I agree with you about the children's menus! They are evil. Bad for dining and terrible for public health -- children who get in the habit of eating high-fat garbage will always be attached to those foods. The children's menu should have small portions of the dishes on the main menu.
Of course, the finest restaurants will try to make any diner happy, regardless of age and the menu. During the Four Seasons visit that impressed me so much, my 2-year-old niece's mini sandwich came with bite-size mixed fruit on the side. The waitress noticed that my niece loved the blueberries in the fruit salad and was eating them first...so without being asked, she brought a bowl of blueberries to the table! Service like that makes me happy to pay $20 for a club sandwich.
This article has good suggestions for parents:
http://blogs.pitch.com/fatcity/2010/..._taking_yo.php
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