Good breakfast place with kid in Montreal
Hi,
I'm looking for a place to go for breakfast/brunch on sundays - we are a couple of friends from Montreal and sometimes my friend's son (3-4 years old) come along. So we,re looking for a place that would have space for him to play - where from different area in montreal, so no need to be on the Plateau , although still "central" (Rosemont, NDG, Downtown, Plateau, St-Herni is fine). We tried coop Touski and loved it, also Dim sum worked great. I wanted to try "La grand-mère poule" on Beaubien (which has a playing-room on second floor) but it's closed for the moment...
Thanks!
catherine
cath_couturier
Nov 05, 2009 07:25AM
For brunch, The Sparrow is kid friendly. Ethan, one of the owners recently had a child who is frequently there. La Banquise is also friendly to children and does a great breakfast.
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Griffintown Cafe east of Guy..... great for kids and adults... the chef just had a kid as well... :)
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thanks for you suggestions !
I looked at the restaurants website (Sparrow and Griffintown)... looks nice, but I'm not sure it's excatly what we're looking for... Even thoug the owner of the Sparrow just had a baby, the little guy that will be with us is a full of energy 4 years-old. not quite the same that a baby that can sleep all through the meal. I will keep your suggestions in mind though the places looks good! I'll try them first before , and we'll stick with coop touski for this time (which has a little play room that comes quite handy when the breakfast is over for little-guy! )
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On weekends during brunch, there are always toddlers about. I went a few weeks ago with a 5 year old and had no problems.
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Mamie Clafoutis has an upstairs room with a play area, games, etc.. it's very casual,
although it's more of a croissant/pastry place, there's only one egg sandwich offering so no full brunch option. We brought up our own trays, it was taking too long, since they were very busy on that sunday morning. I'm just mentioning it for another time
when you'd want to take him for pasty and tea.
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I know I'll receive flack for this but IMHO I think good restaurants are for eating, not playing. You will be disturbing other diners if you allow children to run around. Advice from a father of four....take the children to a playground and then sit down and have a nice meal. You will have countless choices of restaurants and evreyone will be happier in the long run.
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Thanks big fellow and superbossmo
Ah, pshper, I knew I would get one answer like that. I'm not looking for anything fancy (I can go there alone with the girls anytime) but a place to have breakfast once in a while when my friend has her son with her (usually dad can take care of him when we go for brunch, but not always!) and we want to chat, but not disturbe people around. That's why I love coop touski- we took a table just besides the little playroom, chatted for 2 hours, the little guy played with some other kid and he wasn't tired to be there. We also discovered that there was a playground outside. I understand what you'Re saying, but it's nice to have a couple of family places to go eat without to be McDonalds or St-Hubert. I'll check out Mamie Clafouties or the Sparrow, thanks!
cheers all
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