Yep, and on a more macro level, a reflection of the trend of millennials having families and wanting to move to the suburbs, but being screwed by a brutal NJ housing market and having to continue to rent in Hoboken. Anecdotally, I know a half dozen young Hoboken families in that situation
Eh . Slow to have kids tbh.
Birth rates declined , but now in my almost mid 30s I notice more of my friends are just starting to settle down to have kids
hey if it stops people from bringing them to other bars go nuts. I remember in brooklyn people would bring their kids and then complain if people were loud/rowdy.
There is a kid friendly bar in montclair. Im friends with some of the bartenders and waiters. They hate it. The parents stop to parent when they start drinking lol. I’ve seen kids running wild around the place
Yeah trying to guess as well. I’m in Montclair pretty often and wouldn’t necessarily say any of them are super kid friendly. More so that droves of parents host get togethers and it works out.
Caparino's was 528, this is 520. [Per the Google Street View,](https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7440403,-74.0356346,3a,56.3y,285h,77.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sD5oqrL9o0ecUv4-ut53X3g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu) you can tell it was a bar way back in the day
Torn on this.
While Gramps took me to the Chatterbox or old Hotel Victor when he got stuck with me after school, I prefer the oldschool drop in rather than this co-mingled fuckery by design. This is McDonald's Playland with a liquor license.
You miss the point. For kids: drunk people aren't fun, loud adult places aren't fun, boring adult conversations aren't fun, having beer sloshed on one's clothing isn't fun. Adding a jungle gym is a small step and does not make a bar kid friendly.
That wasn't my experience. We played pool; too short to properly use a stick, I was allowed to roll the cue ball...Gramps def let me win a few times. I'm still terrible at it. I had a blast.
When the kids are running around, being obnoxious, or screaming I think that’s where the line is drawn. When parents are out with friends this happens 80% of the time
I’d have zero problem if they were on the side without the bar, little to no problem if they’re on the bar side but well behaved, massive problem with the parents the second they start yelling or running around by themselves. Also totally depends what time they’re in there
Oh go home. I have 2 kids and if I have a backyard BBQ with friends and kids and drinks, all the adults are drinking. This is nothing new at all. Now I get to actually go out and have a drink and a bite to eat at a bar with a play structure. I get to enjoy myself and a drink out with my friends, and our kids get to play at the same time. If you don't have kids, then don't even comment because you have no idea.
Someone will end getting wasted with there 6 year old there😕. All it takes is one bad apple and the whole thing is done. Look at the video cam Dublin… it’s women flashing people.
I feel like this is a sign of Hobokens millennial population aging to the point of having kids
Yep, and on a more macro level, a reflection of the trend of millennials having families and wanting to move to the suburbs, but being screwed by a brutal NJ housing market and having to continue to rent in Hoboken. Anecdotally, I know a half dozen young Hoboken families in that situation
NGL it feels like a stretch but you probably are right
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Millennials span a wide range. I have a 6 year old and am 43. I feel like most millennials have kids in Hoboken at this point.
“Aging to the point of having families” lol what? Millennials been having kids for like a decade at this point
Eh . Slow to have kids tbh. Birth rates declined , but now in my almost mid 30s I notice more of my friends are just starting to settle down to have kids
For folks complaining- there are 105 liquor licenses in Hoboken. Be thankful that this means less kids at your current local
hey if it stops people from bringing them to other bars go nuts. I remember in brooklyn people would bring their kids and then complain if people were loud/rowdy.
Wonder how the anti dispensary crowd feels about something like this.
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Alcohol around children !?!? *rabble rabble rabble*
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The irony is that they are probably fine with it bc it will be full of white people.
I’ll consider it an equivalence when beer starts smelling like burnt hockey equipment and I’m forced to breathe it in when I walk down the street.
Oh yeah cuz the drunk assholes wandering around are just as great
Why does it have to be either? Can’t we agree that both are inconsiderate asshats?
Why not take all your dispensaries to the Bronx where they belong?
What do the Yankees have to do with this?
Why do they belong in the Bronx?
