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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“There’s also such a creepy culture here towards moms especially, making them feel guilty if they’re not at home with the baby day and night having no fun at all.”
I totally agree. some of my female friends feel as if they need to stop having fun and then make war with their husbands that didn’t get the memo. I keep offering to babysit so they can go out and party together but get turned down.
Lol, bkbornandbred.
Poo mist payback.
“I go to a bar that has dogs and babies…it’s so annoying. It’s like the opposite of fun.”
Then why do you, like, go?
I go to a bar that has dogs and babies…it’s so annoying. It’s like the opposite of fun. The only thing is the dogs just lay on floor and take up too much space and the ass owners don’t move them, so you have to damn near jump over them to get to the bathroom.
The owners of the babies think it soooo cool that they can finally get out to get a Stella with their friends. What they don’t see is how relieved their friends are when the baby finally gets to be to much and they have to leave. More should crack down on that…it’s not like their losing money by not letting babies in bars. They’re annoying the real customers.
Clearly no one below the legal age for drinking alcohol should be in a bar. The thought of this is absurd. Can I bring my dog to the bar!?
QUOTE:
“glory holes with lactating boobs?”
ugh. that horrific image is not permanently scarred on my brain. thanks! :-/
*rob*
I’ve asked several of my friends this question…this is a regional thing in my opinion. You find this in NY and in Europe. You won’t find this in the South. You’d be looked down upon.
If there is no food…the baby should not be in the bar. It’s a way for parents to attempt to still hang out with their single or friends with no parents. I go to bars with no food…and the kids show up and it totally changes the mood. It’s only cool to the parents and the grandparents.
obviously ProfRobert would stick out like a sore thumb in Park Slope with that sort of parental behavior.