They kicked me and my friend out this afternoon with our 11-month old babies. 6pm, maybe 6 other patrons in the joint. They didn't refuse us service, though. They let us come in wearing the babes (no strollers), order our pints, pay and tip (!), and receive our pizzas. Then the bartender brings us a pizza box and asks us to leave because they don't want children. My baby likes pizza, that's why we went there.\r
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Before you ask, our kids weren't being unruly or crawling on the floor or making any noise at all. They were sitting on the private banquette with us, waiting for the pizza to cool and drinking water.\r
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I can understand bars not wanting babies in them, kind of, but this isn't the midwest. In NYC, kids are the norm in all establishments before things get crazy later in the evening. Whatever, right? I hope Alligator is doing so well that they can afford to lose my business, my friends' business and the business of everybody who reads the local mommy forums where I posted this story.\r
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FYI: Harefield Road, at Metropolitan and Graham, pours a much better pint of Guinness anyway.
Pros: everybody likes guinness and pizza
Cons: irish (babies) need not apply
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