Our list of "baby-friendly" restaurants that we frequent: S&S in Inman Square Cambridge: good deli and diner type food, but not fancy. Although it is the most baby-friendly place I can think of around here in terms of attitude and table space, it is terrible in terms of finding a place to change a diape (tiny, dirty, busy ladies room, no diaper changing table! Joyce Chen in Cambridge: the food (Chinese) is decent. However, there is plenty of space and never a wait. The staff is very friendly, and I will always be a loyal patron because when my daughter was just a few weeks old, and had colic, they let me bring her upstairs to the unused function room to walk her around and change her diaper. Bertucci's: You may get sick of their food, but no place is baby-friendlier! No matter how loud your baby is screaming, someone else's is screaming louder. And the waiters will not give you dirty looks no matter how much food your baby has thrown on the floor. When I have several couples getting together with babies, this is inevitably our choice because it is relatively hassle-free. We go to the Border alot too, but try to hit it at off-hours. Our daughter loves the atmosphere, and I do not feel self-conscious when she gets loud. Stay away from Dolphin Seafood in Harvard Square. Space is very crowded and there is absolutely no place to walk baby around or change her! And, save Chinatown to enjoy on nights when you have a baby sitter. Phaedra H. wrote: >Lily is now 4 1/2 months old, and has been to Chez Henri (several times), >Rudy's, Dali, Border Cafe, a pasta place in Providence, and several dinner >parties at >friends' houses. She's also been to a "family" restaurant--99 or Ground >Round or something like that, which was *horrible*. Bad food, bad >service, and screaming children all around. Dali was the best place >because everyone was talking so loud that when she fussed it was no big >deal--we almost didn't hear her ourselves, despite "parent radar." Plus, >the watress and the host (I think of him as Mr. Dali) were very nice to >the baby. >So, where are good places to go with a baby? Where the food is good, and >where you can: >a) change her somewhere other than the disgusting bathroom floor >b) walk her around and jiggle her if she gets bored >c) eat some decent food and relax >Not necessarily in that order. >-- > ____________________________________________________ > * Phaedra Hise * [email removed] * [email removed] * > "Remember--no matter where you go, there you are." --Buckaroo Banzai
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