Brooklyn's Kid-Friendly Beer Gardens: Hot? Not?
Browsing through Loreley’s flickr, we spotted some obviously underage youngsters enjoying the sunshine (and presumably some non-alcoholic beverages) at the Williamsburg beer garden. Figures that Loreley was mentioned in this month’s Time Out New York Kids feature on NYC’s kid-friendly biergartens. Of the seven bars featured, five are located here in Brooklyn. Their kiddie-curfews are…
Browsing through Loreley’s flickr, we spotted some obviously underage youngsters enjoying the sunshine (and presumably some non-alcoholic beverages) at the Williamsburg beer garden. Figures that Loreley was mentioned in this month’s Time Out New York Kids feature on NYC’s kid-friendly biergartens. Of the seven bars featured, five are located here in Brooklyn. Their kiddie-curfews are cited as follows — Der Schwarze Kölner (“Tykes out by: 9pm”), Franklin Park (“Tykes out by: use your discretion”), Loreley Williamsburg (“use your discretion”), Mission Dolores (“Tykes out by: 8pm”), and Spuyten Duyvil (“use your discretion”). We can understand taking the kids to Der Schwarze Kölner for pretzels and brats in the afternoon, but Mission Dolores — which doesn’t serve food — seems like an odd choice. Does this mean that any bar with outdoor space is “friendly” to rugrats during daylight hours?
Brooklyn Bar-Baby Debate Goes National [Brownstoner]
Also, it’s a different drinking culture in Germany, one that isn’t so frat-house and crazy. In my experience you don’t go to the beer garden, get wasted, and go home. It’s more of a restaurant than bar. I’ve never been on a playground where beer is served, but you can usually pick up some low-alcohol stuff anywhere so I don’t doubt it.
doesn’t bother me at loreleys. everyone knows the kids in williamsburg are the most fashionable, smartest of the bunch. i’ve had great conversations with them about the broader meaning of ‘the wiggles’ and how it’s so hard to find decent organic mashed bananas.
“so I said, “the red sox suck” and left it at that.”
Good answer!
My family was recently at a restaurant where we sat next to a table of one where the guy talked — yelled really — on his cell phone for the entire meal. 45 minutes. And worse, he was a super bore with a boston accent. And as he was leaving his dollar tip, he stops to tell me how really *worried* he was when we sat down and how wrong he was and how nice my kids were. I should have said, “Thank you. You, on the other hand, ruined my meal. You can’t be loud AND annoying — it’s against the rules.” But I didn’t have the nerve so I said, “the red sox suck” and left it at that.
“But is this a fun activity for the kids?”
As a parent you have to suffer through so much kiddie crap, I think it’s a fair trade they should have to suffer through a beer every now and again.
Agreed! I’m more Anti-“Punk ass” Parent, than anti-kid.
Americans are not anti-kid. Americans just can’t stand parents that don’t know how to teach their children to behave properly.
Doesn’t bother me. But is this a fun activity for the kids?
radagast usually has kids in it during the day, but they really do serve a lot of food, not so different that any other restaurant that you might take your kids to for brunch.
americans are not only anti-kids but anti-old people too i feel like. most other countries, even canada, pretty common to see the whole multi-generational thing happening out just about anywhere.
i like baci + abbracci on grand bet. driggs and bedford for their pro-family/european vibe. they are very friendly with kids. and, see lots of contemporary italian families with kids and grandparents there for big ol weekend lunches which of course includes italian beer and wine. plus the pizzas, pasta and panini’s are great. pizza is really great actually.
i would have no interest in bringing my child to a bar in the evening – seems pointless, so it not going to me spoiling the fun.