Brooklyn Bar-Baby Debate Goes National
A debate that will be familiar to any resident of Brownstone Brooklyn—whether or not children should be allowed in bars—was elevated to the national spotlight when CNN picked up an old thread on Brooklynian and a more recent story in The Courier this week about how the Windsor Terrace bar Double Windsor had banned babies…
A debate that will be familiar to any resident of Brownstone Brooklyn—whether or not children should be allowed in bars—was elevated to the national spotlight when CNN picked up an old thread on Brooklynian and a more recent story in The Courier this week about how the Windsor Terrace bar Double Windsor had banned babies after 5 p.m. We are Windsor Terrace and Park Slope parents like everyone else, one of the owners told The Courier. But the bottom like is that this is a bar, and most of our customers feel like it’s not an appropriate place for kids after hours. A single father profiled in the CNN story, however, contends that a little common sense and moderation are all that are needed for peace and harmony: “I’m not going to keep her out past 7 p.m. When the bar starts filling up, that’s when we head home…I’m not knocking back double vodkas while my daughter is stumbling around.” We’ll confess to having taken our school-age kids to Radegast for an occasional late-afternoon beer on the weekends, though like the guy in the CNN story, we’ve certainly never stayed past 7 p.m. and it’s always been combined with buying the kids dinner.
Brooklyn Brewhaha: Babies in Bars [CNN]
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Cillmylandlord, you have to tell us the bar. Come on… babies and dogs, I am so there. I want a dog to play with the moppet. (Sadly, husband disagrees, we are in negotiations.)
One thing I have begun to learn is that the bloom of bringing the wee ones to a pub falls off the rose when the wee ones develop opinions. The one and only time the moppet came to a stoner gathering she was really upset, because we’d told her it was a party and yet there were no balloons, no cake, and no other moppets to play with. I’m assuming this only gets worse the older they get… until they learn to read quietly in the corner?
Legion, LOL.
Note Biff does not bring his kids to the Stoner meetups. Wonder why.
Biff, another defective fridge or haven’t you gotten your toolbelt out yet?
“Biff, I’d babysit, but I hear you don’t have a fridge, let alone any food in it.”
LMAO!! Well we have a fridge and well stocked cupboards now. Just the icemaker isn’t working, so you’ll have to drink your mixed drinks luke warm.
That was a great question! Love it:). I love the bartender and the drinks and the bar is so cute…and I’m hoping my surly looks will stop the nonsense! And I get it. You don’t the coolness factor to go away. Seriously, though…if there is no food, the baby should not be in the bar. Bars are for grownups. It has nothing to do with teaching your kid to be a better adult, that’s foolywag. It’s parental indulgence.
Biff, I’d babysit, but I hear you don’t have a fridge, let alone any food in it.
“I keep offering to babysit so they can go out and party together but get turned down.”
Jessi, what time can you come over Saturday to watch The Champs?
🙂
…I like to push the envelope of societal standards,
so I’ve not only been bringing the toddler to the local pub,( the carriage helps to keep me from stumbling afterwards)
but on occassion, I have been known to bring a
six pack of bud to the pre-school open house/parent night.
I mean, they make you wait in the hallway for like an hour, might as well make it interesting.
…the looks I get!
It’s as if I had two heads.
I oftentimes hang out with guys half my age. Sometimes that feels like having a child in tow.