which bars are child free?

sorry DR, I could not do "quote" correctly

Never seen a kid in Jackie's.

^^ LOL we missed you Drano!

on that train of thought: Jakies and Timboo's!

To add, I have never seen a kid in South, Bar Great Harry, Commonwealth, 4th avenue pub or Pacific Standard...when I am there.

never seen a kid at harry bolands

BAR CRAWL-NO CRAWLERS ALLOWED!
Harry Bolands-O'Connors
Group must leave at once if babies arrive.
The only ones in strollers will be those too inebriated to walk!
The only nursing will be that of beer!
The only running around will be done with said blondes found in bars!
The only breasts seen will be those that one begs to reveal!
The only dogs will be men!
The only thing I will trip over will be my drunk, stumbling self!

why should kids be allowed in bars anyway. the drinking alone of the adults shopuld be a warning sign. some ass might get drunk and start shooting up the place. where is ACS in all of this.

Chipstster... I liked your post.

Enough said.
Have nothing more to contribute.

if you go to bars after 10pm there are no babies.

are you guys drinking at 3pm?

Karl the Druid wrote:

Excellent pic Carl, but you're missing one thing: Calvin pissing on the street.

calvin drinks at loki

he punched dilbert in his eggbert

exactly13 wrote: Man, the anti side of this argument sure do cry a lot. Like babies actually. If you see a baby leave. Take your ball and go home.

Why do some have to foist their vision of how it should be on everyone? What is that in humans? So what if you do not think babies should be in bars? So what if you do? I care more about the people who want to impose beliefs than I do about whether there is a kid in the room. I myself drink in O' Connors, The Gate, Loki. Each place for different appeals. I pack up and get going in the same speed if there is a screaming kid or an overbearing pack of drunks. BUT, it doesn't mean I get up and demand their elimination or worse the end of the place. I go back another day.
Enjoy the uniformity once your agenda(s) are executed.
As a kid who played the pinball machine propped up on a chair while my grandfather had a pint before heading home, I must say that I relish the memories and find this overdone topic of large scale intolerance sad.

I guess this became a personal vendetta for me the night I was told to "watch my language" by a dad because his kids were there. The time and place was a bar, Saturday night, 9pm.
So, as you can see, people on both sides of this debate can sometimes be accused of "imposing beliefs" and "foisting their opinions upon others". Doesn't censoring adult conversation in what is meant to be an adult environment contribute to an "agenda of uniformity" ?
When two hot ladies are seen drunkenly discussing blow job technique in a bar, the correct response is to buy them another round, not scold them !

I saw a report in the Post (hey, it was just lying there) of a brawl involving something like 30 firemen in a Bay Ridge bar. Supposedly, the fight started when someone spilled a shot on a fireman . . . makes me wonder whether a stroller might have become a handy weapon?

d_luxx wrote:

I guess this became a personal vendetta for me the night I was told to "watch my language" by a dad because his kids were there. The time and place was a bar, Saturday night, 9pm.
....

When two hot ladies are seen drunkenly discussing blow job technique in a bar, the correct response is to buy them another round, not scold them !

Two questions:

1) which bar was this? I would have said "if you don't want your kid's first words to be "where the fuck is my beer?", don't take them to a bar"
2) were you hanging out with Scarlett during this discussion?

http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55693

"Man, the anti side of this argument sure do cry a lot. Like babies actually. If you see a baby leave."

See, that's the problem. I actually paid for a babysitter in order to go out, drink, curse, and listen to women talk about b.j.s. Bars and babies do not mix. Maybe back in the day, when there were fewer babies and fewer entitled moms demanding you keep your voice down.
Pub culture overseas is radically different; and quite civilized; both parent and child are socialized and know the rules. They respect and understand both sides; bar owners, tired parents, hooligans,etc..
There is no respect in Planet Park Slope.
Ask Tommy over at Boland's.

To those who say just leave (for whatever reason you are bothered at a bar), it's not always that easy. What if I just ordered some food or another round, and the strollers show up? Do I just leave, not paying? Do I pay for stuff I didn't get and go?

