Chicken fingers, grilled cheese, pasta — kids' menus haven't changed in 30 years and may limit a child's palate.
My daughter currently eats about eight foods and will only consider new additions under duress. Despite our best efforts and intentions, we have a picky eater.
In the meantime, when we eat with our finicky dependents, there are kids’ menus. However, given the growth of food culture, including the foodie-fication of kids , why haven’t kids menus – and their palettes – evolved? And why do we still need them? “We definitely don’t recommend them in most restaurants,” says David Hopkins, president of the hospitality consulting agency The Fifteen Group, “But kids’ menus are important if your business is focused on families.”
To keep those kids contented, the restaurant provides fox masks, sailor hats and crayons. A pasta shaped like a fox’s face can be ordered in 60-gram portions with butter and cheese, tomato sauce or meatballs. The alla famiglia, a multi-course, family style meal is available for children at half price.A small, independent restaurant like Sapio Volpe can create a family-friendly vibe through service, and depend on word of mouth to let guests know that children will be accommodated.
“Kids menus should evolve. Because you’re really just pushing the child to just eat chicken fingers,” says Grunberg, who estimates that while two-thirds of kids order the fox pasta, the other third eats whatever their parents eat. For neurodivergent kids, or someone with ARFID , kids’ menus can be very helpful. They can also accommodate non-solid eaters. Like the “dishes for babies only” at Un Posto a Milano in Milan – soft polenta with Parmigiano Reggiano or a puree of seasonal vegetables – that caters to pre-toddlers.
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