Funniest thing ever...(or not)....I was in El Mariachi in Moultonborough on Friday night with my husband. We walked in at 8:40...kinda late if you have kids. We sat at the bar, and I could see two tables in the corner that he couldn't see.
I said to him, "I don't know if those two tables are together, but if they're not, there's a lady being a really good sport." There was a young(er) couple sitting at a table for four with their three kids, so it was a little bit crowded, but the kids were small. They were small in stature because they were young in age. There were three kids ages about 2.5 or so to maybe 7. The youngest was a very cute little boy.
Little boy was not falling asleep at 8:45. Instead he was standing on his chair, making friends with the folks at the next table, who were four adults between the ages of thirty and fifty-ish. I thought those folks were being good sports, smiling at the little boy and not getting visibly annoyed.
10 or 15 minutes later that wasn't the case. The older folks weren't being mean, but they were no longer smiling at the little boy, instead they were chatting and trying their best to ignore him. At some point, the dad put the little boy on his lap and did his best to keep the little boy amused and away from the other diners; at that point it was after 9 pm.
This little vignette kind of illustrates why some restaurants might impose a ban on kids. I love kids; I had 4 and now I'm on to grandchildren. But at 8:30 - 9:00 on a Friday night, I'm looking to wind down from my crazy week. LOL...you'll find me at the bar.
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