No TVs in Seaside restaurants

A quiet little place on 30A with 3 TV's, for now, and Football on all is Seacrest Sundries. Wine and beer by the glass or take out and great eats from burgers to chips. We're not Seaside and we're not Shades, geographically and business-wise but try us and decide for yourself!

I keep hearing more good comments about Seacrest Sundries and I am coming to check it out SOON! Keep us posted on your business.

V has a TV at the bar. Borago has two. We will definitely be seen at those places in the off-season.

For big games, we'll go to Shoo Mama's because it has a more casual atmosphere. If I yell after a touchdown, no one will care.

Shoo Mama's just added two more TV'a

Shoo Mama's just added two more TV'a

Woo-hoo!

Shoo Mama's just added two more TV'a

wow - how many does that make?

Heck, I even have a TV in my office. I was in-between classes watching the fluff on the Today Show on 9/11 when the breaking news appeared. I sent out a broadcast email. A crowd piled into my office. People always stop by my office when there is major news or during the NCAA basketball tournaments when there are daytime games.

No happy hour though. I do have snacks on my desk.

Word on fb is they're coming back.

Dave and the other merchants have a good following and reputation so I don't think a no t.v. policy are deal breakers for the vast majority of customers, it might even have a good effect. I guess I have trouble with the concept of things being banned that aren't inherently dangerous. Kind of steps on the toes of a free market system. On the other hand, if you are entered into a contract you have to abide by the terms.

Word on fb is they're coming back.

Where did you see that?

I agree no T.V.'s or Cell phones, dogs, cats, motorcycles, alcohol, murders, crime, taxes or donuts.

And none of that loud breathing people do!

This restaurant banned kids under 6...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4371887...estaurant-says-it-has-heard-enough-bans-kids/

That's a restaurant that can have my business anytime. I love kids, but not when I'm eating somewhere other than a fast food joint. Micky D's and other places should be training grounds for younguns who should then be allowed to enter more civilized dining when they reach the tender young age of, say, 25.

Oops, just heard that TVs are back at Pizza Bar for football................................................................

"The TV decision was jointly made with my landlord. We agreed that the focus at Bud & Alley's should be great food, conversation and the best dining and drinking views on the planet. I expect to be showing big sporting events on TV's we will bring in for the occasion. I hope this clears everything up for all of you."

Guess Bruno's and Pickle Factory proved that Pizza and Football go together.....and don't forget the beer!! Think I am going to stick with the ones that can make up their minds and stick to it.

Any place that bans or has a separate seating area for kids would have my business. It gets old paying 100 plus dollars just to have a quite meal. It is also getting very hard to find bars that don't have t.v.'s. I can not stand sports, I make my wife go to her parent's house to watch football. She can't watch a game in silence. The t.v. is not on when we eat, that's what the dvr is for.

Sigh. Harbordocks on Saturday evening to watch the sunset and enjoy some sushi. It was fantastic...until a gaggle of folks were sat right next to us with three or four loud, whining, crying younguns. It totally ruined the vibe. Couldn't get out of there fast enough. Won't be going back in search of an enjoyable, crying-free sunset experience.

Shame that this is such an issue - I ask to be seated in the "no kids" section, but the screams and running are still an issue even if they have one.

I know I was NOT allowed to behave like that as a kid.

The banning of tv's is all about Robert Davis dictating what can and cannot happen in Seaside. Things have gotten so bad there that the Seasdie Town Council has actually had to sue him about a month ago. There is no regular music at Bud's anymore either because his sister-in-law was in town once weekend and complained about the noise, and the latest is that he wants to charge for parking in Seaside (guess who controls the parking). Seems that things appear to have become a dictatorship lately.

Sigh. Ordinance For Dogs Eating At Restaurants

If I see a dog eating chow at a restaurant, I'm turning around and never coming back.

Outside is one thing, as is a few dogs - 20 dogs in one outdoor area is not somewhere I want to eat.

