Family / Kid friendly restaurant in NY?

<p>Hi All,<br>

im going in NY this weekend (Manhattan) with the family.. first time for my 6 years old daughter.. she already wants to go see Carlos Bakery since she see it every week on tv.. imagine!</p>

<p>Anyway, im use to go to NY but always with adult.. i like to go to some kid friendly restaurant.. will love to go to Planet Hollywood but they are closed (for renovation?) .. any other theme or special looking restaurant you can recommended. Whe cant go to Bubba Gump shrimp, as one of my friend is allergic to .. shrimp.</p>

<p>Anything around time square is good, but honestly, anything on the on the island is perfect.. no restriction, no price limit... just want to be a cool place.<br>

I remember a mexican restaurant close to the 42th or something?...</p>

<p>thanks in advance!</p>

<p>Avoid Carlo's....long lines for maybe a peek at someone who may have been on TV. Bakery stuff from there is OK, but pricey like anything else you buy in Hoboken lately.</p>

<p>Most young girls love Serendipity, for exercising the sweet tooth:<br>

http://www.serendipity3.com/</p>

<p>Maybe this list will also help:<br /> http://nymag.com/urban/guides/family/food/listings/manhattan1.htm</p>

<p>try Carmine's in the theater district. great italian, loud family style place.</p>

<p>http://katzsdelicatessen.com/</p>

<p>The great thing is that it's New York food and it's difficult, if not impossible, find high quality traditional deli food like this outside NYC, certainly not in Montreal. Great place, easy with kids.</p>

<p>Jeff, if you come to Montreal, i will bring you to Schwartz deli and Lester's... ; )</p>

<p>Last time I was there, I ate a lot of French food and wild game. It will be interesting to try the deli food. </p>

<p>Best piece of advice that I can give you is to stay out of Times Square area. Your meals will be generally mediocre and very overpriced.</p>

<p>When I entertain out of towners and want to show them an interesting place to chow down (especially with kids), I take them to Dinosaur Barbeque. It is under the west side highway at around 126th street and is a giant road house type joint with exceptional bbq at very reasonable prices.</p>

<p>Google it.</p>

<p>Take the subway down to Chelsea and go to Chelsea Market. It's a neat place with a lot of very family-friendly restaurants.</p>

<p>There's Dallas BBQ restaurants - a few locations in the city, my favorite location is on 72nd and 3rd Ave. There are quite a few locations in Manhattan. Pretty good food, very kid friendly. <br /><a href="http://dallasbbq.com/">http://dallasbbq.com/</a><br />In Times Square there's Virgil's. <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/virgils-real-barbecue-new-york">http://www.yelp.com/biz/virgils-real-barbecue-new-york</a><br />Enjoy!</p>

<p>Try Ellen's Stardust Diner (1650 Broadway at 51st). Not gourmet, not elegant, but lots of fun... especially for a child. Decor is a retro 1950's diner, lots of chrome and memorabilia about. The best part of all is the waitstaff, all are aspiring Broadway singers, who take turns sings and dancing to the latest/famous Broadway tunes. You'd never know how well your waiter sings!</p>