Should pubs and restaurants be kid-free zones? (The Guardian)

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‘I don’t come here to enjoy other people’s children!’ Should pubs and restaurants be kid-free zones?

Children were once banned from most British pubs. Some owners and customers miss ‘the good old days’ – but can they really turn back the clock?

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Borkingheck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The good old days involved me in a pub as a kid whilst my parents drank and smoked and fed me scampi fries.

Wtf are these clowns on about.

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- david@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Me too, but it was crisps for us. These “good old days” are fictional, as they too often are.
  
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Oneeightnine@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Pubs are dying. So I’m’ not sure making them no-go area for people looking to get a bite to eat with the family is a great move.

The reason people don’t go to the pub anymore isn’t because the Smiths brought their kids along for a lunch at 2pm, it’s because it’s expensive, full of drunk people and all in a bit of a sh*t experience.

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- Afghaniscran@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I live in an area with a large number of pubs that are local. There are ones as you described which are just full of drunks and shit quality overall which I avoid.
  
  There’s definitely ones I avoid because they’re intended for families and the children will scream about the place as you would expect children to do. They’re great for families though, they have play areas for kids, those little claw grabby machines, they serve food and have a large beer garden with an outdoor play area.
  
  My favourite one is a microbrewery, no kids, not too many people in there so bar staff can see who’s had a bit too much but the people who drink there generally don’t cause any trouble anyway.
  
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NuPNuA@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I went to a low league football game the other week and had a few pints in their club house after which had a proper “social club” vibe, kids running about, etc. Actually felt it was a nice atmosphere. If you want a quiet glass of wine, bugger off to the wine bars, that’s not what pubs are about.

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Emperor@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I could see the argument for some kind of curfew in pubs, restaurants and cinemas (say 9), so if adults want to go out without encountering kids then they can do so but an outright ban would be too restrictive but perhaps I know too many parents who like a tipple.

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Emperor@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
As the link keeps timing out and The Guardian doesn’t have a paywall, here’s the original article.

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