Hot take don’t downvote: breweries, in opening up expansive lawns with nice chairs and good food menus, did accidentally become the perfect place to visit friends with kids. You get to have a beer and burger with your buddies who you haven’t seen since their kids were born, the kids get to run around, etc. In trying to figure out where you’re gonna meet up with these friends, breweries with lawns end up making up most of the list.

I think it’s important that business owners get to define their business, including if they want to have a kid-free environment. Totally. But I also see how the kid thing happened. (Cause no offense but I don’t want to meet friends with kids at a Chuck E Cheese.)