Diner baby ban is food for thought

If you must bring your toddler out to dinner, there are a few basic rules, and welcoming venues, says Caroline Delaney

SCREECHING, insisting on tasting the food on all the other plates at the table, laughing, hiccupping, up and down to the bathroom 20 times, cracking up at jokes about willies and asking for food that isn’t on the menu.

No wonder restaurateur Nick Munier wants to ban hen and stag parties. Oh wait, he doesn’t? He wants to ban children under two, the ones who sup milk and nod off while snuggled into a corner.