Comments on: Odd Seating Arrangments

By: Bridget Stewart

Bridget Stewart — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:07:02 +0000

Well, that’s what you get for living on the east side. Us west-siders aren’t so uppity.

(kidding!)

By: Joel D Canfield

Joel D Canfield — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:56:51 +0000

Perhaps you could buy them the complete works of Seth Godin, and they’d get a clue.

I long ago accepted that my children weren’t welcomed everywhere I was, simply because of the children who came before them. The fact that mine will sit still, be quiet on command, and generally not make a nuisance of themselves, doesn’t enter into the picture. (Godin refers to treating all your customers like criminals because one of them might be.)

One of the few times this was handled correctly was years ago when my oldest went to his first musical event in public: solo viola in a small auditorium. As we walked in, one of the museum docents pointed out that if the 18-month old was noisy we’d be asked to take him out. We simply thanked her, knowing that if he was noisy, we wouldn’t have to be asked.

He was so silent that when we took him to meet the performer afterwards, she was astonished that there’d been a small child in such a small audience and she didn’t even realize it.

Yeah, I go places my current little one can go with me, whenever I can. Too bad a restaurant with great food can still manage to make themselves distasteful.

By: Will Kessel

Will Kessel — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:29:33 +0000

Not letting Carolyn sit with her parents on the patio is being a little priggish, in my mind; they have no business deciding for parents how they want to raise their children (and I say this not having dined at Brennan’s — although my bride & I have discussed it — it’s fairly close to us).

I just hope they get the message from your post and reconsider; I hear their food is pretty good.

By: Greg Hacke

Greg Hacke — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:23:25 +0000

Brennan’s policy is pretty common. I ate there a few weeks ago and noted it’s discrepancy. According to the law, they can’t allow smoking on the premises and in an attempt to skirt the law, they permit smoking on the patio.

I ate on the patio. I was wholeheartedly disappointed. The sheer volume of smoke was incredible. Add a noise factor that was amazing and it was a very dissatisfying meal.