Taking a baby into a high end restaurant...

[Deleted User]

While I completely agree with the restaurant asking them to leave, I am very surprised that the Chef went on Twitter to announce it.  I feel like he should have stayed out of it.

CinemaGoddess

MabelShesABiotch said:

What makes snobby ass people want to check out your snobby ass establishment even more? Kicking out all the babies and TWEETING about it!!!

No, this is the hipster thing to do. 

It's legit to not want babies in a high-end restaurant and there rally isn't a better way to do that these days but by tweeting about it. 

"Hey, entitled parents.  Don't bring your kid here.  XOXOXO, restaurant."  

CinemaGoddess

MabelShesABiotch said:

There are plenty of restaurants here in DC and NOVA with "No Children Please" signs on the door. I'm willing to place a bet that most people going to a place like that (and the place mentioned in the OP) already know their children aren't welcome. Some people just don't really give a fuck.

and those people should be doing the walk of shame out the door. 

CinemaGoddess

OhBenji said:

CinemaGoddess said:

MabelShesABiotch said:

What makes snobby ass people want to check out your snobby ass establishment even more? Kicking out all the babies and TWEETING about it!!!

No, this is the hipster thing to do. 

It's legit to not want babies in a high-end restaurant and there rally isn't a better way to do that these days but by tweeting about it. 

"Hey, entitled parents.  Don't bring your kid here.  XOXOXO, restaurant."  

I wonder if the parents were upset that they were asked to leave?

Maybe they should just post a sign that says kids under a certain age aren't allowed. I guess the restaurant assumed no one would bring a baby to their upscale eatery.

 

If they were upset, they have no reason to be so.  It is common sense that you don't take a baby to a high-end restaurant.    It is known. 

CinemaGoddess

I've never seen a Melting Pot attached to a mall.  

CinemaGoddess

Huh. 

Monkeybabe

I didn't know Melting Pot was a chain until recently. There's one underground in downtown Portland, and the entrance to that one was the only one I had seen before. Fondue does not call to me, so I've never been.

SpaceGirlSpiff

The Melting Pot I went to was attached to a mall... in Tucson AZ....No idea if it's still there, this was several years ago.

ETA: I googled ...apparently it's still there.

CinemaGoddess

OhBenji said:

CinemaGoddess said:

 

 

 

If they were upset, they have no reason to be so.  It is common sense that you don't take a baby to a high-end restaurant.    It is known. 

I agree it is but common sense isn't so common. Kind of like you don't see people taking their babies to the movies.

I'm confused about your point here.  This happens all the time.  

CinemaGoddess

mbenit4 said:

(Fois Gras, escargot, caviar, etc.) 

I think I am good. I think I could lead a fulfilled life without have eaten these things. 

I have had escargot and caviar before. Bleh. 

Yes, but if the opportunity presented itself and you hadn't had them before, it's a good idea to try them before shunning them outright because pretentious food.  

CinemaGoddess

If I go to Red Robin and the girls aren't there, I sit in the bar.  Guarantee of no kids around, even if you do still hear them from the main seating area.  

Really, if I go to any restaurant with a bar, I sit in the bar if the girls aren't with me.  

NotSharknado

HilarityEnsued said:

Right.. But "special occasion" restaurant does not equal "fine dining" especially when you are talking about the tier of restaurant mentioned in the OP. Growing up, DH thought a special occasion restaurant was Olive Garden. It wasn't until we started dating that he got an entirely different perspective on dining out.

We just got back from OG. I retract my statement about the little one actin a fool. She was well behaved and we got to drink all the wine!!!

CinemaGoddess

I mean, the rule of thumb is obviously that if a restaurant offers a kid's menu, it's a family-friendly restaurant. 

If it does not, then maybe you should reconsider going there with a child.  

This is not rocket science.  

The "you" there is general, not specific to any one person.  

CinemaGoddess

mbenit4 said:

CinemaGoddess said:

mbenit4 said:

(Fois Gras, escargot, caviar, etc.) 

I think I am good. I think I could lead a fulfilled life without have eaten these things. 

I have had escargot and caviar before. Bleh. 

Yes, but if the opportunity presented itself and you hadn't had them before, it's a good idea to try them before shunning them outright because pretentious food.  

Totally agree. You just don't have to pay that much to taste these things. 

It depends on what you're tasting.  The things I mentioned? Not so much.

But if you're trying some really damn expensive foods, yeah, shit's gonna be expensive.  

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klondikebar

Did this actually happen and wasn't staged or anything? I don't doubt there are people out there with so little common sense that they would do this. I agree that a baby shouldn't have been in that restaurant, but all of these inflammatory viral messages/actions from business owners are making me roll my eyes lately.

colliebabe

Is this where we discuss that Ruth's Chris has a kid's menu...only $16 for filet sliders!

colliebabe

LauraT25 said:

Ruth's Chris has a kid's menu? Is that new? I never saw that.

We just went recently and they had one. I hadn't been in years so I don't know how new it was?

colliebabe

MabelShesABiotch said:

Im just glad I can now use ruths Chris as a backup for Charlie's party. Disaster averted!