And for the love of god, do NOT bring a dog INTO the restaurant or some other venue unless it is a service dog.

Before I identify all of you as incredibly self-absorbed, miserable childless individuals, how do you quantify screaming children?

Sometimes our one year old squeals, and while it can be loud, it's brief. We quickly find something to distract and walk him out if it is repetetive. Often he squeals because people at nearby tables are making faces, waving, etc at him, and no I'm not going to get up and tell people to stop waving at my kid because you made him squeal a few times. With our first, the noise bothered me more, and I was quicker to walk him out on the first sound. We got a lot of commiserating "he's fine/ we've been there before" type comments and after getting used to kids being kids I'm more laid back. And even when there aren't crackers or banana pieces on the floor, the tips are higher provided that the server isn't a complete ass.

We live here year-round and if we can't get a sitter, we aren't going to go to Bayou Bill's, Enzo's or God help us McDonalds every night we want to grab a bite out (no offense to BB's or Enzo's, they are some of the few kids places nearby). We go early, ask to be seated in a corner or outside, and save the white tablecloth type restaurants for when we have a sitter. Pizza Bar, Red Bar, Harbor Docks, and many, many more places are fair game. The kids are as well behaved as you reasonably expect and I'm not walking them out or locking myself in my house if they spill ketchup on their ascot. If you hear them crying you won't for long, they aren't getting up and running around and they mind their parents who are cognizant that we are all in a restaurant. If you have a problem with them or how they are behaving, it is your own.

Darndest thing happened to us at Great Southern, at the outside bar. There was 1 chair, that my husband graciously let me have. 4 people were chatting, two standing. The two sitting left, then the other two sat down. One was around 12 years old. Then we realized that the man the kid was with, left him to do something. Probably saw someboy he knew. We would have liked to order another drink and some food, but didn't want my husband to stand. So we left. I am old, so I remember the laws where women couldn't sit at bars. There should be laws against children at the bar We'll be back of course. Ellen

PJJ - The behavior you describe is how we WISH kids/parents in restaurants would act. Some occasional noise and typical kid messiness is just fine.

It is the constant screaming drowning out conversations at other tables, throwing food at other diners, kids running around tripping waitstaff, noisy electronic games, zero attempts at discipline or noise control, and a bar full of kids after 10 pm that drive us nuts.

Sigh. Ordinance For Dogs Eating At Restaurants

If I see a dog eating chow at a restaurant, I'm turning around and never coming back.

No shih tzu.

Stopped by the Tarpon Club Saturday night for a mojito to mogogo and guess what's back, sports fans? (and it's not screaming/whiney children, cackling drunk women or dogs ordering the carnivore special)

:scratch:

Before I identify all of you as incredibly self-absorbed, miserable childless individuals, how do you quantify screaming children?

Uh...children...who are, perhaps, say..."SCREAMING", raising a holy ruckus, running around and throwing things like wild savages maybe, as their parents (likewise tired of fast food and eating at home thus seek out a more refined dining experience) who have grown immune to the endless racket of the kids-being-kids antics of their center-of-their-universe offspring, completely ignore what's going on and refuse to manage the situation? They, too, tend to boast a philosophy of, "If you have a problem with them or how they are behaving, it is your own." This, of course, is the real example of self-absorption.

Yes, methinks that's quite a solid definition. Note, of course, that none have complained about well-behaved lads and lasses, those wee citizens who comport themselves in a civilized manner in classy eating establishments and who pay their taxes and recycle conscientiously.

It's not about anybody being childless, miserable, or self-absorbed. Of course, one would love to think only of one's self if one could think at all with the rioting going on. Fact is, it's really about paying good money for a great dining experience, getting it when at all possible, and that does not include an incongruous symphony of Beethoven's 'Toccata and "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" D Minor'.

Your child, of course, is cute and adorable and well-reared and not one of those upon whom we would love the power to summon security to see hoisted out by their Justin Biebers, to rousing applause.

Shades for watching sports, imo.

+1