ladydisdain

I'll be in Copenhagen for a week starting Friday with my husband and 3 1/2 year old daughter. We're staying in an apartment, so we'll be self-catering some of the meals, but we'll all go nuts if we do that all the time. We can't do fancy. We can't do Noma, or anything remotely like it; we don't do multiple courses (unless there's an appetizer for us all to share or something). We usually get an hour if we're lucky in any restaurant so we can't do leisurely service. I'm hoping for some very casual recommendations for lunch and dinner (breakfast is usually fruit/eggs/pastry at home). We pretty much eat anything except Indian, which doesn't agree with me. So any kind of food at all - sandwiches, seafood, any sort of ethnic dining, good street food, excellent takeaway, and the foodstuff we're all obsessed with - ice cream. We've sighed and come to the conclusion that fine dining is not possible right now, and neither is getting a babysitter in Copenhagen. But anything - and I really do mean anything - else that you might have an idea about would be super - even if it's another site to check. (I already checked Chowhound; totally useless.) We're already bracing ourselves for the cost - we're in Stockholm this week and the sticker shock has been considerable. We're staying near...the Round Tower? but are happy to go anywhere as long as it's walkable or accessible by public transportation.

Having no high chairs is not a dealbreaker, and we do plan on spending at least half our time downtown - if we have to hold her, we hold her. Also, high chairs are often hidden in a corner, and parents with small ones (including us) usually eat early, so it wouldn't surprise me if you'd never noticed any - I never noticed stuff like that until I had to!

These are all excellent ideas, but they're almost all various types of Asian - any non-Asian suggestions? We'll be eating three meals a day together for three and a half days and would definitely like some variety. Our child is very well-behaved (for 15 months) and as long as we have a high chair she will sit for a good long while - lap sitting I usually have to hoover my food and trying to have her sit by herself in a booth would be disastrous. We will be eating early, and we definitely tend to the falafel/arepa/burger/dumpling type of eating in NY rather than the higher end stuff. We also tend to spend a good deal of our time in the Village (both W and E so anything there or between the two would be good (although it's much easier to wander around and find stuff there) and we'll also be up in the Grand Central neighborhood at some point as well as going to see the Tree (we're moving to St. Louis this summer so it's our last year for awhile) so ideas for those areas as well would be super. I definitely think we'll be hitting SG (unless I just can't face the hoovering) and one of the Momufukus, probably Ssam as bowls of hot soup are probably not a good idea. She wants to eat what we're eating and is nowhere near ready for soup!

I always forget about the Korean places - great idea, and we all love it. My husband will be thrilled by that suggestion. Is there any one favored over the others these days? Barbecue doesn't matter because baby+barbecue does not likely equal crazy delicious. And Szechuan Gourmet sounds great! Walking up 9th is another good idea (and one we've employed successfully many times); do you have any specific suggestions there? Best for us to be heading somewhere particular if the peckish feelings start to set in. I know there's about eleventy billion Thai places along there now. Sadly, having been in not one but two NYC cab accidents, they are absolutely required by us. But good to know for when she's older.

We are coming to NY for four days (husband attending a conference part of the time) and bringing our 14 month old. Until we had her we spent a lot of time in the city (we're from Philly) but since have only been on a couple of day trips without her. We have no idea where to eat now. Our usual haunts are places like Caracas Arepa Bar and Pomme Frites and Dumpling House and tiny little Middle Eastern places, and I cannot see getting a (relatively small) stroller into any of those nor will there be high chairs. Dumplings can of course be enjoyed on the sidewalk as can things like the Dessert Truck or, frankly, anything we can get from a cart, but we'd prefer not to eat ALL our meals that way. We're staying at the Marriott Marquis (which should be JOY - Times Square with a stroller. uh, yay?) but don't plan on spending much time there. We eat all cuisines (except Indian, which hates me). The baby can eat anywhere (seriously - you should see this child eat Ethiopian). They need to be subway accessible (or subway/walking) because we won't have a car seat for cabs. We just want some good food in places that A. can fit our folded-up stroller B. will preferably have a high chair although I can do lap if I have to and C. are not so nice and silent that if she occasionally gets a little loud we won't be Those Parents. She doesn't throw food and eats relatively neatly for a toddler, but there's not much I can do about an occasional yell and I really hate to be Those Parents. I did do a bunch of searches, but "baby friendly" brought me up over 20 pages, most of which were individual restaurant threads. Help?

Are there any good cupcakes in Cleveland? How about locally made ice cream/frozen custard?

This week I bought blueberries, raspberries, black raspberries, strawberries and green beans from Blueberry Hill, cherries and huge yellow squash from Fruitwood Orchards, and snap peas, broccoli, tomatoes and more cherries from North Star. The raspberries were gone by Wednesday evening, eaten one by one out of the container by my husband and I until they were gone. I'll miss the strawberries, but these were perfectly ripe and lovely. The green beans were roasted last night and eaten with hummus and tomato wraps. Snap peas for tonight, with buffalo burgers from the meat I bought two weeks ago. I bought both kinds of cherries to do a taste test and North Star's are better, although Fruitwood's are perfectly good. This farmer's market is the best thing to happen to this area in...oh, who knows? Since I've lived here (seven years), definitely.

That link takes me to the main forum index and I've not been able to get the thread come up by searching. My friends now would like to have brunch or lunch instead; does a pre-theatre meal change the recommendations any?

We're seeing Cymbeline at BAM on Saturday afternoon and would like to have dinner in Brooklyn after. The only place I've ever eaten in the entire borough is that Viennese place across the street and I didn't like it. We are happy to walk a ways, take a cab somewhere, or hop on the subway if necessary (although walking distance is preferable). Nothing really spicy, no Indian food, nothing seafood-heavy; other than that we pretty much eat everything - Japanese, Thai, Chinese, pizza, Greek, Ethiopian, Venezuelan, Mexican, gastropub, pubby-pub, sandwiches, whatever. We'll be dressed neatly but not fancily, and would prefer in the $20 and under per entree range. Suggestions, please? Tell me what I've been missing by never leaving Manhattan when I visit.

Bumping this up to see if anyone's been recently. I've never been, and my husband loves decent buffets. I am not the world's biggest fan of the buffet but am willing to go if it doesn't completely suck. Opinions?

My husband is dying to try this place, but I have zero spicy food tolerance. I mean, zero. Are there any dishes on the menu that are not hot?

That one is the same family, as far as I know, but if I'm going to drive from Ardmore to Cherry Hill I'm just going to drive back to Blackwood. The Macdade Blvd one would be a lot closer, if it's owned by the same people.

I'm a South Jersey girl, and one of the things I miss the most about living on the Main Line rather than in Gloucester Township is Cacia's in Blackwood. I love their tomato pie, their pizza, their rolls...everything. A couple of nights ago we were driving on Macdade Blvd in Folsom and I spotted a sign that said Cacia's Bakery. Is this owned by the same family, does anyone know? And if it is, does it have my beloved tomato pie and pizza?

I live in the Carlino's neighborhood and we tried it several times when we first lived here. The prepared foods are...okay. They're not worth what they're charging, I think; at least they weren't a few years ago. Their tomato pie is fantastic and we actually bought several and served them as part of the appetizer table at our (held at home) wedding reception. I did find the employees unfriendly.

How about the Irish Coffee Shop in Upper Darby? I've never actually eaten there (we just stop in for Lilt and digestives and Jaffa Cakes), but the food has always looked decent.