PDX with kids.

Hub on powell has a playground area. Beer list isn't that interesting though.

5th Quadrant/Lompoc on Ne Williams is kid friendly but I don't know if they have toys or anything. They usually have at least one barrel aged beer on lately and the food is decent.

Deschutes has crayons and stuff.

HOTD is fine with it but I would probably stick to lunch or weekdays.

 

Honestly, most places in Portland are kid friendly, and you don't have to go a beer-centric place to get good beer.

Laurelwood, the Hophouses, and Green Dragon could be added to the list.

What part of town will you be in?

 

Saraveza before 9pm
Breakside

 

I have seen alot of families at the Raccoon Lodge (older Cascade location with a lesser selection), same with the Laurelwood. Mellow Mushroom is worth a family visit on a Monday.

 

Hopworks Bike Bar is very kid friendly - we couldn't move for them when we visited last weekend. Green Dragon is also kid friendly with a large selection of board games to keep them amused. To be honest, I can't think of any good brewpubs in Portland where I haven't seen kids being accommodated

 

Went to Upright once and a couple there had their kids in the tasting room.

 

I'm not sure I could really recommend it as "kid-friendly", though.

 

I don't have kids myself, so maybe my "kid friendly" is different from someone who has kids. I can see where they might not be too entertained, except perhaps when they have live music.

 

Just make sure you plan or call ahead for the places that prohibit minors after a certain time, so you allow enough time. I've seen and heard a few places remind parties with kids and/or babies every few minutes up to that time that they have to leave when the clock strikes whatever. Some places will insist you leave no matter how far along you are in your meal/beers.

 

I'm pretty sure you can take kids to Grain & Gristle and Hop & Vine. Good beer lists at those places. Just not sure they have anything kid-friendly on their menus.

 

Kids are fine at the Cascade Barrel House, though you will probably have a hard time finding something they will want to eat. I have taken my son to Upright a couple of times and it was fine as well. Just make sure you bring something to entertain them, or they have Racko if the kids are the right age. Deschutes has a good kids menu. Green Dragon just recently started enforcing no kids on the "bar" side after 4:00pm. The "restaurant" side does not fit many people. The places my 10 year old actually enjoys are Breakside, 5th Quadrant, HUB (Powell location- the Bikebar can be very loud because of the relatively small space and all hard surfaces), and Lucky Lab. He also loves the meat platter at HotD! Even Belmont Station is ok as long as it is fairly early- they have tater tots and lots of interesting British candy. While we have a kid, even my wife and I get annoyed at the overabundance of rug rats at Laurelwood.

The only beer places I can think of that flat out do not allow kids are Apex, Baileys, Roscoes, Gigantic, and Horse Brass.

 

Hummus! All kids love hummus, right? The sandwiches are pretty kid friendly too, I would think. That said, the Barrel House is not my favorite place to eat and it's pricy for what it is.

This probably depends critically on the age and temperament of your kid, as well as how busy it is. There's not much seating down there.

I've taken my daughter to the Horse Brass. She loves the fish & chips. I'm not sure if they changed recently or if it's a matter of what time you're there.

Which brings up a good cautionary point for the OP: the rules about what time minors are allowed in various establishments (or various parts of establishments) in Portland are extremely arbitrary. I've never been able to find any actual explanation of what the relevant OLCC regs are.

 

Yeah, before Don passed he said he would start allowing kids once they were required to be smoke-free. That said I know of at least one bartender there that said he would quit if they started allowing kids so I am guessing they are still not the friendliest towards the littler ones.

 

A sign appeared on the door a week or two ago saying something like, "Due to misbehaving parents, we can no longer allow minors." Apparently folks took to thinking it was Laurelwood and let their kids run rampant, so they ended their experiment with allowing kids. I'm not sure if it's permanent, but it's probably best to call them before showing up with a child in tow.

First, the OLCC determines whether drinking or eating is the predominant activity at an establishment. If there's little to no food (like APEX), the establishment can't allow minors at all. If it's a place like Applebee's, they'll receive a couple of signs; one for the dining room stating "minors allowed from ___ to ___ for the purposes of consuming food", and one for the actual bar area stating, "No minors allowed in this portion of the premises."

AFAIK, if an establishment receives one of the "minors allowed" signs, they get to choose what hours go in the blank spots. It's been 6 years since we opened the bar and received our official "minor posting" sign, so my memory may be off, but I don't recall them giving us any set rules. We filled in the blanks with "from OPEN to 7pm", figuring that it would give people enough time to grab a bite, while clearing out the place early enough for those who want to drink in a child-free environment later in the evening.

 

Deschutes, HotD, Cascade, Hub, Laurelwood, Alameda. In that order.
Some places that I would clasify as resturants do not allow minors. My wife and I quickly found this out a few years ago when we strolled in with a 6 week old. I was shocked to learn that places like HotD, which are more brewery than resturant, allowed minors.

 

My boys are 15 and 13. They like going to Deschutes, but my wife and I would like to try something different. We're headed down to PDX for the weekend. Based on the comments above, it seems like we can take the boys with us to most places, excluding Apex, Bailey's, and Brass Horse.

We don't need a place to be "kid friendly" --- meaning we don't need kid menus, crayons, etc. But of the beer-centric places, whats' going to have the best food to lure my boys away from Deschutes?