The Best
You can take your kids to any restaurants with few exceptions but your experience can be very different with them depending on where you choose to dine. Some restaurants barely have a kids menu they offer where others seem to go out of their way to cater to children and families. We feel the restaurants in this category will give you the best chance at having a great dining experience with your family and children.
On this site, you can choose any restaurant by their type, food type, or by the night kids eat free. You can also search for any restaurant by their name on the right side of the page More restaurants are being added each day so check back soon if you don’t see one.
Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt
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Our first (and only?) love story… Most of us have had a bad first date. I remember a couple where I knew the chance of a relationship was over before knowing what I was going…
View PostBiggby Coffee
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The story of Biggby coffee is one of two separate friendships. If you read the company history page, they begin with the second relationship, but there’s a prequel. If you want to know how it…
View PostRuth’s Chris
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If you don’t know the story of the Ruth behind Ruth’s Chris, you’re simply in for a treat. Ruth Fertel, born in Happy Jack Lousiana, was an amazing woman of strong will and some good…
View PostAuntie Anne’s Pretzels
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It would be hard for the majority of us to comprehend Anne Beiler’s childhood growing up in an Amish-Mennonite family. She took the values instilled in her, along with her 8th-grade education and created a pretzel, a…
View PostMcAlister’s Deli
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Don Newcomb grew up in the small town of Ridley, Mississippi in the 1950’s. As a boy, he worked at the only soda fountain the small town had. That experience impacted him significantly, and after…
View PostRed Robin
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Most restaurants have a story in how they started. Those stories generally center around the restaurant or the founder. However, the most interesting part of Red Robin is the origin of its name. The history…
View PostWhite Castle
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Walter Anderson changed American culture. In some ways single-handedly. He is the father of the fast food craze that continues to dominate so many of our mainstream storefronts in the United States. You may…
View PostO’Charley’s
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How many restaurants are started by a 20 year Marine veteran? I dare say not many. Charley Watkins served his country well. He was a pilot and retired as a Major in the USMC in…
View PostCulver’s
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The restaurant business was in the genes of Craig Culver when he was born. His parents, George and Ruth, had owned three restaurants, one of which Craig turned into the first Culver’s in 1984 after…
View PostDickey’s BBQ
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Travis Dickey had two things going for him when he opened his first restaurant in 1941, the love for talking and the one to make barbecue. A big personality and the ability to smoke barbecue…
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