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 Keep Your Kids Entertained: Themed Restaurants for Children  
Restaurants for children have grown in popularity. Many of the restaurants that cater to kids have a wide variety of games, books, parties, themed events such as birthday parties, entertainers, and much more. Here are some of the most popular.

By Amy Nutt

Over the years, restaurants for children have grown in popularity. Many of the restaurants that cater to kids have a wide variety of games, books, parties, themed events such as birthday parties, entertainers, and much more.

The following are some of the most popular themed restaurants for children:

1. Elephant Bar Restaurant: This is a fun restaurant for kids. They offer a Jr. Explorer's Club, which encourages academic achievement, books about animals for kids to read while they are waiting for their food, and they distribute crayons to children in a cup that is shaped like an elephant foot. As well, they now offer healthier choice meals for children.

2. Chuck E. Cheese: They provide games, rides, prizes, food, and entertainment designed for children of all ages. They offer great food for the entire family such as baked pizzas and a fresh salad bar.

There are special events for birthdays, play groups, organizations such as Scouts and youth groups, and school fundraising events. There is fun recreational equipment for running, jumping, and climbing. There are also video games and high tech simulator rides, as well as kiddie rides. The game rooms are sectioned off for older kids and younger children.

3. The Rainforest Cafe Restaurants: These restaurants are decorated to depict features of a rainforest, including plant growth, mist, waterfalls, and animatronics robots of animals and insects. Large marine aquariums are common in most restaurants.

Automated water sprinklers and synchronized lights set to exact patterns are also featured. A simulated thunderstorm occurs every 30 minutes, utilizing simulated rain as well as flashing lights and high-powered subwoofers for lightning and thunder.

The cafes feature a talking tree named Tracy who gives facts about the rainforests. The restaurants are divided into several rooms using rain curtains that fall into basins running along the tops of partition walls and booths. As well, rainforest-themed merchandise is sold. The Rainforest Cafe has food that includes seafood, beef, chicken, pastas, and pizzas.

4. McDonald's Restaurants: The McDonalds food chain is world renowned for catering to children. These restaurants feature large indoor or outdoor playgrounds, called 'McDonald's PlayPlace' (if indoors) or 'Playland' (outdoors). Some PlayPlace playgrounds have been renovated into 'R Gym' areas. 'R Gyms' are in-restaurant play areas that feature interactive game zones designed for children aged 4 to 11.

They are equipped with stationary bicycles attached to video games, dance pads, basketball hoops, monkey bars, an obstacle course, and other games. The 'R Gym' features the Toddler Zone, an active play environment with age-appropriate games that develop physical coordination.

The Active Zone, designed for children aged 4 to 8, promotes physical fitness through fun play. The Sports Zone features a series of sport-oriented activities to promote aerobic exercise for children aged 9 to 11. The Parent Zone features seating and a monitoring area for their children.

Restaurants that cater to children make the dining experience much more fun and entertaining for both kids and adults. Fortunately, these restaurants are meeting consumer demands for healthier foods for their children by adding healthy options to their menus.

About the Author:

See what the City of Toronto has to offer by dining at a Toronto restaurant this weekend. If you are in Quebec, then a restaurant in Montreal is a great way to spend some quality time. Restaurants in Toronto, Ontario - Restaurants in Montreal, Quebec. Article source: 111 Travel Directory: Triple1.com (triple one dot com)


  Article added 10/14/09.

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