If you can't control your child, keep your child home until he/she learns some manners.

It's a bus, not a car princess. Maybe the person you inconvenienced sensed the rage and entitlement bubbling barely beneath your surface and didn't want to be berated for being annoyed by you and your child. You seem like you would have a really short fuse in this kind of situation. But that's OK, you just go on in…

It doesn't take an astrophysicist to know not to bring an infant into a Michelin rated restaurant. If a parent isnt sharp enough to know something as rudimentary as that I question if they are sharp enough to care for a child.

2 year old twins? Are you trolling? Trust me your kids are not welcome by other diners, they are not cute, and no matter how fast you get them out when they start it's not fast enough for those around you. Your kids presence in a fine dining establishment is like some asshole texting in a movie theater: Sure it's on…

Somewhat unrelated, but I hate how it's apparently a thing now to just allow kids to run around inside of a restaurant before the food comes or after they're done eating but the parents aren't ready to leave yet. It's unbelievably rude.

Thank you, glad to know I'm not the only one who can't stand babies.

NOPE, that is just acting like an ass. Bring your stupid kid if you want, but if it starts crying you take the damn thing OUT Of the restaurant.

Strictly/legally speaking, no, restaurants aren't public, they're private spaces available to the public. They have certain conditions imposed on them as any business does, but they ARE allowed to set their own rules and refuse service/remove people. Individuals who enter the premises are invitees, but that doesn't…

Nah.

There just needs to be a childfree restaurant. Anyone want to go in on this? I think it'd be A HIT! :)

No, YOU having kids does not mean ME making sacrifices. Bullshit. Go home baby.

If I had more empathy I'd feel bad for the child in a situation like that, not the parents who just blithely tote their child around at the annoyance of other people.

Having had a very incredible dinner at Alinea with my wife earlier this year, I would have ABSOLUTELY LOST MY SHIT if there was a crying infant in the restaurant during dinner when I had made a special trip to Chicago from Dallas just to eat at the restaurant and go to a day of Lollapalooza. If the restaurant is going…

Whatever, this chef is awesome, his restaurants and cocktail lounges are awesome, and he's doing fine dining in a way that no one else does, or even can. There are so many chefs that tweet about inconsiderate diners, some of them even name and shame. If you can't run the risk of losing your childcare and having to…

Two problems - 1) If you paid an admission price, the space is by definition not public. Paying that admission price included an agreement to adhere to the rules set out by the owner of the location, which almost certainly included not disturbing the other patrons.

A baby is a baby is the dumbest most parenting logic statement I've ever heard. Sure a baby is a baby and a parent who brings a baby to a place knowing that its an uncontrollable tempest is an asshole. The parent is the focal point of the problem, not the stimuli.

But it is not "beyond [their] control." A baby didn't just show up at their table. These people chose to have a baby and chose to bring it to Alinea — and I don't think it should be a restaurant's business to accommodate someone's rando cancelled babysitter.

Fat shamers and slut shamers should be castrated. There's no fixing people that fucked up in the head.

Know where Babies, Kids, Teens, Adults, Tourists, Drunks, Stoners, Those Hungover, Awkward First Dates, Awkward Break-Up Dates, The Cold, Tired, Hungry, Bored, Creative are always welcomed in Chicago (And won't have a $200 bill)??