And only $16 per meal - such a steal!

colliebabe

Dup

[Deleted User]

Who wants to be with their kid so much that they would go to an even semi-nice restaurant with them?  The only times we've done that with DD is because my ILs were in town.

And she was actually pretty good.

But yeah, if I'm paying $50+ per person, I can afford a babysitter.

RichardSlap

I'm probably mildly insane for admitting this, but I don't really mind other people bringing their kids out. I have an expectation of dealing with kid drama or leaving, but other than that I find the mess and noise comforting. Plus kids are hella cute. Knowing that I'm extra tolerant, I tend to sit near people with kids or get behind them in line at Target so I can be nice to them and they can relax a bit. 

My own kids are demons so I try not to take them out for meals, even in mall-adjacent locations. But we have been known to pop in for a happy hour here and there when we can be in and out quickly in a noisy place. I have a weakness for martinis made by someone else. 

Monkeybabe

RichardSlap said:

I'm probably mildly insane for admitting this, but I don't really mind other people bringing their kids out. I have an expectation of dealing with kid drama or leaving, but other than that I find the mess and noise comforting. Plus kids are hella cute. Knowing that I'm extra tolerant, I tend to sit near people with kids or get behind them in line at Target so I can be nice to them and they can relax a bit. 

My own kids are demons so I try not to take them out for meals, even in mall-adjacent locations. But we have been known to pop in for a happy hour here and there when we can be in and out quickly in a noisy place. I have a weakness for martinis made by someone else. 

Loud kids don't bother me. Even pre-kid, screaming on a plane didn't phase me. I like to make faces at kids in public, lol.

Smootchy

Wasn't here yesterday, just saw post & haven't read through anything 

My first thought was, Hell To The NO would I want my kid at a restaurant like that. First, I don't want to pay for $45 mac n cheese (which I'm joking because I doubt they have a kids menu) Secondly, I'd assume they have a wonderful wine list and I'd want DH and I to indulge with out our kids around. So my vote is no kids but not for other patrons strictly for myself  

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I LOVE me some OG

LuckyDad

I am totally uncomfortable in overly fancy restaurants, for many reasons.

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SpaceGirlSpiff

HilarityEnsued said:

His people.  They shriek at each other in recognition.  Kind of like Ferrari drivers waiving to other Ferrari drivers on the road.

That is so true.  My kid hears a toddler call (aka blood curdling screech) from the other side of a restaurant, he MUST reply in turn.  It is a rule among them.

Back and forth

CinemaGoddess

Hold up. Hold right the fuck up. This chef is one of those molecular gastronomy hipster douchebags?

That still doesn't change my opinion about babies in fine dining restaurants but I know I will avoid this restaurant when I have $1000 to spend on dinner.  

Fuck that shit.  Don't give me foams.  Give me real fucking food.  

CinemaGoddess

MabelShesABiotch said:

CinemaGoddess said:

Hold up. Hold right the fuck up. This chef is one of those molecular gastronomy hipster douchebags?

That still doesn't change my opinion about babies in fine dining restaurants but I know I will avoid this restaurant when I have $1000 to spend on dinner.  

Fuck that shit.  Don't give me foams.  Give me real fucking food.  

Um...did you miss the "nutmeg pillow" ...? lol. what did you think they were serving on that fucking pillow, cheesesteaks?

No.  I didn't read the entire thread.  Just the tweet.

SHUT UP Mabel.  

::Drunken z-snap ala Sherlock in my siggy pic::

CinemaGoddess

If this jerk uses up all the helium so my kids won't have helium balloons at their next birthday party, I will burn the place down.  

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justAphase said:

Hot potato cold potato?

Best bite of food ever.

And really, I was so full at the end that I felt like I was going to vomit.

CinemaGoddess

DragonBlood13 said:

justAphase said:

Hot potato cold potato?

Best bite of food ever.

And really, I was so full at the end that I felt like I was going to vomit.

It was the helium.  

CinemaGoddess

mbenit4 said:

I don't need anything to act like tofu. Ew. :-&

Tofu is delicious if it's prepared properly.  

[Deleted User]

I went back in 2008 and the menu changes often, so I didn't have lamb!!!!?????????

But hot potato/cold potato was great.  It was both hot and cold.  

LuckyDad

I could never enjoy a $500 meal. I'd be thinking "I'm eating a PS4. A goddamn PS4!"

CinemaGoddess

LoisLayn23 said:

ginger with 5 other flavors?

WHAT OTHER FLAVORS?!!!?????????????

Give me $500 and I'll tell you.  

[Deleted User]

The Lamb with the ??????.....!!!!!!!  does make me laugh.  A lot.

DogfishHead

I live in an area with a lot of high end dingin options. I don't think little kids belong at them.

1) I won't pay a lot of money for food my kid likely won't eat.

2) I wouldn't want to be out at a nice place and be eating a fancy meal and have someone else's kid yelling.

There are lots of dingin options for parents with little kids. Parents should go there.

RichardSlap

Well this thread got hilarious.

Worth it...????...!!!!!!