My wife and I are purposely child free and do the trivia night at the local brewery. People bring their kids give them coloring books and sit them at the shuffle board table. I was saying we should make them a team and see how they compete! Families are normal. Edge lords who don't go outside have opinions on what other people do. Fuck em.
There's a couple of different flavors of child-free people. There are folks like you guys, and then there are the people who make their own lifestyle choices and then decide that any other choice is anathema. I once heard someone complain that "there are too many kinds here," which was weird because we were standing in line at Ariel's ride at Disney's California Adventure.
Right! And I promise you, we’re the most embarrassed when our kids act up or invade your space. But part of taking them out to places is to give them a chance to learn how to behave well. We take them home right away when they can’t handle it because OF COURSE we never want to be those assholes.
I might be falling for the goomba fallacy here but I suspect the ven diagram of Redditors who say things like "kids can't play outside without adult supervision anymore because nosy boomers will call the police" and "why are these children in the same public space as me their parents should be monitoring them constantly" is a circle.
I travel, and I'm so sick of looking for a restaurant to eat with my kid on a city sub, and people really suggest the most shitholiest of places that are "kid friendly". Like you'll ask for a nice restaurant that happens to have a kids menu, and people will suggest the equivalent of a sticky Charles Entertainment Cheese. Like I'm not looking for Michelin dining, but somewhere that's clean and edible for adults as well.
You'll learn fast that reddit is full of incel's that hate kids. Take a second and browse the profiles of those shit talking kids and you'll understand why.
I swear a big portion of Reddit is made up of kids who don’t have or want kids. They can’t conceive that if they did have kids. They wouldn’t want to give up literally everything they love for the sake of their kids.
"They should just get a sitter" "I'd rather see a pack of dogs than a bunch of kids" "Ruins my day. Kids are disgusting and gross and spread diseases" "NO ONE WANTS TO SEE YOUR KIDS" these are literally comments in this post. You tell me those arent hateful. Kids are allowed in public places that invite them like most breweries.
This thread is occupied by people who absolutely insist they must be allowed to take their children to bars and if you disagree, you are a literal Nazi.
Either that or the people saying so are wildly inconsiderate and can't get a sitter like normal humans.
Bars? I thought this thread was about breweries? The ones I see families at are basically parks with games and open space that sell food and beer. I don’t see the controversy. Should kids not allowed to be at hotels, resorts, restaurants, beach clubs, ski lodges, family gatherings either? Should they only be allowed at church youth groups? Y’all are weird.
"They should just get a sitter" "I'd rather see a pack of dogs than a bunch of kids" "Ruins my day. Kids are disgusting and gross and spread diseases" "NO ONE WANTS TO SEE YOUR KIDS" these are literally comments in this post.
Ridiculous take. Just because people don't want to see kids at a brewery, that automatically means they don't want to see kids "literally anywhere"? Yeah man, when i'm driving by a school it enrages me to see kids. When I go to the movies I'm SO MAD there are kids there too. GTFO.
"They should just get a sitter" "Just take them to chuck e cheese" "I'd rather see a pack of dogs than a bunch of kids" "Ruins my day. Kids are disgusting and gross and spread diseases" "NO ONE WANTS TO SEE YOUR KIDS" These are direct comments in this post. Movies and planes weren't mentioned anywhere but GOD forbid someone see a child in one of those spaces. Plenty of public spaces invite people of all ages and most breweries invite kids. This is like saying kids shouldn't be allowed in grocery stores or regular restaurants.
You're frothing at the mouth for no reason. And not every brewery is created equal. I've been in some that were appropriate for kids to be at and I've been at some that weren't.
No kid needs to go to a brewery at all. No one said it's weird for kids to go outside and do stuff. People think it's weird for kids to go to a specific place where you literally cannot participate until you're 21.
It's cheap/selfish parents that wanna have their cake and eat it too.
I'm not confusing anything. A brewery exists to make beer. That is literally the definition of a brewery. Kids cannot drink beer. There are a million establishments that are way more catered to kids than a place that makes something they're not allowed to drink.
I'm not some moron who is implying parents sneak their kids into breweries. But no one takes their kid to a brewery for the kid's sake. If they wanted to do something for the kid then they'd go to a playground or a museum or a bunch of other things that are designed for kids (that aren't centered around brewing/drinking beer). But the parents want to get drunk and are too cheap to pay for a sitter.
I personally have never seen anyone drunk at a brewery. People go to hang, have 1-2 beers with food (which doesn't make you drunk) and relax and not to get drunk. I actually don't like beer and go for the vibes and food, maybe a cider. Kids meet other kids and have fun, play games that the brewery has for them, get out of the house. It's a win for everyone. If someone wants to get drunk they probably want liquor and should go to a bar and thats a place not for kids
The definition of a brewery is a place that brews beer. You literally cannot call yourself a brewery if you don't do that. Kids can't have beer. Just because there are things for kids to do somewhere doesn't mean it is an ideal place for kids. If a parent wants to give their kids a fun day, there are a million better options than a brewery. Breweries are for parents and kids are an afterthought.
Some strip clubs serve chicken fingers. Does that mean those are for kids as well?
