# Easy meals out with kids in Sonoma

6 places in Sonoma for a meal out with kids: pizza the children build themselves, thin-crust pizza on a patio half a block off the plaza, an outdoor wine garden with a lawn, a beer garden with live music, a luncheonette with toy trucks and a ping pong table, and a garden café across from the plaza's duck pond.

Last updated 2026-09-20, from the newest confirmation among these places.

## The list

1. [Mary's Pizza Shack (Sonoma Plaza)](https://ourplayday.com/places/mary-s-pizza-shack-sonoma-plaza-sonoma) (pizzeria). The original Mary's, born on Sonoma Plaza in 1959: kids make their OWN pizzas (dough, sauce, cheese, toppings delivered to the table) - a Sonoma County family rite of passage. Confirmed: high chairs, changing table, kids' menu, booster seats (Play Day, September 2026).
2. [The Red Grape](https://ourplayday.com/places/the-red-grape-sonoma) (restaurant). Thin-crust New Haven-style pizza half a block off the Plaza: fast, family-priced, and patio-seated - the easy Sonoma dinner with kids. Confirmed: high chairs, changing table, kids' menu, booster seats (Play Day, September 2026).
3. [Bloom Carneros](https://ourplayday.com/places/bloom-carneros-sonoma) (restaurant). Carneros' outdoor wine garden where the kids menu and open lawn let parents actually taste: casual plates, wine for the grown-ups, and room to roam in the Carneros breeze. Confirmed: high chairs, changing table, kids' menu, booster seats, order at the counter (Play Day, September 2026).
4. [HopMonk Tavern](https://ourplayday.com/places/hopmonk-tavern-sonoma) (restaurant). A year-round beer garden and listening room with live music. Confirmed: takes reservations (Play Day, September 2026).
5. [Lou's Luncheonette](https://ourplayday.com/places/lous-luncheonette-sonoma) (restaurant). Toy trucks, a ping pong table and a vintage photo booth.
6. [Sunflower Caffe](https://ourplayday.com/places/sunflower-caffe-sonoma) (café). Sonoma Plaza's garden cafe: breakfast and lunch on a leafy back patio with the duck pond playground across the square - the plaza-morning move. Confirmed: high chairs, changing table, kids' menu, booster seats, order at the counter (Play Day, September 2026).

## About this list

Every place here is a listing on Play Day, and a place is listed only when something positive is known about it for kids. The facts come from published guides, parents who visited and OpenStreetMap, and each listing says which and when.

Page: https://ourplayday.com/guides/sonoma/easy-meals-out-with-kids. All of Sonoma: https://ourplayday.com/places/in/sonoma