Where to eat: With a stroller
Best places to eat with a stroller? Miss going out but strollers are not always practical despite going to restaurants with outdoor seating. — Florencia M.
The aptly named Maman location in TriBeCa famously has stroller parking. I also reached out to confirm that all the locations of this French bakery chain are kid-friendly — they are — so you can rest easy knowing that you can walk right in. Also, breweries! Lala’s Brooklyn Apizza at Grimm Artisanal Ales has a spacious indoor and outdoor area that plays host to plenty of families on weekends. And my final piece of advice: If you go right at opening time, most restaurants are stroller-friendly. Don’t be afraid to kindly ask if they can store your stroller while you eat. You have as much of a right to dine out as anyone.
Where to eat: With a teen near Carnegie Hall
Any recommendations for dinner out near Carnegie Hall with a teen who prefers quieter restaurants while the parents prefer really good food? — Lauren F.
I cannot, will not stop recommending La Bonne Soupe. It is so unfussy and good and I hope it will be open forever. If you want a more varied menu, try the American restaurant Blue Dog on West 50th Street, which has the kind of foods teens will enjoy (fried mac and cheese balls) but with the quality ingredients an adult can rock with (charred octopus with chimichurri).
Where to eat: Frogs’ legs
Not sure what’s going on with La Grenouille, but we think it’s time to find a new place that serves delicious frog legs. We’ve looked around, but no luck so far. Hoping you can offer a suggestion. — Lucy G.
This reader sent this note when La Grenouille closed for a few months at the end of 2023, but it’s now reopened. That said, the building it occupies is up for sale, making its long-term future a bit unclear, so here’s an alternative: It’s not a French treatment, but I suggest going for the frogs’ legs at Nudibranch in the East Village, which are prepared with galangal, ginger and lemongrass. Yum!
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