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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haha – it seems most of us are in agreement
nice!
I think dogs in bars would be fun – but not annoying snappy barky dogs
YEs shirley temples are gingerale with grenadine syrup and a maraschino cherry
it’s supposed to look like a “cocktail” – hahaha!
i <3 bar dogs. they are so much fun!!!
*rob*
Many bars these days are not the smoke filled, profane laden, seedy ones of yesteryear. I suspect many bars are much more pleasant than some of the restaurants and coffee houses I’ve visited.
Is it the first place I would take a kid, probably not, it depends on the individual environment, time etc, etc.
Dirty Franks was kind enough to admit me with obviously fake id centuries ago, so they will always have a soft spot in my heart. A bar for babies, dogs and teens! What could go wrong?
Have they remodeled or is it still kind of, well, dirty?
Is it just me, or does the back of that kid’s head look more like a balding old midget than a baby’s?
This whole thing could be a ruse put on by liberal midgets looking to “change the subject.”
I’m not sure what I meant by that either. . .
1st they want to ban the kids. Next, no elderly in wheelchairs.
Dirty Frank’s in Philly allows both kids and dogs in the bar. generally the patrons enjoy the dogs being there moreso than any kids.
quote:
“babies in a strip club seem like a poor idea, much like bachelorette parties in a gay bar… though both seem to occur with some frequency”
lol. never heard of bachelorette parties in gay bars, but yeah a lot of strippers do actually take their babies to work. a lot of strip clubs actually have on site sitters for them! it’s kinda sad, but a woman’s gotta do what a woman’s gotta do!
*rob*
Shirley temple is grenadine and ginger ale with a cherry.
Uh, so I’ve heard.