10 Kid-Friendly Austin Restaurants That Parents Won't Hate

Dine out with small humans without sacrificing quality or losing your mind

"...and shrimp & grits for more mature tastes. Occasional kid-friendly bluegrass brunch performances sweeten the pot. And then there..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Keep Austin Kid-Friendly

"...their options and keep Austin not only weird, but kid-friendly...."

June 15, 2009 Postmarks

Dropping the Ball Early With Kid-Friendly New Year’s Eve Fun

Daylight NYE celebrations make planning a family-friendly new year elementary

Dec. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Dear Glutton: Looking for an Un-Kid-Friendly Restaurant

Where to play while the kids are away

"...are looking for a good place for a totally un-kid-friendly celebratory lunch. Thoughts?..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

The Kid Who Would Be King

The Arthurian myth retold as an entertaining allegory for the hope of youth

Jan. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

SXKids: Rock Out With Your Kid Out

SXSW week party list tailored for your wee ones.

March 7, 2014 Chronolog Post by Terry Ornelas Woodroffe

Kid's Summer Movie Camps

Parents can catch a breath after dropping off their young tykes at the Kids' Summer Movie Camps.

"...theatres are starting up their regular summer series of kid-friendly films served up at nominal prices. Some theatres also..."

May 31, 2002 Screens Feature

Kid Rock

Austin Kiddie Limits

"...performance. Sunday, the Q Brothers (JQ and GQ) spit kid-friendly freestyles and have been known to flip "ad-rap-tations" of..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Review: Peruvian Restaurant Llama Kid Is an Eastside Oasis

Once a virtual concept, this modern take is really solid

July 29, 2022 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Through the Eyes of a Kid

Bringing kids to adult theatre is uncool, but what's about children's theatre, where they belong? Ada Calhoun borrows a friend's three-and-a-half-year-old son to find out and discovers that theatre ain't all magic when you're a preschooler.

July 21, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

New Kid on the Block

ASTI is the perfect addition to Hyde Park's busiest corner

Jan. 12, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Summer of 84

Kids vs. serial killer, Eighties-style

"...directors (collectively known as RKSS) proved their retro-appreciation with kid-friendly postapocalyptic romp Turbo Kid. This is much more a..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Toy Story 2

"...appreciate the gag all too well). With its multiple, kid-friendly messages of solidarity and the need to accept change..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sidekicks

"...Macchio/Luke Skywalker. Apparently trying to recreate himself as a kid-friendly, grade-B action hero -- big step, right? -- Norris..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: Free Range Kids

On the ominous meaning of "kid-friendly"

"...Whenever I see the phrase "kid-friendly" in a restaurant's description, I remove it from the..."

May 4, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

A Dog's Journey

Bailey the dog is back, and this time he has a new purpose

"...weird mix of tearjerking dog death, soapy drama, and kid-friendly comedy. The end result is like watching a season..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

The animated gang return to save their park from an evil mayor

"...Third Mouse. Instead, The Nut Job 2 is colorful, kid-friendly, and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny. ’Nuff said...."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wild Life

An animated spin on Robinson Crusoe

"...parrot nicknamed Tuesday by his human companion.) The mostly kid-friendly storyline loosely incorporates well-known literary characters such as Robinson..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Burton and Depp's screen version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book is truer to the source material and generally splendid, artful, and often sinister, yet it doesn't completely displace the earlier screen version.

"...verbal and physical gags that serve to machinate the kid-friendly unease into sticky new realms of chewy, gooey alarm...."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Madagascar

Animated zoo animals head back to the wild

"...a black comic bent that might not be entirely kid-friendly, as in a scene that works as a food-chain..."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Bug's Life

"...Life strikes a better overall balance of adult- and kid-friendly entertainment...."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Angry Birds Movie 2

The birds are back, with an added subversive twist

"...a pirate, with its mixture of silliness and surrealism, kid-friendly comedy and complicated feelings, set the groundwork for a..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fortlandia Brings the Art of the Fort to the Fore

Outdoor exhibit returns to the Wildflower Center

"...is open year-round and provides all of the essential, kid-friendly outdoor building materials one needs...."

Oct. 2, 2019 Events Post by Addie Costello

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...festival where parents can say, "You know what, there's kid-friendly stuff over here; let them go play in the..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

The Blue Butterfly

The Hallmark homilies are all there in this family-friendly feature about a cancer-stricken 10-year-old searching for the elusive morpho butterfly, but when the principals arrive in rainforest country, the film shifts gears and begins to breathe.

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Neighborhood Watch

Sustainable Neighborhoods group advocates 'family-friendly' north side development

"...theory to Burnet Road, which SN is branding "Austin's kid-friendly corridor."..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Hotel for Dogs

Hotel for Dogs is a family-friendly operation, and all the pooches in the pic provide ample opportunities for poop jokes.

Jan. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

UglyDolls

Ugly is as ugly does in this animated toy movie

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bodied

Battle rap comedy takes no prisoners

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back (again)

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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