Our area has long been known as family-friendly, and local restaurants up and down the scale are no exception. When cabin fever hits and you just have to get out of the house, these kids’ meal deals will ease the strain.
One of the marquee restaurants in this category is The Junction Diner. With prices that won’t railroad your pocketbook, meals are delivered via model train. For owner Brad Wahl, a balance must be struck to keep families happy.
“Everything has to be up to standards, so adults are willing to go, right?” Wahl said. “The train creates an atmosphere where you’re sitting across from someone, it kind of brings people together.”
And that’s the whole point of family dining.
What’s better than free? All these are dine-in-only deals.
Citrine offers one free kid’s meal entrée Tuesdays through Fridays from 4:30 – 6 p.m. with the purchase of each adult entrée. Their Mediterranean-influenced meals hardly make you feel like you’re giving up anything to bring the kids along.
At Kettlestrings Tavern, the small fry dines for free too. On Sundays, one meal is comped with each adult entrée ordered. The tavern has a stated goal to bring neighbors, friends and families together. This deal helps accomplish that mission.
Lavergne’s Tavern also has trains to keep the kids’ attention, but at their location in Berwyn, the engines are full sized. On Mondays, kids eat free with adults as they watch the tracks next door.
On Wednesdays, the shorties get a free kids’ meal at Chicago’s Home of Chicken and Waffles with every adult meal purchased for $18 or more. If you need soul food other days of the week, kiddie specials are available: one leg or wing, bacon or turkey sausage; with a waffle, mac & cheese or fries, and a drink for $9.25 – for diners 10 years old and under.
If you have a hankering for Asian and Filipino fusion fare, MORA can satisfy. Your children eat for $7-8, choosing from orange chicken on skewers, avocado or cucumber maki, jeepney noodles plain or with tofu or chicken, and shogun fried rice.
At Na Siam, the “little bosses” get a taste of Thailand for only $6.95. And Margarita’s feeds the niños with mucho menu options.
Babygold Barbecue has a twelve and under menu that includes: cheeseburger $6, BBQ pork sandwich $7, plain mac & cheese $5, chicken tenders $6 – all served with fries. Or you can turn their $5 burger Wednesdays into a deal for the whole family.
Children are always made to feel welcome at New Star. The pan-Asian destination thinks they can get your kids to try something new by putting appetizers on a stick and letting everyone use a tableside grill.
For as long as most can remember Russell’s Barbecue has given each munchkin a token with their meal to use in their toy vending machine.
Not only do Buzz Café and Egg Harbor offer up good deals for little noshers, but they also have charming play areas to keep the littlest ones, who can no longer sit still, busy.
Whether your kids can barely sit up or are pushing the boundaries of not wanting to order off the kids’ menu any longer, there are affordable, delicious, welcoming options all around.
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