Amici's East Coast Pizzeria

Top-tier tsukemen without the line-wait meltdown: join the Yelp waitlist remotely, and kids get their own small bowls of milky ramen or brothless aburasoba with jammy eggs.

A big San Mateo park with a playground split for little and big kids, plus a Japanese Tea Garden, arboretum, and a free train ride.

A ball pit, a pretend grocery store and ride-on cars for toddlers, plus an upper obstacle course.

A Japanese tea garden, a miniature train on weekends, and a playground with restrooms.

House-made pasta and contemporary Italian cooking, with tables out in the parklet.

Casual Italian with fresh pastas and piadine, a real kids' menu, and a Thursday kids-eat-free night.