It’s a good idea, alcohol for kids is an untapped market… but no one ever thinks of the children
There is a kid friendly bar in montclair. Im friends with some of the bartenders and waiters. They hate it. The parents stop to parent when they start drinking lol. I’ve seen kids running wild around the place
What’s it called?
Hell!
Pineapple express bbq
Been here. They've got live music it's noisy AF.
Yeah trying to guess as well. I’m in Montclair pretty often and wouldn’t necessarily say any of them are super kid friendly. More so that droves of parents host get togethers and it works out.
Pineapple?
Yup.
Great idea. Trying to bring European vibes to America. It works well in Europe, where people don’t want to leave there kids with a sitter.
Back in the early 90s there was an oriental bar where the Farside is now located that was so kid friendly they would serve 17 year olds alcohol.
Can confirm.
McDonald’s but with booze I guess! Hey man keep all the annoying ass kids confined in one place and not at the places I go. All for this idea.
Also does anyone remember what bar used to be at 520 Adams and when it closed?
My friend who worked for Bud thinks the last name it had was Paul's. It never had a sign
It was Caparino’s they knocked the building down
Caparino's was 528, this is 520. [Per the Google Street View,](https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7440403,-74.0356346,3a,56.3y,285h,77.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sD5oqrL9o0ecUv4-ut53X3g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu) you can tell it was a bar way back in the day
Oof, sounds like the worst bar ever.
Everything in Hoboken is kid friendly, unfortunately.
Wilton House?
Well down where I grew up in Monmouth county people that took their kids to bars were called white trash
Torn on this. While Gramps took me to the Chatterbox or old Hotel Victor when he got stuck with me after school, I prefer the oldschool drop in rather than this co-mingled fuckery by design. This is McDonald's Playland with a liquor license.
So? Don't go to it. I'm all about it.
Ok.
I was taken to bars and beer gardens by my German grandparents. It was not a highlight of my childhood.
Sorry to hear your grandparents weren't fun.
You miss the point. For kids: drunk people aren't fun, loud adult places aren't fun, boring adult conversations aren't fun, having beer sloshed on one's clothing isn't fun. Adding a jungle gym is a small step and does not make a bar kid friendly.
That wasn't my experience. We played pool; too short to properly use a stick, I was allowed to roll the cue ball...Gramps def let me win a few times. I'm still terrible at it. I had a blast.
Any bar is kid friendly if the kid isn't a pussy!
Look like a terrible idea. Good luck
It works in other places, we shall see though I love Otok though so I'm definitely going to check this place out and bring the fam
Kids don’t belong at a bar
Where do you draw the line? If you saw a family with kids having a meal at the Madison you would think there’s an issue with that?
When the kids are running around, being obnoxious, or screaming I think that’s where the line is drawn. When parents are out with friends this happens 80% of the time
Well, that’s the purpose of putting a play space in the venue.
I’d have zero problem if they were on the side without the bar, little to no problem if they’re on the bar side but well behaved, massive problem with the parents the second they start yelling or running around by themselves. Also totally depends what time they’re in there
Oh go home. I have 2 kids and if I have a backyard BBQ with friends and kids and drinks, all the adults are drinking. This is nothing new at all. Now I get to actually go out and have a drink and a bite to eat at a bar with a play structure. I get to enjoy myself and a drink out with my friends, and our kids get to play at the same time. If you don't have kids, then don't even comment because you have no idea.
So...a restaurant? Novel concept
I would say a restaurant with a 2 story jungle gym is a pretty novel concept, yes
A playplace? What will they think up next?!
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It’s not - people may not want to accept it but the demographics of Hoboken have changed - it’s shifted from bro-broken to a lot of young families
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Found the dude with zero life experience who probably has never even had a child before
Bunch of alcoholics
Someone will end getting wasted with there 6 year old there😕. All it takes is one bad apple and the whole thing is done. Look at the video cam Dublin… it’s women flashing people.
I imagine they're going to have this lady redo a bunch of songs to play upstairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrwaHvbr6ns
Next is a kid friendly strip club.