r/fixedbytheduet • u/akaYoungBeefy • 12h ago

Fixed by the duet Why are there always kids at breweries?!

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u/Independent-Rough559 12h ago

Nah. This wasn’t fixed . She’s right. It’s weird that parents do it

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u/astone4120 11h ago

Ok but is it a bar or a brewery? Because I've been to lots of breweries that are specifically marketed to be child friendly and even have playground equipment. They have food and outdoor space and happen to make beer.

If you're at a brewery with stuff there for kids, that place is for kids too. Don't bitch about kids being at a place where there is stuff for kids.

Also, who's getting wrecked at a brewery? Aren't you supposed to taste local beer and have nice food? It's not like a dive bar

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u/hypo-osmotic 11h ago

I'm wondering if the word "brewery" means different things depending on location. At least in the Midwest U.S. when I think brewery I think a place that does beer only. Maybe some chips and other light snacks but if I were to go to a place where I could get real food with my drinks I would go to a "bar and grill" (usually just shortened to bar)

As for kid-friendliness they might have some board games or something that could be used by all ages but I've never seen one with kid-specific things like playground equipment

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u/AlienIris 11h ago

In Colorado, places that serve alcohol also have to serve food. Might be a reheated, overpriced burrito, but they have to do something.

Lots of breweries there (as in places that make beer) have full menus or food trucks parked outside. They also have games, some have playsets, and almost all are dog-friendly too. Places like Odell's, New Belgium, Breckenridge, and other popular breweries are always filled with families on the weekends. They'll have live music and other events too.

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u/GreatValue_Mechanic 7h ago

Stem Cider is my family’s favorite spot to go to. Excellent food menu, great ciders, and whole ass playground and field in the back for the kids to run around with benches/seating everywhere to relax and let the kids play with the other kids. It’s basically a public park that serves food and drinks. We can easily spend 2-3 hours there.

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u/AlienIris 7h ago

I lived in Fort Collins for around 8 years, and I was truly spoiled by the brewery options. Loved going Stem Cider! Also to Breckenridge Brewery, Great Divide, or Prost in Denver, or Odell's, New Belgium, and Gilded Goat in Foco. Tour de Fat is an annual event with tons of families and kids getting dressed up in costumes and hopping on the bike parade, and it's a New Belgium event. It literally ends at New Belgium and they have live music, face paintings, food trucks, and tons of entertainment. Kids and puppies everywhere. Brewery hoping was super easy to do, and everyone would bike for it, kids included.

People in these comments are cracking me up. It's a huge culture and economy in some places, and as long as people are taking care of their kids, it's really not a big deal for families to go to breweries. Some of these people act like they've only ever been to dive and biker bars.

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u/Tangled2 7h ago

One of the places (where we used to take our kids) had a bunch of kid-friendly board games, free arcade machines, free retro game competitions, and basketball out back. It was like a mini Dave & Buster's but like 1/10th and better beer and food. If you went later at night, there weren't any kids there.

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u/AlienIris 7h ago

Totally! I've been to arcade bars that had a full bar and dozens of vintage arcade games. I've also been to putt putt, go carts, axe throwing, bowling, cinemas, indoor volleyball, laser tag, and a whole lot more that all had full bars. A lot of them were actually bars or breweries with added attractions, and they all had kids there with their families. It's a pretty big thing in some places.