!!!

omg...as a member of Park Slope Parents, I want to smack the woman who posted today about her passive-aggressive indignation at Double Windsor not welcoming her child after 5pm, food or not.

Some places are kid-friendly, bars or not. Some are not. Appreciate and patronize those who are, and stay away from those that are not when you have your kid. For the love of god. It's not like you don't have an array of choices either which way.

^ copy and paste or it didn't happen :-)

Flexichick wrote: [quote=d_luxx]

I guess this became a personal vendetta for me the night I was told to "watch my language" by a dad because his kids were there. The time and place was a bar, Saturday night, 9pm.
....

When two hot ladies are seen drunkenly discussing blow job technique in a bar, the correct response is to buy them another round, not scold them !

Two questions:

1) which bar was this? I would have said "if you don't want your kid's first words to be "where the fuck is my beer?", don't take them to a bar"
2) were you hanging out with Scarlett during this discussion?

http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55693

Well, I don't want to say which bar it was, because I like the bar in question and I want them to do well. We had our next round elsewhere, and I guarantee that the bar lost more $ in our business than it gained from an infant and a preschooler.
And I don't know Scarlett, but it seems from your link that she may have been there in spirit !

Sorry, I deleted the email, but it was basically some woman bitching about her kid not being able to go there, even though they are now serving food. She also questioned the legality of the rule.

Here's my thing: if you want to take your kid out and have a beer, there are plenty of places that welcome your business. If you want to go out and have a beer without kids, there are plenty of places that welcome your business. Why all the hoopla about whichever group you don't fit into?

new2hood wrote: omg...as a member of Park Slope Parents, I want to smack the woman who posted today about her passive-aggressive indignation at Double Windsor not welcoming her child after 5pm, food or not.

Some places are kid-friendly, bars or not. Some are not. Appreciate and patronize those who are, and stay away from those that are not when you have your kid. For the love of god. It's not like you don't have an array of choices either which way.

yep, I saw that too and was soooo glad that 2 people have come on to say that they want to know where this place is, so, they can go there after 5 without their kids! LOL

Didn't realize she was talking about Double Windsor, good to know

Flexi, post coming right up

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question regarding banning children from establishments

There is an attractive and spacious pub near to where I live that is relatively
new and has a sign on the door that reads "no children after 5pm." I never
thought much of it, as I knew that at the time they were only serving alcohol.

Today I saw another (new) sign that said "now serving food after 5pm." I
decided to pop in and ask if the ban on kids after 5 was still in place now that
food was involved, explaining that we're always looking for a good place for a
burger, salad, etc. in our neck of the woods where we could take the children.
The man's reply was "this place will remain child free after 5. It is a place
for people to come to escape children." I was taken aback and asked "is that
legal?" He then said "It doesn't matter. We make our own rules here." So I
repeated back what I understood, which is that kids were allowed in BEFORE 5,
while food was not being served. He nodded in agreement.

So, does anyone know if this practice is legal? Obviously kids can't order a
pint, but what about a burger? No ill intent -- I'm only asking out of morbid
curiousity. And no, I don't plan on going there again. There are many other
places where my business would be welcome..

I am making a hypotheses that this is Double Windsor, but I've noticed the signage, thus why I believe it is so....

new2hood wrote: I am making a hypotheses that this is Double Windsor, but I've noticed the signage, thus why I believe it is so....

Can't imagine it's any place OTHER than DW. They have a sign saying no one under 21 admitted after 5pm and they recently started serving food (also after 5 pm).

they used to allow kids and no longer do. Good for them :-)

You cannot discriminate. I seriously doubt this is in any way legal.

(In the case of bars/no food I imagine the only loophole is that under 21 must be accompanied by over 21? Any lawyers out there?)

What about the right to refuse service?

Not sure what the legalities are, but I applaud them for taking a stand (especially since they tried it the other way first and it didn't work for them)

Someone just told me they think one of the owners of DW is a schoolteacher! Getting interesting now.

I think that the right to refuse is more based in a broader context. In other words you cannot refuse a specific group. More like case by case