life's work to wow people with your food and the experience consuming food. Pizza, burgers and chicken fingers won't cut it for your customers, and they're not going to cut it for my kid either.
Having kids hasn't stopped me from eating out. I have kids, and they're going to be kids for a long time. I'm not up for waiting until they willingly leave the sword at home to check out the new hot spots Toronto has to offer. I don't want to read the reviews and think, "Must be nice." I want to go and taste for myself. So, I do. The deal I want to strike with these and all restaurants is, you promise to offer my kid fresh, delicious and thoughtfully made food and I promise to do my best to keep him from shooting everyone with lasers.
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I do not like children's menu in a lot of restaurants either. Sometimes I find them a big waste of money. So usually we end up sharing a bit of our food with a child, or order her a yummy sounding appetizer instead.
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