Many restaurants are unfriendly to kids and parents, giving them the cold shoulder, dirty looks, and the seat closest to the bathroom, each and every time. Of course, no one likes eating by a bunch of jumpy screamers, but parents with more well-behaved kids may wonder why they too get a bad reception.Part of it comes down to simple economics, writes the San Francisco Chronicle’s Michael Bauer in his Between Meals blog. Every kid who takes up a seat means a drop in the check. The owner of the Tavern at Lark Creek explains the dollars and cents of it: “The check average is a significant driver in all restaurants for budgetary planning purposes. We started to see more children in the restaurant which was a departure from the past. We have tried to be more child friendly and lower the price point there as well.
When you do 40 children a night on a busy night, that can impact you average check quite significantly. The average check for a child is $7.50; our average check for an adult is about $31.00.
40 children x $7.50
150 adults x $ 31.00
190 covers total net sales is $ 4,950.00 or $ 26.06 per cover.”
So maybe that’s why restauranteurs keep the food-encrusted high chairs over by the bathroom and give you such a dirty look when you ask for one.
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