Opening a cafe

[dadslife]

I'm soon to open a cafe, exciting.

Anyway, I've taken my little girl into enough cafes to know that the food for kids is all too often fish fingers and chips. Just wondering what people like to see on the menu for their kids. thanks

Good luck dadslife, how exciting!
I eat out in cafes with my kids about once a week and I pretty much always find something they'll eat, but sometimes I do have to order from the adults menu.
The main thing for me is if you can be flexible; I'll happily pay for the adult sized posh cheese sandwich on foccacia with la de da and heritage carrot chutney as long as you can take out the la de da, cut the crusts off and make sure there is absolutelynosauceanywherenearitORvegetables. ie its just cheese and bread.
Obviously it depends on the rest of your menu and making it work alongside but if you can be flexible with the staples (bread, eggs, cheese, a few veg/salad, and chips of course) then parents will like it and come back.

well, thanks so much for all the responses, they make for interesting reading. In response to some people - the plan is for a brunch type venue (eggs / avo / sourdough toast affair) with great coffee. There are 6 nursery's within half a mile so I expect plenty of parents stopping in. I dig the half size portion idea...think it works, my kid would like that...and understand that a lot of people say their kids are fussy so be flexible. I think that is ok, within reason - everything will be made fresh so there is scope to hold the mayo or whatever the request will be.

DD will be along to eat the surplus Mayo.... She's not bothered about too much else!

Lily - the thing with taking such a joyless attitude to food with your children is that what you are doing is setting them up for problems later. If you are that rigid, the second they are out from under your thumb they will go wild eating all the things you have strictly forbidden. I, and several friends who had similarly 'nuttitionalist' obsessed mums, have struggled with disordered eating all my life because of my mum's extreme need to control my food. Why would you not want to teach your kids that everything is fine in moderation, rather than turning all food you disapprove of into a forbidden substance they will binge on later.

Oh and I think you are making your spag Bol wrong....