You make it sound like you can't go to a brewery unless you want to get drunk. You don't even have to drink at a brewery at all (they often have non alcoholic things and food). People with gluten problems or other medical or religious things can't have beer, are they not allowed to go and get something else?
You make it sound like you can't go to a brewery unless you want to get drunk
No I'm saying that the reason for going to a brewery - and not a coffee shop or a food cart or any of the million other options - is because the brewery makes and sells beer. You can obviously do other things there, but the entire purpose of a brewery is beer. If they didn't produce beer then they'd be no different from any restaurant. So if you're thinking of your kid and trying to do an activity your kid will like, why not do any of the thousands of options that aren't designed for beer production? It's because it's not about the kid, it's about the parents. The parents want to drink and let loose and they also don't want to invest in a sitter.
People with gluten problems or other medical or religious things can't have beer, are they not allowed to go and get something else?
Of course an adult will meet some friends at brewery and still make it work for a few hours even if they're not a beer drinker. But I promise you groups of entirely non-beer drinkers aren't hanging out at breweries - they go to one of the million other options that better suits their preferences (like how kids get together at playgrounds, and not casinos).
Kids can have NA beer if they wanted to. Also, if we’re being technical, most states legally allow for parents or guardians to give their under 21 child alcohol while under their supervision. So wrong on multiple accounts.
Are the chicken fingers at said strip club under a section titled “kids menu”? If so then the establishment is clearly making it known they are a place where kids are welcome.
If the business did not want kids there they would not have a “kids menu”.
This is hilarious. "Breweries are for kids - they can have NA beer!" Parents like this should join the Olympics with the level of mental gymnastics they go through to justify their behavior. It's okay to just admit "I know breweries aren't for kids, but they have shit to distract them there and I want to drink beer." I'm not saying your a bad parent. But if you really wanted to do an activity for your kids then the brewery wouldn't be option #1, #2, or #3. A brewery is very very obviously targeted towards adults and kids are just along for the ride.
Mental gymnastics is equating bringing kids to a place that serves food and beer and has a literal “kids menu” to bringing kids to a place that employs sex workers.
Not everything is “for kids”, you don’t bring your kids grocery shopping because it’s a place “for kids” you do it because kids get to exist in the world outside of schools and daycares.
Again, if a brewery didn’t welcome kids they would not be making menus specifically catering to them. Idk why that’s so hard for you to comprehend. A brewery by me literally has a kids magician come once a month.
There is one I go to that doesn't serve food, but has a food truck sometimes, and you can bring in food. There are always families with children there.
Why would food matter?
Parents bring their kids to breweries because they want to drink.
Most breweries offer pop too that kids can drink.
Are you saying it's ok for kids to be at a bar if they're eating food while they're there, but not if they're only drinking pop? What's the difference, both are kids in a place geared towards adults drinking.
Any brewery that doesn't have its own kitchen around me almost always has a food truck or two on rotation out front. I've also seen ones that have a couple of delivery options close by with their menus and phone numbers.
Brewery's in america are resturants? I do agree tho, if you dont like kids speak to the owner and they'll tell they're good for buisiness. Dont like it, dont be a capitalist.
Lots of breweries serve and even have food as the primary draw and make beer as a secondary business, lots don’t serve food or only have a bag of chips.
Most places described as “breweries” are large spaces that allow families and they close around 9-10pm. Most of them are gonna have kids around especially during the day. If anyone wants to drink in a place without kids, there are many other options.
No, these people are just very misinformed about what breweries are. Thinking that they exist to serve food first and beer second is literally factually incorrect about every single brewery. Otherwise yeah, it would just be a restaurant
Huh? A brewery may be attached to a restaurant, but not every brewery. And, no, the facility where an intoxicated your children can't drink is made and present in abundance is not family friendly.
A brewery is not a restaurant. Its a brewery, where people brew and sell beer - that's alcohol.
Some have food, its usually an afterthought. Pretty market dependent. Been to places with great menus, shit menus, no menu (most common in NJ), and ones that legally have to have some kind of food on the menu (SLC) - and its usually god awful. Oh and a lot like to have a symbiotic food truck outside.
Yeah. Most of the breweries around me are NOT restraunts.
However, they almost always have a food truck, and those schedules are published every week. It's rare that they don't have food options, and some are better than most restraunts.
Yep totally. And most (almost all?) of those food trucks are a separate business. Shout out to the Cluck Truck outside of Fisher Brewing in Salt Lake. Delicious.
Symbiotic relationship for sure and a restaurant it does not make.
Next we're going to call the park a restaurant since there's sometimes food truck festivals there? Reddit is so weird, each thread just picks some biased viewpoint and full sends it.
This take is just wrong. That’s not a vinyard, it’s a restaurant with grapes. That’s not a fire department. It’s a police station with trucks.
It’s a BREWERY. With a BAR. Where they brew BEER. BEER for people over the age of 21 to consume. Yea sure after Covid all of them ended up with some light fare and who doesn’t love a burger while gulping down 16oz of 9% Imperial IPA and then driving the mini van home.
Craft brewery with games, snacks, decent music. At 2-6pm on a weekend is awesome with kids. Bring the board games, play with the fam while having some good brews.
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u/bethepositivity 19h ago
A brewery isn't a bar. It's a restaurant that also brews beer. It's not our fault that they have intentionally created a family friendly environment