I'd also recc'd OP check the events calendar. Last I went there on Saturday afternoon, doing brewery trail there was a DJ so the music was pretty loud (almost too loud for me). Tho there are arcade games, tables take up most of the space so not a lot of room for movement or to roam between conversation. Kids were tripping left and right running around since it was Iike a maze to them lol there were spilled beers

I went to the public option once where the adults hired a singalong person for the toddlers and the rest of us drank. It took over the upstairs. I think it was a Sunday night and there was basically no one else there.

Yeah, it's an extra 1-1.5 hours at a minimum for me. Potentially 2-3 on the return leg if I get unlucky with buses / have to walk from Vienna.

I mentioned the hours lol

Children should not be in bars. I don't understand how this is controversial...

Breweries? Sure have at it parents. But bars are for adults.

OP thinks that kids should be banned from breweries and that breweries are strip clubs in terms of how appropriate they are for children. So there is that.

Callousness is certainly one way to describe it lol.

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> dragging your kid to

Your personal issues with going places as a kid aren't really relevant here. If you think that strip clubs and breweries are so similar then this is really not a very interesting conversation. Again, whatever your personal issues are with children or had as a child going places are your own, and don't impact anyone else.

> You refuse to answer simple questions like "can businesses that sell primarily alcohol cater to parents and children." if you think the answer is no then just admit you want to ban that behavior, and we can go on our separate ways. No need to create silly strawman arguments.

No need to answer this simple question. I'll just ignore you now.

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Do you think strip clubs and breweries are the same?

No need to strawman your opposition unless your argument is very bad! But you keep doing it.

You refuse to answer simple questions like "can businesses that sell primarily alcohol cater to parents and children." if you think the answer is no then just admit you want to ban that behavior, and we can go on our separate ways. No need to create silly strawman arguments.

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> I think posting 21+ hours is beneficial for everyone.

Where did I say that there shouldn't be 21+ hours? OP is arguing that bars and breweries should ban children.

> Do you have a revenue % in alcohol sales cutoff where kids aren't allowed to be at an establishment? Or is this authoritarianism vibe based

So businesses that either sell or produce their own alcohol for distribution cannot chose to catern to parents to bring their children? You have decided that kids are not allowed at these establishments. Again, any revenue rule of thumb or is your authoritarian belief completely vibe based? I wouldnt want to break the imaginary rules in your head, of course not!

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What? I didn't mention anything about brunch lol Restaurants are food places with side of bar.

I think posting 21+ hours is beneficial for everyone.

It just baffled me in your questioning that there would be anyone who when they decided to have kids and embark on parenthood, it was assumed or there was a line of thinking that you could go to places that are primarily drinking like pre kids but just bring your kid?

I live in reston. big increase in panhandling since the train expanded to reston several years and then more recently now that it hits reston town center. I am thinking its related. cause people hop on the train to move around.

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I hate driving. So the metro is even better for me. It’s not efficient by any means but I don’t have to worry about speeding, merging, and traffic

"the sole purpose is drinking"

Who said anything about the sole purpose being drinking in the first place?

So if the primary purpose of an establishmemt is drinking then children should not be present?

Do you have a revenue % in alcohol sales cutoff where kids aren't allowed to be at an establishment? Or is this authoritarianism vibe based

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Yeah if it wasn’t for IAD they never would have extended Metro that far. This is also why all those fantasy metro maps that do things like extend the Orange Line to Annapolis or the Green Line to Laurel, etc are totally bonkers. It’s just not appropriate for the subway and should be handled by moderate frequency but much faster regional rail as you said.

>Drinking is an adult activity, and should be limited to adults only where the sole purpose is to drink.

Who is advocating for binge drinking at a kids birthday party? No need to strawman or maybe you do need to to make your argument even moderately effective.

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