I went to Saltys for my birthday lunch with my mom, a friend and her 19 month old son and my 18 month old son. The boys were both very good. They were very quiet and happily snacking and coloring while the adults wer enjoying their lunch. During our lunch a man came by and picked a crayon up off the floor and put it on the table grumpily and walked off. We said thank you but he did not respond. About 15 minutes later the same man walked by and started picking up some snack puffs that had fallen on the floor. We said thank you and he angrily said to us "stop the food fight". We thought he was joking because there wasn't much on the floor and the kids were being really good, but he wasn't. He quickly ordered a server to come vacuum the crumbs off the floor. I asked her who he was and she said the owner. I was left so unsettled by this. I just wanted to leave. We didn't say anything to anyone but our server, another employee and the restaurant manager all came over to apologize. The restaurant manager came over to let us know that he was happy we were there and to apologize for the owner. The owner must have been complaining about the kids. I won't go back to Saltys, it left a salty taste in my mouth. There are too many great restaurants in Seattle to be treated badly, especially by the owner.
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