Choose a restaurant based on its level of child-friendliness. What’s important? The availability of a children’s menu that includes food your kids will actually eat. The absence of a long wait for a ...

OFF THE MENU By HUGH ROBERT Perhaps I'm just cranky from midsummer heat and humidity, but lately I've found patron behavior in restaurants to be more reprehensible than ever. Not everyone's a lout or ...

If your kid has trouble sitting still, keeping their voice down, or generally behaving calmly at restaurants, you are far from alone. This is especially true for the younger cohorts, but even older ...

The restaurant dining experience for both customers and their servers can oftentimes be degraded to something less than pleasurable due to a lack of civility, misunderstanding how restaurants work and ...

Why does it seem that as soon as your perfectly behaved kids set foot in a restaurant, all bets are off? The night is interrupted by your screaming child while you pretend not to notice the sea of ...

Adapted from a recent online discussion. DEAR CAROLYN: My daughter and son-in-law live an hour from us and we meet once a month or so at a midpoint restaurant for dinner. I always enjoyed this time ...