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Much to my husband’s dismay, I am a hole-in-the-wall/local restaurant fan. He cringes every time we pass by a Thai food restaurant that WAS a Pizza Hut, knowing I will soon drag him to eat there.
I can’t fault my husband, he has a sensitive stomach – I can eat a Buick and I’m fine.
I get my sense of food adventure from my dad, a small business man who prides himself on patronizing other small businesses. He would bring us into restaurants in Chicago that looked like they should be condemned much less eaten in.
My dad is king of the strip-mall restaurant or converted Burger King diner. Some of my favorite places in Chicago are Windy City Pizza (a strip-mall carry-out only pizza place) and Elmer’s Dog House (a neighborhood restaurant that used to be a house.)
He always jokes that the dumpier the place looked, the better the food was. For the most part he’s right – but some places are just dumps…. sorry dad.
I never thought twice about my restaurant choice until I had Niko.
There are several independent restaurants here in KC that I just love, but they don’t have a diaper changing station. I’m not just talking about hole-in-the-wall places either, several nicer local restaurants don’t have one either.
Diaper changing stations are something that you never notice until you need it. It’s amazing how many places don’t have them.
Nothing finishes off a great meal like changing your kid on the bathroom counter or my favorite – the bathroom floor. Gross.
I just don’t understand how a restaurant can have a highchair and no diaper changing station. Your restaurant made accommodations for food/drink to go into the baby’s mouth don’t you know that that food/drink will eventually come out?
I still patronize these restaurants, but it is frustrating. I am hesitant to suggest these restaurants to other people if they have babies because I know they will be doing their diaper changes on the floor. They may not be so willing to swap convenience/cleanliness for a great local meal.
Has anyone else changed their restaurant choices now that they have kids?
(Side note… anyone have a favorite local restaurant – let me know! I’m a foodie for sure!)
I never used the diaper-changing stations even when they were available. They never struck me as being particularly clean. Any time a diaper change was called for, it was done in the car. That didn't happen often, but often enough that the diaper-changing stations meant nothing to me.I've noticed that a lot of my favorite spots don't have diaper changing stations either, but I've always just taken them out to the car to change them if they needed it. It does make you shake your head though, that's for sure!I bet if you changed him at the table, using the table as your changer, they'd remedy the situation!LOL I totally recall changing my oldest daughter at The Classic Cup on the Plaza one busy Saturday morning - and yes, I was changing her on the darn floor - when some jerk would not stop banging on the floor. We had stood in line for the bathroom, like everyone else. I finally opened the door, while still on the floor w/ my half naked baby and said "Yes? We will be out when she's clothed. did the locked door and line to the bathroom not give it away that someone's in here?" He at least had the good sense to look a little sheepish because I was pissed that my kid had to be on that floor for a second longer than necessary. Very irritating, I agree.I used to always just pack a blanket or pad that I could place on the floor to use it, or I used to just change her in the booth. Hey, if they didn't have the goods, then I did it where I could!I should have put in there that I do have a changing pad that I bring with me everywhere. It just sucks changing him on the floor.I had been known to change them on the floor if there wasn't a changing station. But I always had a blanket in the bad because I didn't trust the cleanliness of those either. Using the table would be a good way for them to rethink their bathrooms though.How about this one, DD who is 2 is afraid of changing stations! She cries and screams like you were hurting her! We drove to PA and the whole time I had to change her on my lap in the truck because if you even thought of taking her near a bathroom she would start screaming!!!I'm with you on this. I hate not having a changing table. I wrote about this once as I was ticked that I have to try and change my 2 year old on the trunk of my Ford Focus. Trust me he would rather have a changing table any day over the trunk. Besides changing tables, the only other thing that I hate more is when a restaurant does not offer a childs menu. This drives me crazy. I love Chipotle but they have nothing kid specific and I refuse to pay $7 for a burrito for a child that is as large as him.
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