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Childish chow grows up
More restaurants chucking fattening juvenile fare for more healthful choices
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
By Kevin Joy
Traditionally, the children’s menu has rarely held a choice of nutritious foods — or variety. But that is slowly changing.
A few chains — Applebee’s, Chili’s, Red Lobster, Ted’s Montana Grill — have added more-healthful options in entrees and side dishes for the young. As concerns about diet and childhood obesity grow, parents are demanding it.
Dave Scarpetti faces similar compromises with his daughter, Frankie.
“I don’t worry about a healthy choice, but I would like her to experience something a little bit better, a little more interesting.”
At Latitude 41 in the Columbus Renaissance hotel, chef Tony Miller developed a health-conscious “fun menu” for the opening of the Downtown restaurant last year.
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Wonderful that Northstar will make smaller portion sizes of some things if you just ask them. :)
As my daughter starts to eat more & more “real” food, we’ve definitely been keeping an eye out for any time we can get her something other than the same-old same-olds in chicken nuggets, burgers, hot dogs, grilled cheese and mac & cheese.
It’s tough to find something on the menu a lot of places, but getting easier. Still, most of the time my wife & I just share with her whatever we’re eating — though one benefit of ordering a kid’s meal is that we’ll usually order it w/ the drinks or appetizers so that it comes out sooner, to keep her happy…
Just a head’s up, my two year old nephew who I take care of occasionally LOVES…and I mean LOVES…sugar snap peas. You’d think I was giving him milky ways.
My daughter loves most veggies, but for some reason seems to especially dig all green veggies… peas, broccoli, green beans, edamame, etc…
Question: How often do you take your kids to Latitude 41 for dinner? We definitely choose more kid friendly restaurants such as Olde Mohawk, Old Bag of Nails, etc. if our son is with us. We save nicer restaurants for when we can take our time and appreciate our food and drinks. Plus at nice restaurants the only people who enjoy your kids being there is you.(People sometimes forget this) I certainly don’t want to hear my table neighbor’s two year old screaming if I am trying to enjoy the atmosphere and food on a kid-free night.
If there’s a Kids’ Menu at a restaurant, it means kids are welcome.
I’d prefer not to hear anyone screaming at a table next to me, whether they’re 2 years old or 20 years old. Inversely, I don’t think most people have much of a problem with quiet tables, no matter what the ages of the patrons may be.
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