A San Diego Restaurant Review Blog

in which the author chronicles her efforts to indulge her foodie inclinations amidst her working-mom-of-a-toddler lifestyle



(with some reviews for with toddlers, others for date night, and others for a delicious solo lunch on the run, plus occasional quick-notes on SD theater!)

Sunday, October 3, 2010

A toddler outing: Kidding Around + Cafe 56 (Carmel Mountain/Rancho Penasquitas)

I don't usually review play areas, but we visited the new Kidding Around today. Kind of austere/boring for Mom & Dad (they need music, they're working on it), but Super-Toddler absolutely loved all the tunnel slides and cars. We'll undoubtedly return. He's also digging Way Beyond (UTC) but I haven't been there with him yet so can't vouch for the mom part of the experience.

Being over in that area was an excuse to try a place I'm always getting ads for: Cafe 56 on Black Mountain Road. Good to know about. Not gourmet by any stretch, and I won't claim it's super-yummy. But it's a diner-style American food restaurant that was quite mellow and pleasant. They had good music on (Joni Mitchell, Woodstock, came on during the meal - they had XM 27 the Bridge on), and all of our food was decent. (Mickey Mouse-shaped pancake for ST; french toast, ham and eggs for CH; and mahi-mahi tacos for me). Not gourmet but relaxing enough - ST stayed in his seat and got a blueberry muffin at the end as a reward.

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