Ordering Out
I’m thinking it’s not an accident that my husband and I haven’t taken our babe to a real sit down restaurant for what feels like several months, ever since a particularly crummy dining experience in Cambridge. Normally the babe does fine in restaurants, but on that particular day she was downright squirrelly. The toys I brought were, like, so 10 minutes ago, and none of the food interested her. She even thought the quesadilla we ordered for her was too cheesy (and that’s saying something…). There weren’t any interesting distractions in the restaurant so we ended up firing our food back and packing it in quickly. We were totally grumpy.
But really, I’m not trying to scare you off. We've had plenty of other easy dining out experiences with the babe! If you’re feeling adventurous this weekend, Meg Muckenhoupt’s Globe feature (July 5, 2006) suggests some Boston area restaurants that offer real food for the adults while satisfying the little ones. The selected restaurants suit kids well by virtue of serving food that caters to little fingers and autonomy (e.g., selecting dim sum), or offering space to wander around (supervised, of course).
