Posted on 10/31/2017 8:37:02 PM PDT by Simon Green
Last week, a sign went up. It caused a lot of other stuff to go down.
Hampton Station, a neighborhood craft beer and pizza spot in Seminole Heights put the notice up on Oct. 24, on the front door in fat all-caps.
NO CHILDREN.
Its a local piece of a national conversation. As American breweries and bars become increasingly welcome to families, with laid back atmospheres, food, games and grassy knolls, should business owners be able to draw the line?
In Tampa Bay, it didnt take long for diners to take sides: The "this is an outrage" side, and the "its their prerogative, and Im happy theres someplace I can eat kid-free" side. A Tampa Bay Moms Group Facebook page quickly had more than 150 comments, discourse becoming more acrimonious as the number grew.
(Excerpt) Read more at tampabay.com ...
Perhaps someday touchy people will stop trying to read things into statements. Nah, impossible. Snowflakes are snowflakes.
So much fun to watch! Makes for a perfect dining experience!
I’m pretty much misanthropic to begin with, I won’t go to places that cater to the EBT crowd.
I fly twice a week, noise canceling headphones are a Godsend.
Nothing worse than listening to inane conversations between imbeciles, kids screaming is canceled out too.
I guess it depends on which side their bread they think is buttered. I see Bar and Grill, and I tend to suppose that the food is an afterthought. As to the alcohol, the Bible implies caution to be on the abstemious side, so not everyone is on the lookout for a restaurant whose main selling point is not food.
No. It's a "Bed and Breakfast" because that is what it has been called for over a century.
No. It's a "Bar and Grill" or its just a "Restaurant". Calling it a "Grill and Bar" is just plain stupid.
Like there aren’t 20 other pizza joints within a couple of miles who will be happy to have you, kids and all...
Women too.
Well that was long before my time. 8>)
https://www.zomato.com/tampa-bay/hampton-station-tampa/menu
18 bucks for a large pie, in a market where Papa John’s does 2 large for 25, less if you order online. They’re not catering to the family crowd to begin with.
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