I always thought of it like this. If the main purpose of the establishment is alcohol, children shouldn’t be allowed. So bars, breweries, etc. If a restaurant also happens to have a full bar, with bar tables (different than the regular restaurant tables) then kids should be allowed in the restaurant part only.

I know no one upholds anything like that, since I see kids all over breweries and bars in restaurants but it would be nice.

Personally, I’d pay extra for a completely child free eatery though.

[–] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pubs are not 18+ in the UK?

[–] darreninthenet@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Depends, uk licensing laws are complex... for example a pub with an area set aside for serving a substantive meal may be permitted children in those areas only if they are eating with adults.

A restaurant with a pub/bar attached, even if completely openly attached so looks exactly the same as the pub example above, will almost certainly be permitted to serve children food without an adult present (at least legally, some may have policies against that).

And those are the easiest examples.

[–] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I’m in Seattle, and while pubs/bars are 21+, it’s up to breweries whether they want to allow kids.

One of my favorite local breweries recently decided to switch to all ages, and it was really disappointing. Doesn’t seem crazy to hope for a kid-free experience at a place that exists to serve beer.

I prefer to support breweries directly, but I’m not going to pay to go somewhere I need to deal with other people’s kids.

[–] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Restaurants would be a much more peaceful place if they were, that's for sure.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'll never understand why people think it's a good idea to have the children gather round the table and watch pops get drunk and then drive home.