A popular restaurant on Monterey, California's Old Fisherman's Wharf has effectively banned babies by prohibiting use of strollers, high chairs, and booster seats, despite the fact that the wharf is a popular tourist destination for families. Local news station KSBW reports signage at Old Fisherman's Grotto also reserves the right to remove "children crying or making loud noises" from the dining room. The result pretty much translates into a no-babies-allowed policy, without explicitly saying that babies and toddlers are banned from the restaurant.
Old Fisherman's Grotto owner Chris Shake makes no apologies for the policy, telling KSBW that guests should "go in and abide by the rules, or find a place that's more suitable for your dining."
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I was actually just at this place a few weeks ago. We were on the pier looking for a place to eat and we saw this restaurant and their sign. We had our kids so we did not go there and instead ate at the restaurant across from this one. I will say I found it odd in this particular case because of the location. The pier is very touristy/family oriented and this restaurant was not any nicer or more upscale than the place we did eat at which was kid friendly and did have high chairs.
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people on FB, people that work in my office. Some of the people I've spoken to are visibly angry some of them couldn't care less but the yes/no is still about 50/50. I posed it to Parenting because there is no shortage of strong opinions and I had 26 seconds to rub together for the first time in months.
I don't come around because I understand that I'm not liked here which is fine, but originally I came to try and become a better father and I believe that I am.
I need to move and live near you.
I support this.
I went to a place like this once not knowing. Well they didn't have a sign. My sister suggested a restaurant and knew we were bringing DD. She was bringing her (older) DD and had been there several times. When we got there they had no high chair or booster and no kids menu. It was very much like a sport bar. We stuck it out because we were hungry. DD goes with the flow and behaved very well but I said to DH on the way home that it was obvi not a restaurant for kids and families. Food was good though!