376397 Thu Mar 01 15:24:55 -0800 2007 3 2 Los Angeles Area 0 2343102 I'd like to try Central Park tonight and wanted to find out if it was kid friendly (i.e. terrible twos)? Thu Mar 01 15:24:56 -0800 2007 70854 limburger 1 2343123 Make sure you have a reservation! We tried to walk in a couple of weeks ago on a Friday and were turned away at 5:30. They said that they are often fully booked. May not be a problem on Thursday... FWIW, there were families there with kids in the 8-12 range. And the place is operated by a group that does family-friendly well in South Pas and Alhambra with Shakers/WildThyme/Main Street Diner and Carmines. It's definitely more upscale than those places, however, so your kids may not feel so at home (unless they love restaurants--my daughter was always easy, even at two or three and we ate out with impunity--with our son it was not as easy). Thu Mar 01 15:29:28 -0800 2007 2343102 71286 ruddy 1 2343628 It's fairly noisy, and borderline cramped, so you might want to use your judgment. Some kids can deal with it, some can't, just like the rest of us. I would've taken my kid there when he was two-ish, but he was unnaturally calm... Thu Mar 01 18:09:08 -0800 2007 2343102 11478 Will Owen 1 2344017 To be honest with you...we took our almost 3 daughter there for breakfast and I didn't think it was especially kid friendly. We go to Shakers a lot for breakfast (we walk there from our house) and the breakfast at Central Park is the same as Shakers, but for a higher price. And they wouldn't even make her favorite breakfast--silver dollar pancakes--because they could only make "regular-size" pancakes. Huh??? Don't you just pour the batter in whatever size you want? Can't say what it's like for dinner...I think we made our one and only trip. Thu Mar 01 20:54:10 -0800 2007 2343102 60101 Spiff